Law firm mergers are set to dramatically increase in 2021 after the pandemic, with some predictions indicating a four-fold increase in mergers is coming. A report from Altman Weil makes the prediction, showing mergers began a rebound in the first quarter of 2021 with 26 transactions which would break the number of mergers last year […]
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Lawyers looking for love can be a brief too far for many overworked, stressed legal professionals, but a London legal entrepreneur has developed a dating app for lawyers-use-only – hoping to change the lawyer dating game for good. Release over a week ago, the new Lawyr app has already proven a success based on the
A Google search for the term ‘Attorney’ will return you around 533 million results – give or take a million or so. A similar search for ‘Lawyer’ returns 640 million. So, within the 100 million region they two can be regarded in search terms as largely similar in terms of online search popularity. But the
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“Leading with Influence” is a new research study Morrison & Foerster has completed in partnership with Global Leaders in Law, aimed at helping you, our global GC community, lead and thrive as you juggle increasingly complex roles, in uncertain times. Over 150 global legal executives participated in this comprehensive study to understand the competencies crucial
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A victory to Vergara over the control of frozen embryos provides an insight into right-to-live lawsuits, another fast-growing area of law that family lawyers everywhere need to be aware of Actress Sofia Vergara has succeeded in her ongoing lawsuit with her former fiance Nick Loeb over their frozen embryos in a long legal battle that
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London Barrister Jolyon Maugham hit the social media headlines for killing a fox with a baseball bat over a year ago. At least one big law firm hasn’t forgotten. It’s a ‘shocking abuse of power’, he says. Jolyon Maugham is a director of the Good Law Project, and claims that ‘Magic Circle’ law firm Allen &
Zoom has been the big boom for the pandemic, but a recent Zoom filter mishap with a US lawyer has seen what can happen when the Zoom ‘cat’ filter – or any filter, actually – is not switched off. “I’m here live, I’m not a cat,” a voice can be heard saying, while a kitten’s
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Taking on work for Donald Trump for his record, second impeachment trial is not necessarily the sort of brief many lawyers would scramble for, but for Montgomery Country’s former top prosecutor it plays to an infamy as a power lawyer that doubtless suits him just fine. But for Bruce Castor, 59, Montgomery County prosecutor from
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Insurrectionist and lawyer Paul Davis is also, it would appear, a Lord of the Rings fan. So much so, in fact, that his Rings-related court filings following the storming of the Capitol has been replete with references to Mordor and the like – and much-mocked too. To recap the Davis scenario since 2021 began, he
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A Florida lawyer who filmed himself soliciting sex from three inmates, one being a porn actress in jail, has had his law licence removed Andrew Spark, 54, a Tampa attorney, had previously met the actress at a pornography convention and had been arrested earlier for meeting with another inmate who he filmed having sex with
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