Chicago – December 4, 2017 —Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Richard L. Lieberman to its Taxation Practice Group as senior counsel in the firm’s Chicago office. Lieberman joins Dykema after spending more than eight years as a partner with Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C., where he served as
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A new initiative to increase the lead role of women in the legal profession is being launched today in a joint initiative between the New Zealand Law Society and the New Zealand Bar Association. The move seeks to have women taking the lead in 30 per cent of litigation, arbitration and related proceedings within one
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The Law Society have announced that Auckland barrister Anthony David Banbrook has been struck off following a hearing on 2 November. Mr Banbrook had been a director of failed finance firm National Finance and in 2013 was sentenced to eight and a half months’ home detention and ordered to pay reparations of $75,000 for making an
Dentons – Establishing a good title and guaranteeing speedy acquisition of real estate is of paramount importance to investors, funds, and real estate developers. For example, if salient information on prior encumbrances, easements and restrictive covenants is not easily obtainable, land ownership disputes may increase transaction risks significantly. Uncertainty in property ownership globally may also
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Wicker Park Group – We’ve written countless blog posts about the importance of talking with clients “off the clock” to seek feedback and gain a better understanding of their businesses, strategic goals, preferences, priorities and pressures. The attorneys doing this well have seen the simple effort make a dramatic difference in the strength of their
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Clifford Chance – Artificial intelligence (AI) is growing at a phenomenal speed (think, for example, of driverless cars, or, simply, interaction with the personal assistant on your smartphone) and is now set to transform the legal industry by mining documents, reviewing and creating contracts, raising red flags and performing due diligence. We are enthusiastic early
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Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that GEORGE DOUMANIS and EMANUEL PANTELAKIS, a/k/a “Manny,” each pled guilty today to defrauding investors in Terminus Energy, Inc., a publicly traded penny stock. DOUMANIS and PANTELAKIS each pled guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud before U.S. Magistrate
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The leading law firm is pleased to welcome to the Russell McVeagh partnership Cameron Law, who joins the firm from the transport sector, together with homegrown talents Ben Paterson and Joe Edwards. Russell McVeagh Board Chair, David Hoare says, “The firm is proud to welcome Cameron to the firm’s Environment, Planning and Natural Resources team,
Chapman Tripp is pleased to announce the appointment of three new partners, effective 1 December 2017. In the Auckland office, Hamish Bolland becomes a property partner. In our Wellington office, Lucy Cooper becomes a competition and regulatory partner, and Tim Sherman a commercial and technology, media and communications partner. Auckland Hamish Bolland, Construction and Major
