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Chapman Tripp – High Court Decision on Hacked Data – It Must Be Deleted

NZ Power Law Firms, NZ Press Releases / August 24, 2021

The recent High Court judgment against Radio New Zealand (RNZ) follows the approach in Slater v APN in relation to hacked information and is likely to influence future Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) and Media Council decisions. Background When the Waikato District Health Board (WDHB) refused to pay the instigators of the May 2021 ransomware attack, the media […]

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Chapman Tripp Expand Law Firm Consulting Services For Greater Reach

New Zealand Law News, NZ Power Law Firms / August 9, 2021

Chapman Tripp have recently celebrated the success of their law firm consultancy service, Chapman Tripp Consulting (CT Consulting), which the firm says is a “collaboration of the firm’s legal experts who bring a consulting service offering after more than 18 months of concept testing, development and refinement.” Chapman Tripp Chief Executive Pip England (pictured

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Chapman Tripp on Most Innovative Law Firm List

New Zealand Law News, NZ Power Law Firms, NZ Press Releases / May 11, 2021

Described as the ‘one to watch’ in New Zealand’s legaltech industry, Chapman Tripp with their technology and innovation business, Zeren, has been recognised on NZ Lawyer’s Innovative Firms list for 2020. Zeren delivers automated, legal technology services to help clients become more efficient, improve performance and manage risk. Products include a document automation service, a

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Russell McVeagh Congratulates INFINZ Awards Finalists

NZ Power Law Firms, NZ Press Releases / May 1, 2021

Board Chair Allison Arthur-Young said, “Congratulations to all of our clients and their advisers who are finalists ahead of this year’s INFINZ Awards – we’re extremely proud to have assisted on half of the dozen transactions noted as finalists and thank our clients for choosing us to work alongside them on these market-leading transactions, undertaken in a

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Tax Lawyer Returns to Russell McVeagh

NZ Power Law Firms, NZ Press Releases / April 30, 2021

Russell McVeagh is delighted to announce that Tax expert and alumnus Greg Neill is returning to the firm as Russell McVeagh’s newest Tax partner, effective 1 April 2021*. Based in the firm’s Auckland office, Greg returns to Russell McVeagh following six years as a partner of an Australasian financial advisory firm in its tax group, where he has been advising on a broad range

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Buddle Findlay Work on MBIE and TechnologyOne Cloud Deal

NZ Power Law Firms, NZ Press Releases / April 28, 2021

Buddle Findlay is delighted to have supported the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) in agreeing a cloud framework agreement with TechnologyOne Limited that will allow government agencies to access TechnologyOne’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) financial management information systems (FMIS). This cloud framework agreement was specifically designed to allow agencies to transition as easily as possible

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Duncan Cotterill Expands to Queenstown & Secures Major Property Client

New Zealand Law News, NZ Power Law Firms / April 16, 2021

Duncan Cotterill has opened a Queenstown office with the acquisition of Mackersy Legal, from the beginning of April. Mackersy Legal specialises in property syndication work and has managed property syndication company Mackersy Property, operated by Ron Mackersy (pictured) which has accumulated commercial property assets throughout New Zealand worth around $2 billion via at least 80

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New Additions For Russell McVeagh . . And One Rather Surprising Departure

Headlining NZ, New Zealand Law News, NZ Power Law Firms, Russell McVeagh / March 31, 2021

While Russell McVeagh have announced the return of firm alumni in a recent press release, there has been nothing said about the departure this year of star tax partner Brendan Brown. Tax partner Brendan Brown, a highly respected practitioner, has left the firm to join Mayne Weatherell with little-to-know fanfare from either firm. Formerly National Chair of

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Lawyer At Centre of #MeToo Misconduct Complaint to Face Law Society Charges

Headlining NZ, NZ Power Law Firms / March 24, 2021

It may have taken three years, but the Law Society has now pressed charges of alleged misconduct against the former partner The former Russell McVeagh partner who left the firm following the allegations of #MeToo sexual misconduct involving summer interns is to face misconduct charges before the Law Society on May 17. The former partner

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Russell McVeagh Welcome Back Tax Expert

NZ Power Law Firms, NZ Press Releases, Russell McVeagh / March 12, 2021

Russell McVeagh is delighted to announce that Tax expert and alumnus Greg Neill is returning to the firm as Russell McVeagh’s newest Tax partner, effective 1 April 2021*. >> See the latest legal jobs on LawFuel’s Law Jobs Network Based in the firm’s Auckland office, Greg returns to Russell McVeagh following six years as a partner of

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