In a #Metoo news round, we’ve been keen to avoid being caught up in any excessive paranoia over sexual harassment and sexual assault in law firms, but somehow it’s all about us. First there is the claim we reported about Baker + McKenzie’s apparent gagging of a solicitor accusing a partner of sexual assault, then […]
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The mounting media storm surrounding the Russell McVeagh sex-intern scandal has seen Radio New Zealand and others interview key players, including Victoria University Vice Chancellor Grant Guilford, who told the Nine to Noon’s Kathryn Ryan that the Police had kept the allegations made against at least two senior male members of the firm open. No
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No sooner had LawFuel published its piece on sexual harassment/assault issues with Baker + McKenzie when New Zealand’s arguably most prestigious law firm, Russell McVeagh, has been brought into the same firing line. The sexual harassment issue with law firms internationally has been an issue for many years, made worse by the male-dominated legal partners
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The financial news for major law firms is much the same for 2017 as it has been for years before – slow growth and sluggish performance. The annual report from Citi Private Bank Law Firm Group analyzes just what the major law firms are doing in terms of financial performance and it ain’t greatly impressive
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Lawsuits both for and against law firms have been outlined in a New York Law Journal article that looks at everything from gender discrimination suits to malpractice actions. A number of the lawsuits that commenced have been silently settled or gone the arbitration route. One settled lawsuit included Winston & Strawn’s five-year legal battle with women’s clothing
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Sexual assault appears to be all the rage in the entertainment industry – and many others – but is the law business immune? Hardly, and a recently reported gagging order against one of the world’s largest law firms, Baker + McKenzie, appears to prove the point firmly. The Times reported that the firm is being
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The law firm gender pay gap continues as before, according to a survey from a law firm recruiter in the UK which has surveyed London law firm partners. It comes as no surprise that women are consistently underpaid on the law pay front, notwithstanding the repeated efforts and statements from law firms about how they’re
Ogletree Deakins – As Chief Diversity and Professional Development Officer at Ogletree Deakins, I have seen that law firms specifically, and the legal industry, generally, face external pressures from clients, outside counsel, and diversity groups to maintain diversity initiatives. Recently, some of that pressure has been coming from sources internal to law firms—namely, their own
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David Weston What sort of law firm would best suit millenials and what changes are the ‘Me To’ generation bringing to the way law firms operate? The question was recently posed to the managing principal of a mid-sized law firm, Porzio, Bromberg & Newman. Vito Gagliardi made the observation to the New Jersey Law Journal
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Sandra Mahoney* I deal daily with women in the law who make the oft-heard complaint about the lack of fairness and parity with their male colleagues in the law. One – in fact three, things – that struck a chord with me was comments made by the highest paid lawyer in the country, Judy Sheindlin,
