Winston & Strawn partner Neely Agin lost her daughter to cancer the antitrust lawyer decided she would do something to help find a cure for the disease that took her daughter. “My daughter, Alexis, battled a form of brain cancer called DIPG. She was a sweet and stubborn 4 year old who enjoyed art projects, […]
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One of the major trends that has emerged in the New Zealand law jobs market in recent years has been the rapid growth of in-house law jobs, which now accounts for nearly 25 per cent of the legal profession’s figures. A recent LawTalk article highlighted the situation with Law Society figures showing 3,206 in-house lawyers
The divorce of the world’s richest couple – Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos – has been PR-dressed as a breakup between close friends who fully intend to retain their close bonds, as per the announcement below. It could well wind up as the most expensive divorce in history – making ex-wife Mackenzie Bezos the world’s richest
LOS ANGELES – Members of a federal task force have arrested an attorney on narcotics distribution charges that allege she illegally sold oxycodone pills after offering drugs for sale on Craigslist. Jackie Ferrari, 36, a resident of Downey, who investigators believe recently started a new job at a Beverly Hills law firm, was arrested late
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Litigation is a tough game, but a steady stream of young litigators are making their mark on the legal scene, working in civil and criminal courts and steadily building their reputations. We have some of the up-and-comers here. Kerry Cook – The Defender Kerry Cook took the relatively rare route directly to the independent Bar,
The US News & World Report rankings on America’s best diets have been released showing the Mediterranean Diet as the Best Overall Diet in the magazine’s rankings. For the second consecutive year, the Mediterranean Diet ranks as the No. 1 Best Diet Overall. The DASH Diet, which previously held the No. 1 spot for 8 consecutive
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Bob Jones* “As your Honour knows, when one enters a brothel…” “I know no such thing Mr Stacey,” the outraged Judge barked. That was a typical Roy Stacey courtroom incident which I confess I’ve “borrowed” for a novella I’ve written, along with three others for publication next year. With nigh on six decades of court
Gender balance, the long-sought after objective in the Law, has been achieved with the latest Queens’ Cunsel appointments. The 10 appointments announced by the Attorney General today are a 5-all gender split, a move welcomed by the Bar Association and others. Whether politically-inclined objectives are necessarily the best way to appoint the country’s leading counsel
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Andreea Dumitru Knowingly Made False Statements and Representations On More Than 100 Asylum Applications Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ANDREEA DUMITRU, a/k/a “Andreea Dumitru Parcalaboiu,” an immigration attorney based in Queens, New York, was found guilty today in Manhattan federal court of asylum fraud, making false
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Eternal litigator Colin Craig returns to court – yes, again – with an appeal against the judgment last month from Justice Kit Toogood who found that Craig was defamed WhaleOil blogger Cameron Slater, although no damages were awarded because there was no reputational damage to Craig other than from his own actions. Justice Toogood also
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