[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Law students cheat? Surely not. Particularly to win a ‘virtual trophy’ for a Law Review Video competition. But no, that was the case outlined in a strongly-worded missive on AbovetheLaw by publisher David Lat, who wrote that the stats for alleged visitors and votes for the competition were revealed as being falsified – ie …
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Gender diversity is still not happening in law firms, it seems. The climb to the top can be a lonely one for women. A new survey from ALM Legal Intelligence indicates that women still account for around 30 per cent of lawyers in the 200 largest law firms in the US (be revenue), which is much …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Bill O’Reilly’s troubles over sex allegations at Fox News have lead him to one of Wall Street’s toughest lawyers – Marc E Kasowitz. Mr Kasowitz comes with a reputation like few others, for handling tough lawsuits and tough clients. A principal in Kasowitz Benson Torres where his firm profile quotes the CBNBC reference to his …
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Stress and over work at record level for junior lawyers in the UK, a new survey show. A survey shows that over 90 per cent of young lawyers say they are under stress or pressure from work and more than half of those surveyed said they feel unable to work either regularly or occasionally …
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It appears Donald Trump’s rambunctious presidency is now also facing a free speech fight over accusations that he incited violance against protesters at one of the Trump rallies. The Trump legal defence of free speech was rejected by a judge who were looking to reject a lawsuit by three protester who claimed to have …
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Rebranding law firms – like rebranding any other product or service – is fraught with potential pitfalls. So how does a 150 year old law firm go about the process and what lessons might they have learned in the process? The case of 150 year old Bradley Arant is a good one to look …
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Technology continues to disrupt the business of law – but now major law firm Allen + Overy are actively supporting the trend with the opening of a new tech space area they sponsor called ‘Fuse’. The Fuse space is being offered to startups involved in legal technology developments, accommodating up to 60 people involved …
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”95837″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Boies Schiller’s success is due to a variety of factors, not the least being the firm’s ability to not just capitalize upon its star principal David Boies, but also to a formula that has projected the firm into the legal stratosphere. The firm’s co-founder and managing partner Jonathan Schiller was interviewed by …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Preet Bharara, one of the highest profiles of the US Attorneys fired by President Trump and an outspoken prosecutor who has worked hard to help eradicate corruption. A New York federal prosecutor, he refused to stand down as one of the 46 US attorneys who Attorney General Jeff Sessions sought to fire and who …
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1488965131109{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-right: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 50px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1488965681830{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-right: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 50px !important;}”] Former Nixon lawyer John Dean is once again on Trump Attack, saying the President is “way off base” after his Obama wiretap claim. The former counsel, who said President Trump faced calamity following his firing of …
Tweeting Trump’s Wiretap Woes Lead to the “I” Word – Again Read More »
