Image: Law.com Caroline Burgess – Why are lawyers prone to sexual abuse and harassment? The answer to a large extent can be found in the way in which lawyers operate, their personality type and the fact that their […]
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And now Chapman Tripp are ensnared in the #Metoo movement, with a report that one of the firm’s solicitor’s had sex with a law student at an Auckland University Law Students’ Society camp in 2012, which Chapman Tripp had sponsored. The firm said it had only just been made aware of the allegation and investigated
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Parliament’s lawyers – who to watch and who to not Parliamentary Reporter – With the Ardern government finally coming down from the shock of making it into the Beehive, it is become increasingly clear who the key players are in the administration. Ardern herself, along with Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters and Finance Minister Grant
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John Bowie – Starting a new law firm can be daunting at the best of times, but when legal stars leave a Big Law outfit to start up their own shop, then things can get . . well, delicate. And none more so than a poem forwarded by an exiting partner to her erstwhile colleagues.
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March 8, 2018 – DLA Piper announced today that Scott Kapp has joined the firm’s Real Estate practice as a partner in Chicago. Kapp represents family offices, entrepreneurial clients and a diversified group of private companies at various stages of development, including private equity and venture-backed companies. He provides strategic advice on both legal and
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The Russell McVeagh sponsorship fallout has increased with the Factory-sponsored New ZealandWomen’s Law Journal now saying they are also dumping the firm, but carefully noting that the problem was far broader than just Russell McVeagh. Journals editors-in-chief Ana Lenard (pictured) and Allanah Colley have spoken out for the first time since the sex harassment claims arose,
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Tom Burnett, Opinion – The continued fallout from the Russell McVeagh sex abuse scandal continues to gather momentum, to the point where some may be questioning just how valid or appropriate the opprobrium heaped upon the firm might be. The latest negative publicity has been Auckland university of Technology’s law school dumping of a proposed
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Another law firm merger has been announced with UK-based Berwin Leighton Paisner set to merge with US firm Bryan Cave, creating a firm with combined revenues of more than $900m (£645m). The firms said that they have been talking since late last year about creating a one-firm, global structure. In a vote today, the partners
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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Tom Burnett, contributor – As if the #Metoo sex abuse issue is not enough, now leading law firm Russell McVeagh must concern itself with whether clients will head for the exit in the wake of the sexual assault claims in recent days. The most recent harassment claim against the firm related to “consensual sexual” encounters
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