Jenner & Block have announced that highly experienced bankruptcy lawyer Richard Levin, the man who helped draft the US Federal Bankruptcy Code, is to join the firm. Levin has been chair of Cravath Swaine & Moore’s bankruptcy group since 2007 and his role in the area has helped shaped US bankruptcy law since his days […]
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Amal Clooney is never one to avoid the spotlight, be it her marriage, her social life or her lawyering. This time, fresh from the NY Met social event its takng on former Conservative Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath as someone involving in the authorising the torture of detainees in Northern Ireland in a controversial case
Human Rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin – Mrs George Clooney, in other words – has apparently created a major stir by looking ravishing. Why? Because here John Galliano gown gave rise to some controversy over Galliano’s anti-Semitic past. Mrs Clooney appeared at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with George Clooney. In 2011, Dior announced they had
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Jennifer Jaff, a Connecticut lawyer who suffered from Crohn’s disease became a significant voice representing those with chronic diseases. She died aged 55. When her illness meant that she could no longer work in her law practice, she founded and became director of Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness in 2005. In her practice, she
Earth Day is more than a ‘feel good’ day, its also a time when everyone gets an opportunity to consider what they should be doing to preserve our planet. However, it has become the key activity for numerous politicians in the past decades. Here are four of the political figures who have helped shape Earth
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Judge Judy has always struck a chord with those who welcome frank dressing down of wrong-doers or those who seek to play games in Court. But for General Sessions Court Judge Lila Statom a dressing down to a gang member charged with attempted murder caught the fond attention of around half a million viewers fast.
Cindy Crawford has alleged that a picture of her in a bikini that went viral was doctored to make her look bad. Although many thought the photo of the famed model was great, taken a couple of years ago, the social networks went ballistic over the “flab”. The lawyer for Cindy Crawford’s photographer sent out
Facebook’s top lawyer, Ted Ullyot is forsaking the social network that gave social networking its cache, and joins a venture capital firm to focus on regulatory affairs and policy. Sounds interesting, but is Ted Ullyot really tired of joining a company like Facebook that had a mere 100 million users when he joined in 2008,
Lawyers in movies have been around for as long as movies have been screening. Some of the best movies – and we agree, some of the worst – have featured lawyers in various guises. Now the HuffPost’s Alex Simon, co-editor of the Hollywood Interview.com and a screenwriter himself, has written a ‘Brief History’ of lawyers
Detroit – April 9, 2015 — LawFuel.com – Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that James P. Feeney has received the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel’s (MDTC) Annual Excellence In Defense Award. He will be honored during an awards banquet hosted by the MDTC on Friday, May 15th at The H Hotel in Midland,
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