Specialist firm IDR Law, focused on wills disputes, has received a £3.25m investment from private equity firm BGF. The funds will be used for recruitment, technology investment, and office expansion across the Midlands, north east, and London. IDR Law is the only UK firm specializing exclusively in wills, probate, and trust disputes.
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Clifford Chance has made history by becoming the first “magic circle” firm to establish a presence in Texas. The firm has opened a ten-partner office in Houston, specifically aiming to cater to the energy market. Clifford Chance has recruited seven partners from competitors, including Latham & Watkins, while also transferring three partners from its New
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Are NZ Law Firms Exploiting Staffers with Uncompensated Overtime? Major law firms have a stark difference in attitude towards working conditions for legal staff, according to an informal review of the firms by NZ Herald writer Sasha Borissenko. Check LawFuel’s Law Site – The article follows the report released by the Aotearoa Legal Workers’ Union
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An Australian lawyer claiming gender discrimination against him when applying for a boutique law firm has lost his claim, where he found his interviewers too beautiful.
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3 Key Law Firm Tech Solutions Tom Boman* If you run a law firm, you will probably know the challenges of tech adoption. Technology isn’t your core service, so you may not feel the need for it in the first place. Additionally, your team may not be ready to buy into innovation. The legal field
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Las Vegas personal injury attorney Steve Dimopoulos is taking on the NFL and the Raiders in a legal battle. After receiving a cease and desist letter, Dimopoulos has sued the organizations, asserting that his firm did not infringe on their trademarks in a Super Bowl commercial. He argues that his firm was careful not to feature league or team logos, and that the colors used predate the Raiders’ move to Las Vegas. Dimopoulos is demanding a ruling affirming no trademark infringement.
The former director of international law firm Gowling WLG has been found guilty of multiple allegations by the UK Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal which found he had engaged in a “sexual fantasy relationship” with a teenage colleague. Oliver Bretherton was found to have demonstrated a lack of integrity and an abuse of his position. The tribunal
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Law Firm and Culture Difference New Zealand law firm K3 Legal has taken the next step in its growth and appointed two new directors to its team, and has also added a new senior associate to its civil litigation group. >> In-House Counsel? Family Law? Government? We have New Zealand’s Best Law Jobs Right Here
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Grimshaw & Co achieved a $20.1 million win for their clients over a leaky building claim in respect of a Takapuna apartment block, but have lost a claim for negligence brought against the leaky building specialist firm. The owners of apartments in the 23-level Spencer On Byron in Takapuna won the court case against Grimshaw
women now make up 55 percent of the legal profession in Australia, up from 53 percent in 2020, and for the first time, women now dominate all sectors of legal practice outside the Bar
