Forbes have kindly done something that will disabuse the notion that starting a law firm is a walk in the park. Speaking with five chief legal offices and lawyers from the Forbes Legal Council (for prestigious law firm applicants only, they say), the magazine distilled the following key messages about starting your own law firm.\ […]
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Hogan Lovells has built one of the law industry’s largest pro bono schemes with employees donating over 115,000 hours to pro bono work during 2015. In a press release, the firm said that the firm worked closely with DC Volunteer Lawyers Project, the Tahirih Justice Center, RAINN, Schools Consent Project (SCP), and others to make substantial
Billing themselves as as criminal law “dream Team” the Berkeley-based law firm of Arguedas, Cassman & Headley is no stranger to taking on the ‘big boys’ in litigation – and winning. The latest case in point is the David v. Goliath battle between the firm’s client, FedEx and the US Department of Justice.
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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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