We’ve reported previously about the issues faced by Western law firms setting up in China (See: Law Firms Facing the Chinese Challenge) and the obstacles they face. Some have retreated already and for US firms, they feel hindered by Chinese authorities according to a new survey conducted by the American chamber of commerce (AmCham), according to Business […]
Caroline Jones from Aderant to present “Managing mobility and connectivity”. The session will look at the drive toward empowering lawyers to become mobile “road warriors” with smart phones, iPads, tablets, laptops and other devices all connected back to the office via portals – which can all pose many IT challenges. Caroline will explore how the
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SAN DIEGO – LawFuel.com – Shareholder Rights Law Firm Johnson & Weaver, LLP is investigating potential violations of federal and state law by CTPartners Executive Search Inc. (NYSE MKT: CTP) and certain of its officers and directors. CTPartners provides retained executive search services worldwide. On December 8, 2014, The New York Post reported that an
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LawFuel.com – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and William J. Bratton, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), announced today additional criminal charges filed in Manhattan federal court
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LOS ANGELES – Two men who were leaders of a scheme involving a company called Gigapix that defrauded hundreds of victims by promising large returns on movie investments and a production company’s imminent public offering were sentenced today, receiving sentences of up to eight years in federal prison. The two defendants sentenced
Rapidly-rising London rentals – around six times the UK national average – may be pushing out one of London’s “Magic Circle” law firms, Freshfields. According to rercent reports Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has instructed real estate agents to find 100,000 square feet in Manchester to accommodate its 1300 UK staff. The reports frm the Estates Gazette
The increasing controversy over the discovery and now publication of Lee Harper’s sequel to her vaunted “To Kill a Mockingbird” has been aired further with Harper’s lawyer describing how she discovered the long-lost novel. In an interview with the New York Times, Tonja Brooks Carter said she was doing some legal work for Lee one
Latham & Watkins appears to have been enjoying a field day raiding Clifford Chance for new partners, with the latest being two CC partners in the German officie, Olliver Felsenstein and Burc Hesse. Hesse joined Clifford Chance from Lovells in 2006, as part of Clifford Chance’s swoop on a five-strong private equity team from Lovells. The Lawyer
Cravath – On January 26, 2015, Rock-Tenn Company (“RockTenn”) and MeadWestvaco Corporation (“MWV”) announced that they have entered into a definitive combination agreement to create a leading global provider of consumer and corrugated packaging in a transaction with a combined equity value of $16 billion. Cravath represented RockTenn in connection with this transaction, which is
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Katy Perry’s lawyers, Greeberg Traurig have bitten over her “Left Shark” dancing image seen in the Super Bowl act from the pop sensation, requesting a 3-D print sculpture sold online be taken offline – Now! The dancing shark became a phenomenon and inevitably spawned those seeking to politicize or monetize the shark. Not if Greenberg Traurig has
