Randerson to Pinochet And the Reverberating Judicial Fishing Epedition – Did Our New Chief Justice Just Get a “Fail” on the Fishing Expedition Case?John Bowie – Up here in Rarotonga, where I’m currently warming my bones, there remains a banana-republic taint that provides the island the sort of charm expected in small, tropical countries.We currently […]
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CommentaryOpen Letter From Dentons Partner Says Firms Need to Rethink The Billable HourJana Cohen Barbe is a strong advocate for the role of women in law. She was the first woman appointed to Denton law firm’s global board and also Dentons’ first global vice chair appointed from the U.S. region. In this open letter to
Kensington Swan has announced that it is to join with Dentons, the largest law firm in the world by partner numbers and the sixth largest in revenue terms.The move will provide a significant shakeup to the New Zealand legal scene, following DLA Piper’s link to the global network.In a press release today, the firm said
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In Jones Day, the Big Law firm under intense attack in a $200 million proposed gender discrimination class action, has delivered its first detailed response to claims that it systematically discriminated against women, saying it was a “distorted picture” of the truth. LawFuel has reported earlier on the ‘spreading virus’ of lawsuits against the firm and
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When the law firm founder leaves the room you know your law firm has some problems and in the case of LeClairRyan that appears to be the case.Founding partner Gary LeClair is leaving his firm along with two other partners, following a raft of departures from the firm.Last yeaar almost 10 per cent of LeClairRyan’s
Stepping Up The Diversity PaceThere is great huffing and puffing about what law firms are doing in the diversity space and Whitney & Dorsey have not exactly lead the pack, ranking at 141st place for Am Law’s 2019 Diversity Scorecard recently.But times are changing and the firm is now introducing a new ‘diversity hours’ policy that
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The LawFuel Gender Survey: New Zealand’s Most Female-Friendly Law FirmsA Power List Feature – Our Power Sponsors LawFuel Power List Survey: The Gender Survey list is based on all partners, equity and salaried, although the more significant list is the percentage of equity partners who are female (shown in our second list).We have based the equity
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The law firm best known for representing Princess Diana in her divorce, represented by the firm’s Deputy Chairman Anthony Julius (pictured) is considering a stock market float that could value the firm at several hundred million pounds.The wealthy law firm, currently employs more than 900 people with over 500 lawyers and is part of UK’s
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Conservative Lawyers Blast Trump’s Racist Tweets A Conservative group of leading lawyers has castigated the ‘abhorrent behavior’ of President Trump and the failure of the Republican Caucus to make comment.“We refuse to share the silence of most of the Republican caucus in Congress, whose timidity in the face of this abhorrent behavior reflects the debased politics
LawFuel’s 2017 Lawyer of the Year, leading commercial silk David Goddard QC is to be appointed to the High Court and Court of Appeal on 26 July, which has raised some eyebrows for a reason quite separate from Mr Goddard’s unquestioned abilities and intellect.The concerns raised by several senior counsel were that the appointment directly
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