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Eric Watson Fails In Attempt To Throw Out US Insider-Trading Charges

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A New York federal judge has just dismissed his latest attempt to throw out insider-trading charges filed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission—as well as his accompanying counterclaim. The decision came this week, marking a double defeat for Watson, but he’s already digging in his heels. Because this was a pre-answer motion the court has […]

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Lawyers’ Email Row Sees Judge’s Rebuke From the Court of Appeal

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The Fallout: Justice Gendall’s judgment gets politely dismantled In a pointed decision delivered by the Court of Appeal, Hardie & Brant v NZ Law Society & NSC No. 2 [2024] NZCA 90, the case involving two lawyers who exchanged controversial cricket-themed emails has turned into a masterclass on what not to do when handling professional

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From The Guardian to Al Jazeera – How TVNZ Outsources Its Gaza Narrative to Compromised Sources

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Precision, Propaganda, and the Plausible: A Lawyer’s Crusade Against Media Mischief Norma Harris, LawFuel contributing writer One might expect that in a country as far from the Middle East as New Zealand, the reporting of international law would be conducted with a modicum of detachment and, above all, accuracy. Yet, as Grant William Smith, an

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“Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged by Beijing” — The Curious Case of Justice William Young and the Hong Kong Legal Circus

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Justice William Young accepts Hong Kong appointment

What Is Sir William Young Thinking? John Bowie, LawFuel publisher There’s a moment in every legal career when the robes get a little too heavy, the wigs a little too itchy, and the temptation of a post-retirement international gig becomes irresistible. For Sir William Young, formerly of New Zealand’s Supreme Court, that moment appears to

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Name-Change For Former Du Val Property Group’s Hamilton Firm

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The law firm co-founded by former Du Val Property Group lawyer Owen Culliney has changed its name from iCLAW to Foley Douglas. The firm had branded itself initially as bold and unconventional, with a tagline that promised clients “a firm with claws.” The firm’s new focus however is upon “kiwi values” . Culliney’s resignation saw

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Australasian Lawyer & NZ Lawyer Top Law Firm Winners

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Australasian Lawyer and NZ Lawyer just dropped their Top Specialist Firms 2025 list, honoring 70 firms earning serious cred for deep, tailored legal skill. Most top firms earn over half their revenue from a single niche as specialists, not generalists . Here are the top specialist law firms in Australia and New Zealand for 2025—with clear

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From Courtroom to Coastlines: The Rich List Journey of Peter Cooper

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Who Is The Gold-Plated Lawyer Peter Cooper? John Bowie, LawFuel publisher In the 1980s when I started the first ‘Rich List’ for the NZ Financial Review there were few lawyers who made the List – perhaps only Michael Friedlander – but as the world changes. The NBR bought the Review and the Rich List and

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Objection Upheld As Auckland Law Faculty Fends Off Business Takeover Attempt

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Auckland Law School Merger Rejected The University of Auckland’s controversial plan to merge its Law and Business faculties is officially dead. >> Your new law job here . . After months of resistance and razor-sharp critiques from legal minds across New Zealand, Vice-Chancellor Dawn Freshwater’s proposed merger has been, in bureaucratic terms, “paused.” In plain

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New Barristers Join Shortland Chambers

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>> Inhouse law role – Mercury Energy Shortland Chambers is pleased to announce that Julia Adams and Patrick Senior have joined Chambers as new members. Julia joins having spent the last six years in the litigation team at Chapman Tripp. She has broad experience in commercial and civil litigation, with particular experience in contract, trusts, energy and construction disputes,

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