Lawyer David Lat has reported on legal matters for many years as founder of the ‘AbovetheLaw’ legal blog, but the now-legal recruiter is lying in a Manhattan hospital bed being treated for coronavirus. In a New York Law Journal story, Lat described the isolation in his room, sing ‘negative pressure’ to exclude germs and described […]
Experienced Wellington criminal lawyer Mike Antunovic criticised the Ministry of Justice for continuing with jury trials in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. The Wellington District Court had 355 potential jurors scheduled for callover next week for jury trials And now Chief Justice Dame Helen Winkelmann (left) has suspended all new jury trials from 23
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LawFuel focuses much attention on women lawyers globally and more law firms are moving beyond lip service towards women lawyers by providing some genuine effort to fill the gender gap. Weil Gotshal & Manges has 64 women partners globally, out of complement of over 1000 attorneys, of whom 27 per cent of the firm’s US
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Former class action legal leader Andrew Hooker has died in Australia following a motorcycle crash. Mr Hooker, 55, who was most famous for his lawsuits involving Australian bank fees and a test case he took against the Earthquake Commission, died while road testing his new Harley Davidson in Australia. A top New Zealand lawyer has
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What questions both men and women need to do to permit women lawyers to advance in the profession Gender balance and inequality in the legal profession has long been a festering sore and the International Women’s Day has pushed the issue once more to the forefront of consideration. A recent survey of top women lawyers
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Aside from the million dollar legal aid earners, the top 20 legal aid earners under the million mark had Wellington ACC specialists John Miller Law at the top. The full top 10 include: (Earnings rounded to nearest 000) 1. John Miller Law 972,000 2. Phoenix Law 947,000 3. Victoria Law 964,000 4. Thomas Dewar Sziranyi
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The law firms making the most from legal aid in the last reported year. Top national legal aid recipients 2018/19 New Zealand’s legal aid bill last year was almost $180 million. A total of 1247 legal aid providers were funded in the last reported year in New Zealand, with 0.6 per cent taking $1 million or
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DLA Piper’s Holly R. Lake named Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year by Century City Bar Association March 3, 2020 – The Century City Bar Association has named DLA Piper partner Holly R. Lake its Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year. She will receive the award at the association’s annual banquet on May 6, 2020, in Los
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Victoria Hudgins*The mountain of emails greeting a lawyer when they start their work day can be a daunting task. Add in a steady avalanche of emails throughout the day, and a lawyer can easily feel besieged and stressed. Being inundated with emails was one of various work stressors that the “Friend or Foe: Tech and
Law firms face four key diversity challenges but there are creative ways to meet them
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