Unlicensed Lawyer Sentenced to Over 4 Years in Federal Prison for Cheating ‘Clients’ and Fraudulently Seeking Income Tax Refunds Powered By LawFuel – Powered By LawFuel –LOS ANGELES – A Pasadena man who falsely claimed to be a licensed attorney was sentenced today to 50 months in federal prison for his conviction on charges related to […]
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Kia Kākano Rua te Ture: A te reo Māori Handbook for the Law Celebrating the debut title by Alana Thomas and Corin Merrick for LexisNexis® “Kia Kākano Rua te Ture is destined to become the go-to reo and tikanga guide for those working in the law.” Forward by: The Honourable Justice Joe Williams, Ngāti Pūkenga,
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MinterEllisonRuddWatts–Investment administration specialist MMC is set to acquire ASB’s private wealth administration and custody business after signing a sale and purchase agreement with ASB yesterday. The acquisition of Aegis Limited and Custodial Services Limited will help expand MMC’s service offering in the financial services administration sector.Leading law firm MinterEllisonRuddWatts advised MMC (which is backed by
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A LawTalk profile of Wellington entertainment lawyer Michael Stephens sees the well known, former Simpson Grierson partner discussing his love of building retoration, his involvement in the burgeoning Urban Art project and his wide ranging media and entertainment work. But when it comes to naming clients, he remains tightlipped, saying “I can’t disclose any big
Amazon sells just about everything else, so why not legal services? The retail giant has announced a new venture linking law firms with businesses seeking to obtain intellectual property rights. The company said it had created IP Accelerator to market itself to small and medium businesses in the US who want to protect their ideas.
The recent tie-up between Kensington Swan and global law giant Dentons has been part of one of the biggest buy-ups and law firm mergers ever seen in the global legal marketplace. As LawFuel reported this week, Dentons have this week alone done two deals with US law firms with the express objective of creating the
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As the world’s highest-grossing law firm, Kirkland & Ellis is used to pushing the limits and has done so again making 141 partners in the largest partner-promotion in a big law firm. The firm promoted 122 partners last year and interestingly it works to fast-track associates to partnership in contrast to many firms that increasingly
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Powered by LawFuel -LONDON, October 7, 2019: International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP today announced that David Avery-Gee will join the Firm as an M&A partner in the London office. David is currently a corporate partner at Linklaters. He has advised on many high-profile and complex domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and IPOs across a
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The US, as the largest legal market in the world with 1.3 million lawyers might appear to be ‘over-serviced’ if anything with law firms. But global player and ‘polycentric’ player Dentons have big plans for the big market. Dentons announced its plans to merge with two US law firms, believes the US market needs a
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