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Barrister Accepts Working For “Cruel Taskmaster” on High Court

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Wellington barrister and recently retired Chapman Tripp partner Pheroze Jagose has been appointed to the High Court, the Attorney General announced today. Mr Jagose was a telecommunications and commercial litigation specialist at Chapman Tripp, before leaving to join the bar in 2016, where he worked in competition, trade practices and other areas of litigation. […]

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Why Retiring Chief Justice Roberts Wished Students “Bad Luck”

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Chief Justice John G Roberts Jr wished bad luck upon school graduates in dispensing some graduation advice that might have taken many by surprise. Speaking at a ninth grade commencement address at an elite school attended by his son, the speech was described by the Washington Post as “personal, understated and popular probably because it touched on

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F Lee Bailey’s IRS Jeopardy – And The TV Show Questions In Which He Features

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Famed attorney F Lee Bailey is rightly renowned for his courtroom exploits, but the renown is now more focused on his second bankruptcy as he fights the IRS. The attorney, best known most recently for his OJ Simpson team membership defense, has also a record of defending and winning some of the toughest cases

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Donald Trump’s ‘Non Law Graduate’ Wedding Planner Power Player

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What is the Trump family’s wedding planner, claiming an alleged law degree, doing handling a multi-billion dollar portfolio? Lynne Patton may have organized Trump weddings and celebrity golf tournaments, but the claimed J.D. from Quinnipiac University law school with the only problem being – she doesn’t have the degree. School registrar Jim Benson said

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3 Lawyers Who Know and Understand North Korea and How It Operates

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] North Korea’s hermit status and belligerent behavior has created an almost vacuum when it comes to Westerners or ‘West-leaning’ lawyers who know anything about the country.  But at least three key “Western” lawyers know the country more than others. There are – to the best of our knowledge – only three or four law

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7 Reasons To Believe Robert Mueller May Finally End the Russia-Trump Scandal

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A highly accomplished lawyer who has a lifetime of legal and prosecutorial experience behind him, makes Robert Mueller an ideal candidate to investigate the allegations of Russian involvement with Donald Trump’s election campaign. For Mueller, former WilmerHale partner (who represent Ivanka and Jared Kushner, incidentally)  among other things, credibility is everything. “You are only as

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Former Senior USTR, OIRA, and Commerce Official Joins Venable’s International Trade Practice in Washington

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]  Experienced trade lawyer and policy advisor in two administrations; focused on strengthening U.S. port and supply chain logistics and infrastructure, trade negotiations, domestic regulation, standards, and other economic policy matters Washington, DC (March 21, 2017) – Venable LLP announced today that Jeff Weiss has joined the firm’s International Trade and Logistics practice as a

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Operator of Unlawful Bitcoin Exchange Found Guilty of Fraud and Bribery

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]               Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TREVON GROSS, the former Chairman and CEO of Helping Other People Excel Federal Credit Union (“HOPE FCU”), located in Lakewood, New Jersey, and YURI LEBEDEV, a former member of HOPE FCU’s Board of Directors and

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