Craig Tuck, the Tauranga-based human rights and criminal lawyer is helping Wikileaks’ Julian Assange fight his extradition to the United States. Tuck is head of LawAid International Chambers and claims the attempts to extradict and charge Assange are a dangerous precedent for journalists. His LawAid Chambers claims that “We are a global network of specialist […]
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Chapman Tripp is pleased to announce the promotion of seven new senior associates, and the recognition of two senior legal advisors in its Auckland and Christchurch offices, effective 1 June 2019. The promotions are in litigation, corporate, tax and property and reflect Chapman Tripp’s wide range of expertise as New Zealand’s leading full-service law firm. Chapman Tripp Chief Executive Partner (Hoa
Josh Taylor* Small law firms don’t take cybersecurity seriously enough. According to an American Bar Association survey, only 42 percent of firms reported taking action to increase their digital security measures in the previous year. Even more concerning: 27 percent said they did so to better protect client or contract data security. For a group
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The Commerce Commission has issued its draft decision on the maximum revenue Transpower can earn and the quality standards it must meet under its individual price-quality path (IPP) for the period 2020 – 2025. Transpower owns and operates New Zealand’s national grid, transmitting electricity from where it is generated to local lines companies that distribute
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JD Supra – For decades, law firms big and small have been creating marketing content about changes in the law to clients and prospects as part of their marketing and business development strategy. These law firm branded pieces authored by lawyers are typically called “client alerts” or similar terminology such as “client insights” or “legal
Chapman Tripp’s corporate and commercial team scooped up New Zealand Deal Firm of the Year and partner John Strowger won New Zealand Dealmaker of the Year at last night’s 2019 Australasian Law Awards. Chapman Tripp Hoa Rangapū Whakarae (Chief Executive Partner) Nick Wells said, “The awards demonstrate the work and value we provide for our
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The establishment of the new Junior Lawyers’ Union, the Aotearoa Legal Workers’ Union, a heavily industrialised-sounding title, is a development that has been simmering for some time and prior to the #Metoo scandal that rocked the legal profession. Attempts to secure better rewarded and generally more equitable conditions for younger lawyers is something that has
U.S. ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES INDICTMENT OF MICHAEL AVENATTI FOR AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT, ENGAGING IN A SCHEME TO DEFRAUD A FORMER CLIENT Avenatti Separately Indicted on Previously-Announced Charges Relating to a Scheme to Extort the Athletic Apparel Company Nike, Inc. Geoffrey S. Berman, (left) the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William
New union calls for change in the legal sector 20 May 2019 The Aotearoa Legal Workers’ Union (ALWU) launches today to advocate for all legal workers and to improve working conditions for junior lawyers in the legal sector. The revelations of bullying, burnout and sexual harassment in leading law firms over the past year has
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