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,
Lawyers in movies have been around for as long as movies have been screening. Some of the best movies – and we agree, some of the worst – have featured lawyers in various guises. Now the HuffPost’s Alex Simon, co-editor of the Hollywood Interview.com and a screenwriter himself, has written a ‘Brief History’ of lawyers
Detroit – April 9, 2015 — LawFuel.com – Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that James P. Feeney has received the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel’s (MDTC) Annual Excellence In Defense Award. He will be honored during an awards banquet hosted by the MDTC on Friday, May 15th at The H Hotel in Midland,
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So how good was the first season of “Better Call Saul”. Lawyers embraced the show and reviews have been flattering to say the least. These comments come from Harry Graff on AbovetheLaw. Harry is a litigation associate with a keen interest in film, television and related matters. So what was his view? Did it reach
Taking on the big guns in Silicon Valley – some of the most powerful businessmen and women in the world – is not necessarily for everyone. But for class action litigator Jay Edelson they are the people he has in his sights, having sued all the big names from “A” (Amazon and Apple) to “G”
Angelina Jolie’s recent surgery to have ovaries removed was accompanied by news that she had snubbed Amal Clooney, the human rights lawyer and wife of actor George Clooney. The reported snub in OK magazine was hardly detailed and simply made mention of the alleged snub notwithstanding the friendship between Mr Clooney and Jolie’s husband Brad
Music-copying has been a rich source of legal work for many years, but the $7.4 million awarded to Marvin Gaye’s children over the Blurred Lines hit has also been a legal precedent hit. The jury made the award as Gaye’s daughter Nona wept and the family lawyer Nashville-based Richard Busch subsequently announced could have a chilling
Jeffrey Schox is a patent attorney with his own boutique law practise, ensconsced in the San Francisco SoMA neighbourhood. But his firm’s cash flow has been enhanced by an attribute Mr Schox has developed that has made him uniquely talented in his ability to identify profitable startups. In fact, he’s been so successful that he
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“American Sniper” ; “Boyhood” – best picture at the Oscars. We’ll, we don’t know because as this goes to air the Oscars are just beginning. But whatever the outcome, whatever movie is best picture this year, for lawyer April Reign they’re all just too white. Reign is also a social media expert and blogger who
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Lawyers on the dating scene are taking a cue from matchmakers George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin – or at least Mr and Mrs Clooney are handling their new role as matchmakers successfully judging by Ellen Barkin, 60, and her new lawyer date, Ben Emmerson. Emmerson and Barkin met at the Clooney wedding in September. The
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