Michael Avenatti, once a cable news darling and lawyer for Stormy Daniels, just had his prison sentence cut. He was resentenced to 11 years and 3 months for stealing from clients and dodging taxes. That’s less than the original 14 years. The Ninth Circuit ruled last year that the judge made mistakes by not counting […]
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Who Is The Gold-Plated Lawyer Peter Cooper? John Bowie, LawFuel publisher In the 1980s when I started the first ‘Rich List’ for the NZ Financial Review there were few lawyers who made the List – perhaps only Michael Friedlander – but as the world changes. The NBR bought the Review and the Rich List and
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Attacking A Barrister Guest Was A New Low Point In Screaming-Match TV ‘News’ When leading public law barrister and international speaker and commentator Natasha Hausdorff (pictured) appeared on Piers Morgan’s YouTube channel to debate the tragedy in Gaza, the diginity of her position was assailed by a screaming-head in the form of ‘new media’s’ hero,
Move over, “Suits”—the real legal drama is in L.A., where David Lira, son-in-law to disgraced legal legend Tom Girardi (yes, the one married to “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Erika Jayne), pleaded guilty to contempt of court. Lira admitted he helped withhold millions in settlement funds from Indonesian widows and orphans after a Boeing
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Davis Polk partner Michael Mollerus discussed the Section 899 provision of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and its potential impact on foreign investors and companies with Bloomberg. Section 899 would create a new tax regime targeting residents of “discriminatory foreign countries” that impose “unfair foreign taxes” on U.S. persons. The increased tax rates would apply
Johnson Law Group Welcomes New Associate Solicitor Leonie AmarasekaraJohnson Law Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Leonie Amarasekaraas an Associate Solicitor in the firm’s London office. Leonie brings with her a wealth of experience in high-value, cross-border disputes.She trained and qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales at White & Case LLP,practising
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Philip Crump has combined his legal and media knowledge, comboined with a fair dose of business and political savvy, to become one of the most powerful voices in New Zealand’s increasingly fractured media scene.
Sitting as a powerful voice on the NZME editorial board, Crump can quote both the Companies Act and the latest newsroom meme, and still have time to pen a sharp Substack column, Cranmer’s Substack, but will increasingly help shape news delivery in the newish-look NZME board.
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From “Erin Brockovich” to Inmate – Tom Girardi’s Stunning Legal Collapse Ben Thomson, Lawfuel contributing editor Tom Girardi’s name once rang out in legal circles as a titan of the plaintiffs’ bar—a courtroom brawler, the “Erin Brockovich” lawyer, and a Los Angeles legal celebrity whose reach extended from the courthouse to reality TV. But today,
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The class action layer leading the action against the ASB and ANZ banks has slammed proposed legislation he says will rewrite consumer law to protect the banks, rather than their clients. Scott Russell leads the class action lawsuit and considers the retrospective legislation designed to protect the Australian-owned banks is a slap in the face
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Skadden Lawyer’s Career Turn A&O Shearman just pulled off a big move bringing a lawyer who has handled some of the biggest deals in the UK back to the firm from Skadden. George Knighton has been around for nearly three decades handling major deals for the firm. Knightson started his career at Allen & Overy
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