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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Statue of Hindu God Ganesha Was Stolen From a Temple in Tamil Nadu in 2006 LawFuel.com – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the return of a stolen 11th or 12th Century bronze statue of Ganesha to the Republic of India, pursuant to an
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The US law firm scene has seen three major announcements of Big Law ‘splintering’ with the creation of litigation boutiques. And so the question is raised whether 2016 will be the year of the litigation boutique. As Bloomberg reported the first splinter involved 11 lawyers decamped from Arent Fox in California who went off to form
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The rapid expansion of the Asian market, together with its deregulation and lowering of trade barriers, has helped businesses expand rapidly in the region, with one exception: law firms. The legal profession has not enjoyed the same level of deregulation when handling cross-border work as the lawyers’ clients have enjoyed but they have used what
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Haena Park Charged with Defrauding More than 20 Individual Investors LawFuel.com – 2016 Law News Site – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations
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“El Chapo” the infamous drug lord is battling more than just extradition to the US, he’s also got his own lawyers battling one another. Having a legal team in-fighting is not the most helpful characteristic of a successful legal defense of any kind, but Joaquin Guzman has had two of his attorneys file an appeal
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How “super” are the ‘Super Lawyers’? How ‘rising’ are the legal stars? And are the “best lawyers” really best? These are issues that arise as as result of the plethora of awards and lists compiled by the legal media that have prompted a New Jersey committee charged with the responsibility of considering ethical advertising to
Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel financed the Hulk Hogan lawsuit against Gawker, along with other lawsuits against the gossip site. Many have asked ‘Why?’ Thiel, a former lawyer and Supreme Court clerk who went on to make billions as co-founder of PayPal among other ventures, said he regarded his financing of lawsuits against the scandal
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