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MinterEllison’s Partner Departures Continue to Bleed The Firm As Corrs Benefits

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MinterEllison’s Australian offices continue to shed partners with five key finance partners departing and with special counsel Caitlin Chiu and long-serving partner John Mosley heading to Corrs Chambers Westgarth. The moves follow the mass departures in February when three partners left for Corrs as it continues its expansion. An earlier departure was big name M&A […]

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Power List Michael Heron QC

Rising fast up the Power List is former Solicitor General Michael Heron QC whose continued high profile work has made him one of the country’s most powerful lawyers. Recently appointed to inquire into the death of Olympian Olivia Podmore by Cycling NZ and High Performance Sport NZ  and acting for boxer Joseph Parker named in

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Top Law Firm Salaries Continue To Rise . . And The Sky Appears To Be The Limit

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The Law Firm Salary Wars Continue . . Everywhere Top law firm salaries and those from top law firms continue as Associates’ pay rates continue to go through the roof among US law firms and US-based London firms. Milbank started the rise with their 200k pay rates for Associates in June, but others have followed.

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Insider Trading Investor Made $6 Million And Found Guilty of Investment Fraud Scheme

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that, following a two-week trial presided over by U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos, and approximately one hour of deliberations, DONALD BLAKSTAD, the owner and principal of a California-based investment firm, was found guilty on all counts for committing insider trading and

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Management Shakeup At Slaughter & May To Modernize Law Firm Structure

Management changes at Slaughter & May have seen the Magic Circle law firm dispensing with its executive partner and practice partner roles, replacing the positions with chief operating officer from outside the firm partnership. The move echoes what firms are beginning to practice or at least examine as they modernize their management structure to make

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Goodwin Procter Has Boosted Its Tech Law Practice With 12 Hires From Rival Law Firms

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Goodwin Procter has boosted its its technology practice with the addition of twelve lawyers — including seven partners — from rival firms in New York, Silicon Valley and Washington DC. Goodwin has been elevating its tech law practice recently with nearly 50 lawyers joining the firm this year and has taken four partners from Boston-based

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Bar Association congratulates newly appointed Queen’s Counsel

The New Zealand Bar Association has welcomed the announcement of 10 new  Queen’s Counsel.  >> Legal Drafting Roles – Banking – Property Law – New Roles on the LawFuel Network  The new Silks are Lynda Kearns, Stephen McCarthy, Ron Mansfield, Fletcher Pilditch,  Davey Salmon and Laura O’Gorman (all from Auckland), Greg Arthur, Michael Colson  and

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How Did A 32 Year Old Lawyer From London Become One of America’s Most Powerful Lawyers So Quickly?

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And What Will Lina Khan’s Elevation Mean For Big Tech? Lina Khan is a 32 year old lawyer and former legal academic who has risen to one of America’s most powerful lawyer roles in a rapid space of time leaving many observers variously both astounded and bemused at her stratospheric rise through the legal ranks.

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