Annual policy survey ranks MoFo among top five firms in California; honors achievement in part-time and flex-time policies For the third year in a row, Yale Law Women has named Morrison & Foerster to its annual Top 10 Family Friendly Firms List. We also were honored as one of the Top Five Firms in California. […]
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As if you had forgotten . . it’s 15 years since “Legally Blonde” was released and to celebrate the occasion, star Reese Witherspoon slipped into the same bikini – and some other wardrobe items – from the hit movie. As you will recall, it was the same swimsuit she used to prepare a video for
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The Pokemon Go craze is setting the reality world on fire, as well as Nintendo’s capital value with a $7 billion overnight increase, but there are some legal issues ahead too, according to a lawyer involved in such matters. Pokemon Go is an ‘augmented reality’ show that requires players to visit real-world places to discover
Disabled athlete Oscar Pistorius received a six year jail term today – meaning another three years in jail for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp. Judge Thokozile Masipa passed the sentence, which was less than half of the recommended minimum 15-year jail term for murder. The sentencing, at the South African High Court on Wednesday, occurred before
If anyone doubted the arrival of the robot lawyer, put them to one side right now. British teen Joshua Browder’s robot lawyer was reported here earlier in the year and it has already overturned parking tickets in the tens of thousand in both London and New York, totally in fact 160,000 since launching his robot
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Taylor Swift and her legal team have never been slow to react to perceived rip offs of Swift’s music. The Kanye West ‘fame’ video is supposedly made with the consent to lyrics that had been cleared by Swift, but not according to the popster’s lawyers who quickly sent a cease and desist letter. “Kanye did
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The Brexit decision will mean a bonanza for many law firms, according to early reports of the UK decision to exit the EU, but longer-term the prospects could be tough for London’s law firm role in international law. Many law firms in London had set up hotlines to advise concerned clients about the implications of the
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Donald Trump is famously litigious – he has sued entire cities and countries, let alone ex-wives and others – and with very mixed results. Some of his lawsuits have been strange, misguided or downright bizarre. And among the many lawsuits – around 3,500 according to as USA Today report,(1,900 as plaintiff, 1,300 as defendant) fighting everything
No sooner has Gawker Media been warring with Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel over the sex tape lawsuit and now it has a problem involving nothing less than Donald Trump’s hair. The dramatic new turn in a battle that has seen Gawker bloodied and bruised, and on the block, following the battle with
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Has Big Law’s big dog firm Cravath Swaine & Moore set off a burst of wage hikes in the wake of its 12.5 per cent increase – the first in almost 10 years? Maybe. Since the GFC law firm economics have changed as clients resisted fee levels and the justification for higher fees became more difficult.
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