October 24, 2014 – DLA Piper is pleased to announce that it was named as “Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year” by Who’s Who Legal for the firm’s commitment to maintaining a leading pro bono practice and for providing phenomenal work in 2013. Last year, DLA Piper handled 207,000 hours of pro bono work […]
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Joan Rivers’ daughter Melissa has retained the services of personal injury and medical malpractice attorney Ben Rabinowitz to look into the death of her mother. Joan Rivers, who died Sept. 4 from complications during a medical procedure. “In order to fully determine the facts and circumstances surrounding the death of Joan Rivers, we confirm
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What makes an innovative law firm? There are perhaps any number of factors that can warrant a firm being so labelled, but for European law firm Garrigues, they have won the title three out of the past four years in the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers awards. So what exactly are Garrigues, a Spanish law firm, doing
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The first health worker to be isolated under the rules to impose mandatory quarantine for travellers from Ebola-hit regions is to sue over her quarantine. Kaci Hickox was placed under 21 day quarantine in New Jersey after returning from Sierra Leone, arguing that her constitutional rights were infringed. New Jersey, New York and Illinois are
It’s to become easier than ever for non-law firms to enter the UK legal profession following recent changes made by the solicitors’ watchdog. The changes came about because changes made by the “Tesco law” reforms were failing to attract new players in the UK law business. The measures will make it easier for companies to
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One of the greatest attributes of any great law firm are the shelves of legal volumes and those rich-smelling and somewhat musty books that create the atmosphere we all love in a real law office. No more. The digital area is rendering such smells and sights redundant as they slowly but surely reduce them, remove
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Boston-based law firm Bingham McCutchen is the latest law firm facing problems, after partners have defected and the 123 year old firm with a proud history faces declining fortunes and an uncertain future. Changing fortunes in the legal industry, which has fought against reduced demand for legal services and a changing landscape for law service
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Facebook – like any big, juicy, rich corporate – is a very large target for lawsuits from all comers. And one of the ‘comers’ is now facing the music as the social network files claim against him for allegedly fraudulently suing Facebook. However, Facebook isn’t stopping there, it’s also going after DLA Piper, the law
In an unexpected move, General Motors on Friday announced the retirement of its top lawyer, Michael P. Millikin, who has been a central figure in the automaker’s safety crisis and a target of congressional critics calling for broad reforms at the nation’s largest automaker, Reuters reported. G.M. said Mr. Millikin, who joined the company in 1977 and has
Ho Chi Minh City, 15 October 2014 Hogan Lovells has announced that Jeff Olson has joined its Vietnam corporate practice as a partner in the Ho Chi Minh City office. Jeff joins from Allen & Overy in Vietnam and is U.S. qualified, having previously worked in New York up until his move in 2012.
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