There’s a lot law firms are doing these days to attract and retain business. And quality staff, for that matter. A good office environment has always been one of the keys and in the increasingly competitive world of modern law practice, the physical surroundings of the firms is all-important – never more so than today. While firms …
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Pacific Caisson & Shoring, Inc. v. Bernards Brothers Inc., 236 Cal. App. 4th 1246 (Cal. Ct. App. 2015) Pepper Hamiton – In California, a contractor must be licensed by the Contractors State License Board (Board) in order to lawfully perform construction operations. The Board issues three types of licenses: an “A,” or general engineering license[1]; …
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Skadden is representing Nokia Corporation in its creation with China Huaxin Post and Telecommunication Economy Development Center of a new joint venture, Nokia Shanghai Bell, combining Nokia’s telecommunications infrastructure businesses in China with Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, announced August 28. The creation of the joint venture is contingent on the completion of Nokia’s pending acquisition of …
Attorneys Should Beware Of Unlimited Lease Extensions By Laine T. Wagenseller* – As a Los Angeles real estate attorney I recently had a client approach me about a billboard lease from 1975 which appeared to confer unlimited lease extensions to the lessor billboard company. The lease rate was very low and the lease had …
NEW YORK, 1 September 2015 – Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that Oliver J. Armas has been named the new managing partner of the New York office. Armas handles cross-border litigation, international arbitrations, and internal investigations. In addition, Business Restructuring and Insolvency partner Christopher R. Donoho III will take over as the new administrative …
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Quoting a TV satirist in a Supreme Court judgment, almost as if he was a legal authority, was probably something John Oliver never expected. However Clinton appointee Judge Marsha S Berzon cited Oliver in a class action lawsuit brought against Guam, which challenges their tax refund program. The Judge cited the ‘insular cases’, a group …
Harassing scientists over climate change issues is something that a lawyer who is alleged paid for by major coal companies has been doing on US television and elsewhere, according to recent reports. Attorney Christopher Horner is a regular guest on Fox News and CNN where he has derided scientists on climate change issues, calling them …
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The Ashley Madison hack has upset many, with the first suicides now reported. And AskMen have come up with their “Mashley Addison” and their character figure posing as someone called Glance Fleemsonjinstein, Divorce Attorney. Here it is, for what it’s worth Place your ad here Loading…
Reed Smith – ByLisa Baird, Colleen Davies, Andrew Stillufsen – In our modern economy, businesses regularly use all manner of third-party consultants for many different reasons, including cost, efficiency, and expertise. Less regularly, communications between businesses and consultants are the subject of discovery motion practice in litigation. Two recent decisions out of the Southern District …
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Conflict of interest, anyone? It’s a bugbear for lawyers constantly, but when you’re the lawyer who works for the same law firm representing Hillary Clinton in her fight over private emails and are now overseeing the way the State Department is handling the emails, a whiff of conflict arises. The Washington Exasminer reports that Catherine Duval, …
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