Trying times as a woman in law can be really trying. Everyone – surely – knows that by now. But when you have a salary of circa $400,000 and have emerged relatively unscathed through the horrors of layoffs and recession, what could be wrong? The problem, if you hadn’t guessed it, is the fifth word […]
Tired of doing debt deals, real estate financing or bankruptcy notifications? Then try fashion law. Take an example from our friends at the Miami Herald who have written about Traurig shareholder Danielle Garno who is using the growing fasion sector in Miami to grow a ‘fashion practice’. Garno is specializing in industry issues such as the Foreign Corrupt
The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced that Loeb & Loeb partner Seth Gelblum will receive the 2016 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre. These annual honors celebrate individuals and/or organizations that have demonstrated extraordinary achievement in theatre, but are not eligible in the established Tony Award categories. Gelblum, who chairs Loeb & Loeb’s Theatre Practice, will
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Eric G. Fikry will be named president of the Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey (“APALA-NJ”) on June 16, 2016. He will be sworn in at APALA-NJ’s 19th Annual Gala, which will take place at The Mansion on Main Street in Voorhees, New Jersey.
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So women lawyers in Saudi Arabia are finding it tough going in the Kingdom of Radical Islam? What else could surprise us more in this relentlessly mysongist and misanthropic disaster-zone country than women finding it tough? After all, this is the home of the original Wahhabi radical Islam, something the Huffington Post recently described as
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How good are law firms REALLY when it comes to associate development? The practices vary widely, whether you’re an associate in a US, UK, Australian firm or otherwise. And according to a recent report in AbovetheLaw, which indicated how associates can easily get overlooked when it comes to courtroom experience. The issue arose over oral
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Melbourne police are hunting the contract killers of a Melbourne lawyer, who acted for a number of gangland figures. Joe “Pino” Acquaro was a well known criminal lawyer in Melbourne who had a $500,000 contract on his head and was shot early Tuesday morning after leaving his ice cream cafe. Mr Acquaro had strong ties
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Lawyers sit at Number 2 on the “Best Paid” list in the United States. So who do you think might be sitting at top position? Doctors, would be the correct answer, in a survey of the 25 highest paying jobs in America for 2016 undertaken by Glassdoor.com. Lawyers trail only doctors on a list of
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Why is Austin Burdick, an Alabama family law attorney, suing each of the five Supreme Court justices who favor same sex marriage? Do we need to ask? It’s because Mr Burdick, a Republican and Mormon lawyer, is anti gay marriage and he’s claiming in his suit that he has suffered – to the tune of
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Robot lawyers may seem a little scary . . but for a 19 year old student he has a robot lawyer that has already appealed $3 million in parking tickets. The saving in costs for such an appeal – estimated to be from $400 – $900 – is massive. And Joshua Browder, a Stanford University student,
