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Senior Australian Lawyer Almost ‘Falls Off Chair’ Over Minters Email Imbroglio

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Australian lawyer Mark Liebler

” . . it was “incomprehensible” that Ms Kimmitt did not contact Mr Bartlett before sending the email.” The scandal involving the email from MinterEllison’s former CEO Annette Kimmitt has lead one Australian law leader to describe the incident as “off the planet and incomprehensible.” Kimmitt has now resigned her position following the imbroglio over […]

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Cleary Gottlieb Hire Former Magic Circle Anti-Trust Lawyer

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Jackie Holland to Cleary Gottlieb

Another senior lawyer has moved from a Magic Circle firm, this time Slaughter and May, to a US competitor. Cleary Gottlieb have hired experienced corporate lawyer Jackie Holland, announcing the hire in the release below – Jackie Holland will join the firm as a partner in the London office, focusing on competition practice, including antitrust

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Linklaters’ New Afro Hair Policy In A Move Towards Racial Equality

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Afro haircuts

Magic circle firm Linklaters has moved towards its focus on increased diversity by adopting a new Afro hair code or, to be more specific, a ‘black hair code’ that protects staff with Afro hairstyles, along with braids, cornrows and all the other manifestations of afro hair. The firm said that the policy change had been

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Minters’ CEO Leaves After Email Firestorm

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Minter Ellison CEO Anette Kimmitt has left the firm she headed following her email to staff about partner Peter Bartlett acting for Australian Attorney General Christian Porter who faced rape allegations. MinterEllison’s chairman, David O’Brien, told staff via an email sent on Wednesday that Kimmitt had left, and would be replaced in an acting capacity

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Law Firm Obtains $2.4 Million in Disability Discrimination Case Brought By Former Students of ‘Success Academy’ School

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Success Academy Charter School Network Ordered to Pay Over $2.4 Million in a Disability Discrimination Case Brought by Families of Five Former Students Powered by LawFuel – Charter school network Success Academy, which touts its commitment to children “from all backgrounds,” has been ordered to pay over $2.4 million on a Judgment in a case

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3 More Arrested in Alleged COVID Fraud Ring, Exploiting COVID-Relief Packages

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LOS ANGELES – Powered by LawFuel – Expanding a case in which four people were indicted last year, federal authorities have charged four new defendants with participating in a scheme that allegedly submitted more than 150 fraudulent loan applications seeking nearly $22 million in COVID-19 relief funds authorized under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security

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Minters’ Dead CEO Walking In Wake Of the Law Firm’s Email Crisis

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Annette Kimmitt

How the CEO of Australia’s largest law firm put paid to her CEO position? MinterEllison is Australia’s largest law firm and CEO Annett Kimmitt has become embroiled in a controversy about ethics and the modern workplace that has seen her labelled a ‘dead CEO walking’. The scandal involves an email Kimmitt sent to the firm’s

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