Long-time LawTalk editor Geoff Adlam has joined the team at The Capital Letter. Adlam was most recently communications manager and the editor of LawTalk and Law Points at New Zealand Law Society. and previously worked at legal information services firms Thomson Reuters and Brookers. He was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in 1991. Joshua […]
Meredith Connell has expanded its litigation practice with the recent merger with Auckland-based Prestige Law. Prestige Law specialises in cross-border and cross-cultural litigation and disputes resolution, “serving a demographic of New Zealand that is in desperate need of high-quality legal services,” the firm said in a statement. Meredith Connell has been growing its presence as
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LOS ANGELES – Law enforcement today arrested eight individuals named in a federal grand jury indictment charging them with creating nonexistent businesses and then claiming more than $1.1 million in unemployment benefits for purported employees of those fake businesses. The nine-count indictment unsealed today alleges a three-year conspiracy to cheat the state’s unemployment insurance program
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New York, NY (July 6, 2020) Powered by LawFuel –Phillips Nizer LLP has added two partners and three counsel to its premier intellectual property, family law and commercial litigation practices. Tod M. Melgar will lead the firm’s Patent Litigation and Prosecution practice as a partner in the New York office. Mr. Melgar joins from Sills Cummis &
LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury today indicted an Orange County man on charges that he fraudulently obtained access to Boeing employees’ retirement accounts and siphoned their money by making hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of fraudulent money transfers to himself. Hoa Vo, 30, whose aliases include “Hoa Thanh Tran Vo” and “Andy
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Lawyers for Prince Andrew have increased their preparedness for their client’s potential problems by speaking with a Washington DC lobbyist whose career was propelled by a New Zealand ambassador into a world of often insalubrious clients, according to The New York Times. London lawyers Blackfords are representing the prince in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, spoke with Washington
Sir Robert Jones – Even the right-wing media have now seemingly written off Trump’s prospects of re-election, so overwhelming are the polls. Furthermore, they continually worsen. Trump’s Presidency has been disastrous, not just for America but the world. It’s hugely desirable it ends. But I don’t think that’s a certainty given there’s still some time
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Criminal barristers in Australia are quitting the bar as a result of the loss of work caused by the pandemic, according to a report in Melbourne’s Age newspaper. Criminal Bar Association chair Daniel Gurvich, QC, told the newspaper that there was a “profound and fairly devastating” impact on his profession, with young barristers disillusioned by
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Moray & Agnew the most female-friendly law firm in Australia according to a report in the Australian Financial Review. The insurance specialists promoted five partners and six senior associates the AFR reports. The firm’s managing partner Geoff Connellan told the newspaper: “We’re promoting the best lawyers for the job and it just happens that this year – and other
Michael Bosworth brings a wealth of high-level government and global business experience to the firm. Powered by LawFuel – Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Michael Bosworth has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Litigation & Trial Department and member of the White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice.
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