Russell McVeagh is investigating a further complaint relating to “inappropriate comments” made by an unnamed partner while at a client event and under the influence of alcohol. In a press release issued today, the firm which has been at the centre of a major sexual harassment complaint said that an independent investigation was under way. […]
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Skadden ranked in the top 2 percent of the Most Innovative Law Firms, according to BTI Consulting Group’s 2019 Legal Innovation and Technology Outlook. Based on interviews with hundreds of top legal decision makers in the U.S. at companies with $1 billion or more in revenue, the report identified firms that “embrace innovation and technology
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The Former Site of Zum Schneider in Montauk to Open as Vincent’s Sel Rrose Oyster Bar and Restaurant in 2019 New York, September 13, 2018 – The law firm Warshaw Burstein, LLP represented the owner of the New York City restaurant Sel Rrose in purchasing the Montauk building that formerly housed a branch of Zum Schneider. Sel Rrose will
The stories of Kim Kardashian going to law school have been doing the rounds, including in our previous post on the matter. But is she actually going to law school, as husband Kanye West hinted in an interview last weekend? Or not? Her efforts to raise awareness about prison reform have been has been using
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The ability of new technology to increase the lawyers’ efficiency continues to expand along with the technology driven by new AI apps. But now, with the introduction into New Zealand of the Dragon ‘Anywhere’ app, there is a true ability for an increasingly mobile legal workforce to maintain and increase their productivity with the power
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A new report on racial and gender in the law bias in the US has demonstrated how rampant the bias is and why efforts to control it are failing. The report, “You Can’t Change What You Can’t See: Interrupting Racial & Gender Bias in the Legal Profession,” is based on a 2016 survey of 2,827
One of the most experienced mediators in the United States, Lee Jay Berman, has expressed his support for the establishment in New Zealand of a disaster mediation centre that can mediate issues following a disaster. Mr Berman spoke to LawFuel after the AMINZ conference in Wellington this weekend, explaining that the ability to deal with
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First published in JDSupra In his classic book, Influence, psychologist Robert Cialdini identifies “authority” as one of the primary principles of persuasion. From a police officer in uniform, to a doctor in a lab coat, to a professor at a lectern, Cialdini explains that we tend to listen to and respect those who possess the titles
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Marilyn Monroe stirred the senses more than most celebrities born and one of her most celebrated photographers, Bert Stern, has now placed the star into a legal stoush over ‘The Last Sitting’ pics. The images depicted Monroe in a Bel-Air hotel swathed in sheets, gossamer scarves and the accouterments that helped account for her sex
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With over 70 per cent of survey respondents from New Zealand’s construction industry predicting an increase in the number of disputes in the next two years, insights released today by law firm Russell McVeagh, offer an opportunity to avoid them. Russell McVeagh’s report, ‘Getting it right from the ground up: A survey on construction disputes
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