The Dorsey & Musk Battle on IP Law Jacqui Coombe, LawFuel contributor When Jack Dorsey, the bearded oracle of Twitter (now X), tweeted “delete all IP law,” and Elon Musk, the world’s most famous meme stock, replied “I agree,” the legal world collectively spit out its coffee. Was this a joke, a provocation, or the […]
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Ponzi Financial Scheme By Attorney Leads To Jail NEWARK, N.J. – A Somerset County, New Jersey, disbarred attorney was sentenced to 30 months in prison for a wire fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced. Lawrence Coven, 61, of Hillsborough, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Robert Kirsch in Trenton federal court
The Strange Case of Auckland Lawyer Benjamin Wong Benjamin Wong has been struck off the rolls by the Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal for an extensive scheme of forgery and client deception spanning nearly two years – and yet there was no apparent benefit to Wong in any of the misdeeds. >> A new job?
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How One Lawyer Turned Mockery Into a Business Model Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor In a profession where “aggressive representation” is practically a sacred mantra, one UK solicitor has flipped the script by building his practice on, brace yourself, being nice to clients. He’s the Mr Nice Guy lawyer who built a whole business model
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Pro Bono Leader Exits Following $40M Trump Settlement Steven Banks has stepped down as Paul Weiss’s pro bono practice leader just weeks after the firm’s contentious deal with the Trump administration. Banks, 68, didn’t directly blame the Trump agreement but stated his “opportunity to make an impact as a lawyer is diminishing.” He expressed a
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Sidley Austin Scores Wall Street Heavyweight in Latest BigLaw Drama Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor When your firm has spent decades as the Fort Knox of partner retention, watching top talent walk out the door must sting worse than a first-year associate’s billable shortfall. That’s the reality Cravath Swaine & Moore now faces as Dave
The ASIC Blockbuster Hits Aussie Court When your company’s getting cozy with alleged crime bosses, maybe don’t leave the receipts? That’s the free legal advice Star Entertainment’s former general counsel Paula Martin probably wishes she’d followed before landing in Australia’s Federal Court hot seat. Martin — who climbed from group general counsel to chief legal
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The opposition mounted by over 500 law firms against Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting law firms was a remarkable show of unity in a profession facing intense criticism for its compliance and genuflection before the President.
The collective action, which culminated in the submission of an amicus brief supporting Perkins Coie’s lawsuit, was orchestrated by Munger Tolles & Olson, with former Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, Jr., leading the charge as counsel for the amici.
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Self-Belief and Moving Beyond The Billable Hour Lani E Medina spent 15 years working in corporate law with global law firms after also spending time working for the US Air Force. She then took the entrepreneurial gamble of starting her own firm building upon her personality, life expeeriences and her desire to do something ‘beyond
Law Star Jeff Hammel’s Big Day Hammel described this occurrence as “wildly improbable,” noting that he had previously only heard of lawyers winning a maximum of two cases in a single day. Hammel, who co-leads Latham & Watkins’ litigation and trial department in New York said that it was “wildly improbable” that three decisions from
