Steptoe & Johnson Secure Top Litigator From MOFO
Steptoe and Johnston have recruited a top litigator from Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco
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A Senior Barrister’s Farewell Note To Chambers
The appointment to the District Court of senior barrister Kate Davenport KC saw the popular barrister write a powerful and poignant farewell to Bankside, the Chambers she worked from for 16 years. She was sworn in as a DCJ on 21 February and is to sit in Auckland. Although she had not entered our Power
Who Are The Best Lawyers in Real Estate?
Best Lawyers have published their 2023 Best Lawyers: Real Estate and Infrastructure publication, providing a top level look at the US real estate scene and the leading lawyers practising in the area. Best Lawyers also contains articles from leading real estate lawyers on the current volatile real estate market as the US and other markets
Why ChatGPT Says Even It’s AI Cannot Replace Lawyers
Can artificial intelligence replace lawyers? We asked ChatGPT
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Former Big Law Chief Resigns to Dedicate Time to Helping Children in Need
Big Law leader takes on new role helping kids after featuring in Big Law salary scale rankings
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Gender Equality Advocate Named First Female President of International Bar Association in Two Decades
After a 20 year gap, the International Bar Association has elected its first woman president, appropriately reflecting the IBA’s own research on the need for greater gender equality in the legal profession. The new IBA president is Spanish lawyer Almudena Arpón de Mendívil y Aldama who is only the second woman in the Association’s 76
Is Parental Leave ‘Sitting on Your Ass’, As One Lawyer Suggested?
The understandable results of the comment have left the law firm embarrassed and the texting lawyer without a job of his own – presumably sitting on his own ass. A Cleveland lawyer lost his job following an insulting text message he sent to a colleague who had returned from parental leave and resigned for another
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Law Star Ben Crump: The Fierce Legal Advocate For Victims of Racism and Injustice
Chuck Kellner* Ben Crump, the civil rights advocate and social justice lawyer, grew up in North Carolina but has become a national legal champion of the oppressed, building his legal practice He has acted in some of the major, headline-making cases coming before the US courts including representing George Floyd, Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown
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Former Kirkland & Ellis Partner’s $38m Malibu Pad
Michael Steele, a former partner in Kirkland & Ellis’ London office has picked up a Malibu mansion for $38 million as he plans a new career at an LA-based real estate private equity firm, GLP Capital Partners. Steele had previously worked at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer before moving to Kirkland & Ellis, one of the world’s
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3 Key Rules For Lawyers To Master With Online Recruitment
Online communication skills for lawyers seeking to recruit legal talent mean mastering some key communication skills
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