LawFuel says – Like all the large law firms, MinterEllisonRuddWatts creates a work hard environment, although there are reports of a culture that remains open to improvement. Although the NZ firm has stars like LawFuel’s former Lawyer of the Year Stacey Shortall, the firm continues to demonstrate a strong move towards technology innovation. MinterEllisonRuddWatts says […]
Machine Learning. Deep Learning. Data Mining. Predictive Analytics. Natural Language Processing. These are the buzzwords used to describe the pivotal artificial intelligence (AI) space. Companies in every industry, from automotive and electronics to financial services, health care and life sciences, are working to deploy these advanced technology methods in order to bring their innovations to
Foley & Lardner – The #MeToo movement is just over a year old, but it has ignited potentially explosive questions of how to address workplace conduct, from sexual harassment to interactions that exclude certain genders or nationalities. Conduct going back decades and longer is now under scrutiny. Even the most equality-conscious employers must remain informed
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LawFuel says – Meredith Connell has long changed since its days as Crown Solicitor, which it retains, but which has seen strong growth in its work as a commercial law firm. Graduates report favourably on the culture and work quality the firm produces with generally generous pay scales and benefits. Meredith Connell says – Summer
Once again, Jones Day faces litigation in respect of its “black box” compensation system, allegedly used to pay women partners less than their male colleagues. This is the second gender discrimination lawsuit against the wealthy law firm, following one filed by Wendy Moore, a former Jones Day partner who referred to the so-called ‘black box’
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LawFuel says – A smaller ‘Big Law’ firm, Lane Neave has worked on building a boutique culture, which largely works according to our reports. The firm has developed some good clerking programmes and generally provides a good alternative to the bigger rivals without the stress. However the firm has ambitions to grow its national presence,
LawFuel says – Kensington Swan has developed something of an enviable workplace culture, both more relaxed on the one hand and inclusive on the other. Reports indicate that while the firm has had some ups and downs in terms of its development, its culture remains strongly inclusive and less pressured than the ‘Golden Triangle’ firms.
April 5, 2019 – DLA Piper represented Securly, Inc., an education technology company and provider of a cloud-based web filtering platform for school computers, in its acquisition of the business of Atlanta-based TechPilot Labs, Inc., a fast-growing provider of K-12 education technology. TechPilot Labs serves hundreds of school districts across four continents with mobile device
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LawFuel Says – As a multiple winner of ‘best employer’ awards in the NZ Law Awards, Duncan Cotterill has built on its reputation as a good place to work, albeit one that has seen increased pressures to perform in the face of its desire to build a strong, national and international practice. Duncan Cotterill says
Linklaters managing partner Gideon Moore will serve a second term at the top job with the firm after the annual partners’ vote at Cannes last week. His new role will for for two years, four months, expiring on April 2022. A Linklaters spokesperson said the term change was implemented to bring Moore’s term more in
