Depression and mental health issues in the law – both in the professional lawyer and the law student – are well know. AbovetheLaw’s Joe Patrice looks at such issues as substance abuse, depression and suicide. Not pretty subjects, but they need addressing. The pervasive mental health issues plaguing the legal profession are well-established. As an […]
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As if Prince Edward doesn’t have enough problems without his accuser being linked to imprisoned lawyer Scott Rothstein, an associate of whom is representing Virginia Roberts, who claims she was abused by the Prince. The Daily Mail reports on the seedy, sordid tale of Mr Scott W Rothstein: ‘Ciao, ciao – Money never sleeps, Mother******s!’
Jami McKeon was Morgan Lewis’s first ever female chair, having been elected in October 2013 and taking over last year. She then completed the deal with Bingham McCutchen, which oversaw the addition of 226 partners who joined Morgan Lewis. The Lawyer spoke to Ms McKeon about the delicate negotiations involving the Morgan Lewis deal along
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Model Miranda Kerr should know a bit about dating you might think, but she could also do with some advise from the dating program for women – “Obsession Phrases” – if you read what she has to say about women and dating advice in the latest issue of Harper’s Baazar. Ms Kerr has taken dating advice
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Blind Australian lawyer Darren Fittler has overcome his disability to achieve professional success and now to win a presitigious Human Rights Law Award in Sydney. The annual Human Rights Awards, hosted by the Australian Human Rights Commission, recognises individuals and organisations that make a significant contribution to advancing human rights in Australia. “I am truly
Books by lawyers are generally interesting to just about anyone, especially lawyers. But when lawyers write about wrongful imprisonment, even innocent clients facing the death penalty, its a matter of particular interest. Canadian lawyer Richard Wolson has written about 20 high profile defence lawyers in “Tough Crimes: True Cases by Top Canadian Criminal Lawyers. “I
The lawyers are circling Petrobras, the Brazilian oil giant that has become the nation’s major embarrassment – plus a major opportunity for lawyers everywhere to sue the company as it becomes encircled by lawsuits. Forbes contributor Kenneth Rapoza looks at the whole, messy business. If the Petrobras story sweeping Brazil today was a sporting event, it would
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What is going on with “The Interview” cancellation, the SONY hacks, the endless problems and embarrassments facing the studio? Their lawyer is super lawyer David Boies so he should know and he’s come out with a letter to media indicating there could well be legal action that would follow hacked and dispersed content from the
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(ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.) – Adams and Reese is pleased to announce the addition of real estate attorneys Derek Houston and Amanda Taylor (pictured) as Special Counsel in the Firm’s St. Petersburg office. Houston and Taylor are both recent former shareholders from the Trenam Kemker St. Petersburg office, and they also formerly worked for Holland
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Bloombergs report that there’s a rising level of confidence among law firm managing partners, according to a Citi Private Bank report, but it’s ‘modest’. The report showed the slow increase for the third quarter of the year. The 67 law firms participating in the quarterly “Law Watch Managing Partner Confidence Survey” expressed muted optimism about
