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‘Super Lawyer’ Joins Freshfields’ Silicon Valley Office

Freshfields has developed its brand new Silicon Valley office with the hire of former Wilson Sonsini partner and ‘super lawyer’ in Northern California, Brandon M Gantus.   Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP today officially opened the doors of its new 40,000-square-foot office at 855 Main in downtown Redwood City last June. The firm’s press release is

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How The Magic Circle Are Pushing Into The Big Apple And Beyond . .

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Since the US law firms starting moving into London in a big way, the Magic Circle firms have to some extent needed to play catchup, particularly when it comes to paying the sort of money that the US firms adopt with their “Cravath Scale” payment schedules and bonuses. However now, the London-based Magic Circle firms

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How To Get Top Marks For Your Law School Personal Statement – And THIS Is How Long It Needs To Be

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How to make your best case in your law school statement It can be daunting writing a law school application and preparing your personal statement, but there are some key points you need to include and the length of your statement is also important. We look at how you can write the right statement at

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How Does an Employment Lawyer Evaluate and Prove Retaliation in the Workplace?

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Retaliation is a word that carries some often heavy connotations. When it comes to workplace retaliation, it normally involves something like the following – > Firing an employee, perhaps the most extreme example of adverse action >> Demoting an employee >> Changing an employee’s role to his or hers disadvantage or displeasure >> transferring the

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Former White House Advisor Jailed For Charter School Theft

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LawFuel – Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that SETH ANDREW was sentenced to 366 days in prison in connection with his execution of a scheme to defraud Democracy Prep Public Schools (“DPPS”), a charter school network that he founded, of more than $218,000.  United States District

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Allen & Overy’s Good Year: Growth Driven By Strong M&A, Capital & the US

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> Latest Law Jobs & Careers News Allen & Overy has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 April 2022, which saw a good performance, driven by the strength of its leading position in the world’s M&A, capital and lending markets and, as a result of the firm’s strategic investment programme, significant growth

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