The issues confronting women lawyers and how they can reconcile their work with family life, quite apart from work-life balance generally, was an issue covered in a recent article in the NY Times about a new firm set up by two women who have no permanent offices, take afternoons off for school events and experiment […]
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LawFuel.com – Mr. Ryan to lead firm’s global Antitrust & Competition practice in fast-growing DC office Washington DC, 4 May 2015 – Mayer Brown announced today that Mark W. Ryan has rejoined the firm as a partner in Washington DC, where he will lead the firm’s global Antitrust & Competition practice. Previously, he was the
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Jennifer Jaff, a Connecticut lawyer who suffered from Crohn’s disease became a significant voice representing those with chronic diseases. She died aged 55. When her illness meant that she could no longer work in her law practice, she founded and became director of Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness in 2005. In her practice, she
Bankruptcy law, as you might expect post-GFC and a few other crises along the way, is big business. And one of the biggest – if not the biggest – attorney handling bankruptcy law is Weil Gotshal partner Harvey Miller. Mr Miller, 82, died recently after acting for such notable bankrupts as Lehman Brothers Holdings. “Harvey
Canadian litigation lawyer Rob Sutherland was having a perfectly satisfactory morning discussing a case with the Crown attorney when his morning turned into a fireball when his parked car exploded. It’s the stuff of movies – a ‘take down’ of a rebel lawyer, perhaps – but for the Nova Scotia lawyer it was something less
Video advertising may be popular among attorneys, but in this case it has been all bad publicity with an online video that created some major issues for the lawyer involved. The attorney, Jennifer Gaubert, was pronounced guilty in 2012 on an electric battery charge after specific video clip footage emerged showing her production sexual advances
Lawyers wield plenty of influence generally speaking, but when it comes to listing the most influencial in the world, then only TIME magazine is up for that gig. And they have named them as part of their TIME 100 list of the most influencial people in the world with over 10 percent of the list
Facebook’s top lawyer, Ted Ullyot is forsaking the social network that gave social networking its cache, and joins a venture capital firm to focus on regulatory affairs and policy. Sounds interesting, but is Ted Ullyot really tired of joining a company like Facebook that had a mere 100 million users when he joined in 2008,
Emily Cohen, attorney-at-law, is facing a six year jail term for allegedly ripping off immigration clients. Now, however, she faces even worse penalties, having failed to appear for her sentencing not once, but twice. A Boulder lawyer, Ms Cohen has also removed her online presence, taking down her website, Facebook page and more. Westworld had
Pro bono law is a key component of many law firm and many lawyers’ contribution to their communities. But when Akin Gump partner Raphael Prober took in a pro bono case involving the co-ordination of over 50 lawyers and other agencies it involved a massive amount on behalf of holocaust victims. Many pro bono lawyers
