WASHINGTON, D.C. LawFuel.com – 24 February 2014 – Hogan Lovells today announced that Tom Peters has joined the firm’s Government Regulatory practice as a Senior Technical Advisor. He will be based in the Washington, D.C. office and a member of the firm’s Technology, Media and Telecoms group. Peters will provide assistance on technical […]
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The National Law Journal have released their rankings of the top 50 law schools based on these stats: percentage of 2013 graduates who took jobs at top firms (the largest by headcount) the schools that saw the most alumni promoted to partner during 2013 law schools costs compared to large firm hiring records. The survey
Sydney multimillionaire John Symond, the founder of Aussie Home Loans, has succeeded in a court application to have his former lawyers pay him for advice that landed him in difficulties with the Australian tax authorities. Symond took legal action against Australian law firm Gadens after he had been forced to pay tax, penalties and interest
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Miranda Barbour confessed to killing a man and faces the death penalty on that score, but now she appears to have been one of America’s youngest mass murderers with a Satanic killing spree across the United States “When I hit 22, I stopped counting” the 19 year old said. She is reported to have confessed
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Slater & Gordon, the first public listed law firm, has announced significant profits for its UK branch in reports published on its home stock exchange in Australia, reports LawFuel.co.nz Slater & Gordon’s UK arm made £35m (A$61.4m) in the first half of its 2013/14 financial year (from 1 July 2013 to 31 December 2013) The
The NSA spied on an American law firm working on a trade dispute issue with the US, according to a report that emerged from the New York Times. A top-secret document obtained by the former NSA contractor Edward Snowden showed the law firm was monitored “while representing a foreign government in trade disputes with the
Clifford Chance has advised Pfizer on the sale of its plant in Illertissen (Germany) to the Russian based R-Pharm Group. Pfizer and R-Pharm have also entered into a long-term contract regarding the continued manufacture of a number of Pfizer products by R-Pharm at the production site. Pfizer employs in Illertissen about 400 employees, which is
Troubled law firms can seek pro bono help via a confidential helpline under a new service provided by UK legal consultants. The service, provided by 360 Legal Group has set up following increased concerns expressed by many law firms facing trouble – a number that is reportedly over 3500 firms in the country. Following the
A 21 year old woman who killed six people this weekend while speeding along an LA freeway had a lengthy list of DUI and traffic violations. Olivia Carolee Culbreath was driving her Chevrolet Camaro at over 100 miles per hour when she crashed into a Ford Explorer killing the four occupants and two in her
The death of former child star Shirley Temple at 85 has aroused a scandal relating to the alleged appeal her childlike beauty had that was more sinister for some. Famed writer Graham Greene had written: her appeal is more secret and more adult. It lead to scandal, intrigue and a lawsuit by 20th Century Fox.
