[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Video has long been touted as the Next Big Thing (which arrived some years ago, actually), but is it really that vital for lawyers? Forbes’ carried a piece from law marketer Jason Bland who undertook a look at the issue, requesting law firm marketers to take a step back for “a little perspective”. Bland’s
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Metiria Turei (Ngāti Kahungunu) has almost disappeared from headlines as we turn our attention to those still in the election race. There is hope, however, that Turei will continue to lay bare the many ways poverty exists in Aotearoa. In stories on Turei, her own personal struggles were frequently discussed. Although the media often
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I am text What makes the University of Canterbury (UC) and its students so politically engaged? UC students have again proved to be the most engaged of any New Zealand university with 45 per cent voting in last week’s student elections, which is a 12 per cent increase on the 2016 figure and continuing the university’s
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Bill Cosby’s new legal team is headed by Tom Mesereau – the silver-maned attorney who famously won Michael Jackson’s acquittal in the child sex case, who looks like super-attorney Gerry Spence and who wins celebrity court battles – among others. Meserau’s own law firm website will explain why and how he is the best
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Image: DailyTelegraph Fears that a $3 billion loan made by Barclays Bank to Qatar during the financial crisis and made at the same time as the country was investing in the bank have lead to leading law firm Linklaters resigning from advice to the banking giant, the Financial Times reports. Linklaters is the fourth
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] >Hamilton mayor Julie Hardaker’s new role is as a principal with Mai Chen’s Chen Palmer, as she decides not to pursue a further term at the mayoral table. As someone with a variety of roles in life, she will now be embarking on a new adventure with Chen Palmer. Deciding against returning to McCaw Lewis
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Custody cases are tough – we get that – but when it comes to animal custody then sometimes they just get a whole lot tougher, still. Which is why Judge Judy let a dog decide who should have custody in a case that, once again, has become another Judge Judy sensation. The clip surfaced
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Queenstown law firm Todd Walker ‘go local’ when it comes to employing staff – as shown by the recent female recruits to the burgeoning law firm. And the booming town continues to provide more opportunities for lawyers and other professionals as firms like Todd & Walker Law continue to grow. Established by legal identity
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARC HENRY JOHNSON was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for helping cover up a drug dealer’s narcotics offense by moving a woman’s body out of a Manhattan apartment where she had suffered
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The groundbreaking LawTech Bootcamp partnership between some of University of Canterbury’s brightest students and top New Zealand law firm Lane Neave has produced some remarkable new concepts. Over 40 Law, Business and IT students joined forces with legal experts to create technology-based solutions to modern challenges in the legal sector during the incubator-style weekend
