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Anderson Lloyd Continues to Grow NZ Law Jobs & Deals

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Dunedin-based Anderson Lloyd’s continued growth has seen the law firm, one of the country’s longest-established, creating perhaps the largest property law practice in the country with five partners handling the firm’s property work. The firm’s Auckland office, established in 2014 has been a remarkable success and has recently added former senior Russell McVeagh partner […]

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Baker McKenzie Reiterates Support for Marriage Equality in Australia Ahead of Vote

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In September, Australians will be provided the opportunity to vote on same-sex marriage in Australia via a postal survey. Baker McKenzie reiterates its support for marriage equality in Australia ahead of the vote. Baker McKenzie national managing partner, Anthony Foley stated: “As a Firm, we want to reiterate our support for marriage equality. We are

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University of Canterbury’s “Cheerful” Factor – Making It a Happy Place

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I am text What makes the University of Canterbury (UC) and its students so politically engaged? UC students have again proved to be the most engaged of any New Zealand university with 45 per cent voting in last week’s student elections, which is a 12 per cent increase on the 2016 figure and continuing the university’s

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Drug User’s Choice: Save a Victim or Protect His Dealer? He Made the Wrong Choice

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARC HENRY JOHNSON was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for helping cover up a drug dealer’s narcotics offense by moving a woman’s body out of a Manhattan apartment where she had suffered

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The NZ Election: It’s Boot Camp Pledge Time . . Again

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The National Party’s ‘boot camp pledge’ to send up to 50 young offenders to a new training facility is something that has been tried – and failed – before according to critics. The proposed policy would see the serious young offenders sent to Waiouru military camp for training which, if they failed, would result

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Brazen Securities Fraud on Tribal Entities For Tens of Millions Results in 14 Year Jail Term

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]   Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JASON GALANIS was sentenced today by the Honorable Ronnie Abrams to 173 months for defrauding a Native American tribal entity and numerous pension fund investors of tens of millions of dollars in connection with the issuance

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Record Revenues For Baker + McKenzie

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Firm reveals FY17 results Baker McKenzie, the leading global law firm, has announced revenues for the fiscal year ended 30 June 2017 (FY17) of $2.67 billion. In terms of constant currency, the most accurate measurement of the financial performance of any global professional services firm, Baker McKenzie’s revenues were up 5% compared to previous year.

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How to Shrink Contracts – So Business Booms

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “My utopia is two non-lawyers sitting over lunch, and reading the document, understanding it, and signing it.” My utopia may have a few more foreign language films and chocolate biscuits. But I’m with Shawn Burton, then Digital Solutions general counsel at GE Aviation, when he described how GE reduced several legal contracts to just

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