LawFuel.com – Best Law Marketing and Newswire Service – The Ohio State Bar Association opened its paralegal certification program in 2007 and has seen over 220 paralegals certified, the GetParalegalCertification reports. As with many states, only lawyers are permitted to practice law in Ohio and paralegal work has to be handled under legal supervision. “In […]
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Slaughter and May is a traditional, if highly successful law firm by any measure. But it is now looking to alter the way in which it provides career progression for its lawyers by shaking up the old ways of doing things. Slaughters recently introduced a merit-based aspect to the traditional lockstep promotion system for lawyers
An Australian law firm in Sydney has said it will not pursue a class action against German car-maker Volkswagen. ABC reports that scores of Volkswagen drivers contacted the ABC after a coronial inquest into the death of a Melbourne woman heard her Volkswagen suddenly lost power. Melissa Ryan’s car was hit from behind by a
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LawFuel.com – The Best Law Firm Newswire – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that Edward “Ted” S. Johnson has joined the firm as a partner in its M&A and Private Equity Practice Group based in the firm’s Tokyo office. A leading corporate and M&A lawyer in Japan, Mr. Johnson was formerly a partner
Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz teaches constitutional law and federal jurisdiction, and he writes articles for the Harvard Law Review and the Stanford Law Review among others. This contribution is from the Wall Street Journal. The Obama administration announced last month via blog post that the president was unilaterally suspending ObamaCare’s employer mandate—notwithstanding the clear command of the
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Paul Campos writes for Lawyers Guns & Money from which this post was taken. I don’t know if there’s much point in continuing to harp on this, but US News just published another ludicrous law school “ranking,” in a story entitled Ten Law Degrees With the Biggest Return on Investment. The publication calculated this by determining
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The controversial death of Princess Diana has been reopened as British police say they have new evidence relating to her death, along with her boyfriend Dodi Fayed. A statement from the police said they were checking for its “relevance and credibility.” AP report that Scotland Yard declined to provide details about the information, only saying
The previously sacrosanct “Swiss bank account” is once again impaled upon the shaft of US Justice, this time with 57 year old Swiss lawyer Edgar Paltzer co-operating with US efforts to stem offshore tax evasion by admitting he conspired to help American clients hide millions of dollars from the IRS. The US Attorney press release,
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LawFuel.com – Best Law Firm Newswire Service – Singapore: Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised HSBC Insurance (Singapore) Pte. Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc, on the sale of its group term life and employee benefits business in Singapore to AXA Life Insurance Singapore Private Limited and The Hongkong and Shanghai
