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The Stormy Daniels Legal Complaint & The Noisest ‘Hush’ Agreement We’ve Heard

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The Stormy Daniels legal complaint, published here on CNN’s site, shows that Stephanie Clifford (aka ‘Stormy’) is claiming the NDA was invalid because Trump never signed it. Only a few weeks before the 2016 election, Cohen paid Clifford $130,000, an admission Cohen had made in a statement last month. Stormy Daniels’ lawsuit cites multiple cases of […]

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The Cardinal and the Colourful Criminal Lawyer

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The prosecution of the Vatican’s top echelon Cardinal Pell in Melbourne has seen his lawyer, one of LawFuel’s Power Listers, Robert Richter QC, demonstrates another highlight in the legal career of the colourful lawyer. Having formerly represented people such as John Elliott of Elders IXL and underworld boss Nick Gatto, when he had Gatto removed from

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What Sexual Harassment in the Legal Workplace Looks Like

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The growing issue of sexual harassment in the legal workplace has lead to a young lawyers’ editorial commentary in the US, as the #MeToo awareness now sweeps the legal world. The unique power structures within law firms have helped foster abuses of that power, including in sexual harassment. American Lawyer’s new Young Lawyers Editorial Board

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The Billionaire Law Firms: And the $3 Billion King of the Pile

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Cracking $3 billion in law firm revenues is a top effort on anyone’s count, but for Latham & Watkins there’s more to come, they say. The firm is currently Number 1 on Am Law 100 with $3.064 in 2017 revenues as reported by Law.com, with a seven percent increase in attorney numbers and with profits per partner

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Vlogging Junior Lawyer’s Tips for Lawyers Receives Mixed Reviews

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A video-blogging (“vlogging”) lawyer providing tips for other juniors seeking to improve their chances of scoring a decent legal job has received a variety of oft-censored comments on the law blog speaking to the centre piece of the vlogging enterprise, Christie Wolfe. The article in Legal Cheek spoke to Wolfe, who works for person injury

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Hogan Lovells Move Into ‘Flexible Lawyering’ Space

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Flexible lawyering has become something of a byword for firms seeking to meet client demands, develop enhanced business models and also meet the demand from lawyers for flexible working opportunities. All of which has lead to Hogan Lovells joining with law company Elevate to build a new, flexible lawyering business designed to meet legal demand

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Linkaters Partner Gets Three Years’ Jail After Oktoberfest Sexual Assault

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In a #Metoo news round, we’ve been keen to avoid being caught up in any excessive paranoia over sexual harassment and sexual assault in law firms, but somehow it’s all about us. First there is the claim we reported about Baker + McKenzie’s apparent gagging of a solicitor accusing a partner of sexual assault, then

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