Senior Ashurst lawyer Bernd Egbers, based in the firm’s Munich office, has been as to leave the firm due to “conduct which is contrary to (the firm’s) values’. The actual ‘conduct’ referred to is not disclosed in the statement, but Egbers joined the firm in 2006 from Norton Rose, handling cross-border financial transactions. He became […]
Press release from Alan Dershowitz reported on NewsMax: “David Boies, his law firm, and his client Virginia Giuffre, have falsely accused me of sexual misconduct with a woman I have never met. Giuffre, represented by the Boies firm, is now suing me for truthfully denying the false charge. Among the most important witnesses proving that
Overlawyered? Apparently not if the latest US figures are anything to go by. The last decade has seen a 14.5 per cent increase in the number of lawyers in the US. The ABA Journal has reported that lawyers in the US from the beginning of this year now number 1,352,027, up from 1,180,386 in 2009.
Lawyer David Sanford is an attorney who has brought gender bias lawsuits against major law firms. And he sees two key obstacles to the systemic changes required by law firms needing to create better gender representation. But there are a couple of obstacles towards achieving the desired changes sought by most firms. He spoke about
A Russian-born lawyer has claimed that her attractiveness has hindered her ability to achieve good looking results via a law career. The lawyer, Irina Kova, says that being beautiful has meant she has not been taken seriously, even though she has taken steps to downgrade her appearance (sorry brunettes and spectacle wearers) by dying her
Former Wilkie Farr co-chair Gordon Caplan is facing jail time after pleading guilty in Boston federal court to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud in respect of the college cheating scandal in which he was involved, paying $75,000 to rig college board scores to get his daughter into a top school.
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It appears that the lavish lifestyles of LA attorneys is in the news these days with Michael Avenatti’s indictments and now a stoush involving prominent plaintiff attorney Thomas Girardi and a litigation funder seeking repayment of an alleged $15 million loan. Girardi, married to ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ star Erika Jayne, has been involved
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Stress for lawyers has always been present, but a recent UK survey of over 1000 employees found that they lie second as the most stressed professionals in the country. There is little to suggest that the results would not be similar in other jurisdictions where such findings are almost commonplace. The survey, undertaking by the
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Mark Donovan* It’s a big deal if it’s correct, but according to reports from CNN, Cohen dangled the prospect of a pardon in ‘evidence’ that may actually be supported. Cohen is not known as being the most reliable of witnesses, given his self-declared ability to tell lies, but on this occasion it appears that an
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Law Rocks 2019, the nonprofit organisation running a ‘battle of the bands’ series kicks off it U.S. Tour: Lawyers by Day, Rock Stars by Night Nonprofit organization hosts legal professionals in a “battle of the bands” concert series to raise donations and gifts for local charities LOS ANGELES (March 6, 2019) – Law Rocks USA., the
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