Two Lawyers Among ‘Best brains’ Awarded Postgraduate Scholarships

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Two young lawyers have received scholarships for postgraduate study from the prestigious William Georgetti Scholarship programme, including Gilbert Walker lawyer Jack Alexander (pictured above) and Meredith Connell lawyer Robbie Morrison.  The media release announcing the scholarships noted that Jack Alexander is currently practising as a litigator. He studied law and history at the University of […]

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A significant five years since Lecretia Seales v Attorney General

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In 2015, Lecretia Seales went to the High Court to seek a ruling that would allow a doctor to assist her to die with her consent; in September, the End of Life Choice Act will give all New Zealanders the opportunity to vote in a referendum to allow assisted dying.   For the past five years, Te Herenga

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Archie Williams – The Innocence Project YouTube Star & The Lawyers Who Saw Him Free

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Reality TV show ‘Americ’a Got Talent’ is as used to pulling heartstrings as strumming guitars, but the recent appearance of Archie Williams, a man who served 37 years’ jail for a crime he didn’t commit, was a standout performance for both Williams and the Innocence Project lawyers who secured his release. In 1982, at the

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Corporate Lawyer Joins Russell McVeagh As Wellington-Based Partner

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Russell McVeagh announced today that Catherine Shirley-Brown has joined its national Corporate team as the firm’s newest partner, based in Wellington. Cath has previously worked at Russell McVeagh, and her appointment to partner at the firm follows experience as partner at another New Zealand law firm and six years as a partner at leading international firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, based

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Commerce Commission issues warning to Hong Kong based electronics retailer

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Online electronics retailer BXT International Limited and its related companies (together known as Becextech) have been warned by the Commerce Commission for conduct that the Commission considers has likely breached the Fair Trading Act.  The warning follows a Commission investigation into the Hong Kong based company which sells electronic goods such as mobile phones, computers,

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Used Car Salesman Gouged $45 Million in New York Pandemic Price-Gouging Scheme on PPE

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Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Margaret Garnett, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation (“DOI”), announced the arrest of RONALD ROMANO for attempting to deceive and price gouge New York City (the “City”) into paying him and his co-conspirators approximately $45 million for

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Litigation Funder Parabellum Capital Raises $450 Million As Pandemic Lawsuits Loom

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Litigation finance firm Parabellum Capital has raised a new fund with commitments exceeding $450 million ahead of a potential torrent of coronavirus-related lawsuits, new proof that betting on court battles remains popular with investors despite the current crisis, Bloomberg Big Law reports. And one of the attractions for the industry is the prospect of major

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Amicus Brief Filed To Review FCC’s Efforts to Relax Media Ownership Rules

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An amicus brief in National Association of Broadcasters, et al., v. Prometheus Radio Project, et al., today was filed by the International Center for Law and Economics in support of NAB’s cert. petition asking the Court to grant cert. to review the Third Circuit’s order in Prometheus IV overturning the FCC’s latest efforts to repeal or relax

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Does the COVID Crisis Show The Human Side of Law Firms And Help Women Lawyers To Remain in Big Law . . Or Not?

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A recent article on the Australian Financial Review reported on King & Wood Mallesons chief executive partner Berkeley Cox who said the COVID-19 crisis had helped ‘humanise’ the workplace by removing the “shield of a suit” when video-calling from home with kids and mayhem occurring. A cynic may also see the observation by Big Law

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