[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The march for gender equality continues as legal monolith Baker + McKenzie announce a major new round of partners, of whom almost 40 per cent are women. Sixty seven promotions were made by the firm with 46 elevated to equity partnership, which included 40 per cent women. Baker + McKenzie said in a statement […]
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John Bowie* – Following the Trump presidency has never been easy, but following who the lawyers are who represent Donald Trump is even more of a struggle. A group of lawyers – mainly men – appear to represent the controversial President of the United States as he faces a raft of issues, claims, accusations and
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Chris Dreyer* – Ranking your law firm website with back links or otherwise involves what appears to be an increasingly complex web of requirements, SEO consultants, software and knowledge that you may, or may not possess. The number one ranking factor for web pages in search is links. Link building remains one of the
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Graduating from Harvard Law School is an achievement for anyone, but for a young mother working tables and bringing up a one year old, it is much, much more. 24 year old single mother Briana Williams graduated with her Jusis Doctorate after going into labour with her child during the final exam in April. The
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We read and hear a lot about the over-worked and usually over-compensated law partner, but Altman Weil’s latest survey of the US market shows that many partners are slacking – coasting their way to retirement in fact. The survey, the 10th undertaken in the US market, provided a startling conclusion: that 40 per cent of
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There can be nothing more dangerous than a law-partner or associate scorned and for star lawyer Michael Avenatti a former colleague has slapped his firm with a $10 million judgment. The claim is against Avenatti’s old firm and has brought the anticipated swift denial from Stormy Daniel’s lawyer and the man tasked with taking on
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Jan McCreal* The #MeToo campaign that has caught the law profession in its net has seen a number of women lawyers – some practising still, some not, who have spoken up about their own experiences in being harassed in the workplace. A report conducted jointly by the TUC and Everyday Sexism found that 52% of women had
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Australian Sex discrimination expert Dr Karen O’Connell believes gender-hostile workplaces are not being dealt with properly. The issue of sexual discrimination and harassment has been reaching a crescendo recently with the global #Metoo campaign, with a range of harassment issues in the United States, Australia, the UK, New Zealand and elsewhere. Dr O’Connell, speaking to
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Cyber attack is a major risk for today’s law firms as cybercriminals target law firms in a multi-billion dollar industry that has lead to a fast-growing cyber industry, which remains a sensitive area to talk about for lawyers and businesses alike. But as the cyber crime business grows, the urgent need for law firms to
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Tom Caine – We recently reported in LawFuel about defections – or poachings – from top-of-the-tree law firm Cravath Swaine & Moore to fellow super firm Kirkland Ellis.The major moves of superstar lawyers from a firm like Cravaths was a hitherto almost unheard of occurrence. After all, why would any lawyer worth his salt leave
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