DLA Piper is proud to announce that 62 lawyers have been promoted to its partnership. The promotions are effective as of April 1, 2018 in the United States and May 1, 2018 for EMEA and Asia Pacific. The promotions were made across many of the firm’s practice areas in 42 different offices throughout 20 countries. […]
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Milwaukee, WI – March 30, 2018 – Foley & Lardner LLP and Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP today announced the successful combination of the two firms, effective April 1, 2018. The combined firm will have approximately 1,100 lawyers in 24 offices in the United States, Mexico, Asia and Europe. More specifically, Foley will now have a
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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
