Angelina Jolie’s recent surgery to have ovaries removed was accompanied by news that she had snubbed Amal Clooney, the human rights lawyer and wife of actor George Clooney. The reported snub in OK magazine was hardly detailed and simply made mention of the alleged snub notwithstanding the friendship between Mr Clooney and Jolie’s husband Brad […]
It’s an age of the ‘startup’, the transformational, entrepreneurial success story (we hope) company that lawyers an help develop into the potential the investors see in their Big Idea. But what can lawyers do to actually help startups? So let’s say you have signed a letter of intent to help the startup and you want
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Martin Schweiger of Schweiger & Partners is a German patent lawyer who moved to Singapore literally hours before the 9/11 attacks were launched. He searched over 30 countries before deciding to settle in Sinapore where he established the Asian branch of his patent law firm. But Mr Schweiger is more than just a patent lawyer,
The proposed $45.2 billion merger between Comcast and Time-Warner will produce some challenges for Comcast’s legal team as the deal faces criticism from various quarters, not the least being the lack of satisfaction with the low customer satisfaction rating the providers “enjoy”. The NYC public advocate Letitia James has requested some tough positions be placed
Timothy McVeigh’s Lawyer Reps Oklahoma’s Racist Chanters The lawyer who rerpresented Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh is representing the Oklahoma University chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, which was shut down and had some members expelled following revelations they led a racist chant that celebrated lynching. High profile lawyer, has
Music-copying has been a rich source of legal work for many years, but the $7.4 million awarded to Marvin Gaye’s children over the Blurred Lines hit has also been a legal precedent hit. The jury made the award as Gaye’s daughter Nona wept and the family lawyer Nashville-based Richard Busch subsequently announced could have a chilling
We hear a lot about gender issues but what about ageism: when lawyers get “to old” to continue with their firm? Is it fair? After all, everyone ages differently and a lawyer with five or six decades of experience under his hor her belt can be as sharp and certainly more experienced than anyone else
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MIAMI — LawFuel.com – Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced partner Michael Marsh with the Litigation Practice Group was honored as one of the Most Influential Black Lawyers in the United States by Savoy Magazine. The listing is comprised of the top 100 partners from leading
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LawFuel.com – The firm mourns the death of our partner and friend Harold F. Moore, 67. As the founder and longtime leader of our project finance practice, Hal played an important role in our development as an international firm, representing underwriters, banks, borrowers, issuers and project sponsors in major matters across the globe. Hal joined
Immigration lawyer Shah Peerally is a very happy immigration lawyer today. His firm has fought for the H-4 EAD for several years and this week the firm received the news that some H4 Visa holders will receive work permits. Although President Obama announced his moves regarding immigration in November, the movement towards achieving the reforms
