In a twist that would make even John Grisham raise an eyebrow, former Biglaw high-flyer Linda Lu has traded her corner office for a prison cell, all thanks to a hedge dispute gone wrong. Lu, who once graced the hallowed halls of Fried Frank, Cadwalader, and Pillsbury Winthrop, now finds herself on the wrong side
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (December 10, 2024) – Moore & Van Allen PLLC (MVA) is pleased to announce that Corporate Attorneys D. Ryan Hart and Charles W. Kemp have been named to lead the firm’s Securities & Corporate Governance team. MVA’s Securities & Corporate Governance team serves as trusted advisors to public and private companies, senior management, boards of directors, and board committees on a wide
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Slater and Gordon has filed a class action on behalf of millions of customers related to the pricing of NRMA home and/or contents insurance policies issued by Insurance Australia Limited (IAL), as part of the ‘Get your Insurance Back’ campaign. The statement of claim, filed in the Victorian Supreme Court, accuses IAL, under parent company Insurance
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Paul Weiss Shakes Up Partnership with Massive Promotion RoundPaul Weiss has elevated 34 lawyers to partner, nearly tripling last year’s cohort of 12, which is the firm’s first promotion round since introducing a non-equity partnership tier, though the exact number of non-equity partners remains undisclosed by the firm. The promotions heavily favor New York, with
We are pleased to announce the arrival of Sapna Jhangiani KC, a leading international commercial disputes specialist based in Singapore. The first female lawyer in Singapore to be appointed as a silk in England, Sapna has substantial advocacy experience in both litigation and arbitration. Formerly a partner at Clyde & Co, practising in Dubai and
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Image by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels The changing landscape of finance makes legal compliance a challenge and a necessity. Financial regulation is becoming exceedingly complex, and stringent enforcement turns compliance into something you must stay on top of. This requires thorough oversight and paying attention to details. Developments in automation illustrate law firms and organizations
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The failure of law firm Axiom Ince shocked the UK law profession, but it hasn’t prevented Pragnesh Modhwadia, the former firm boss, dining out expensively despite being accused of draining £66 million from his firm’s client accounts. Pragnesh Modhwadia, the former boss of Axiom Ince, finds himself at the center of a complex legal and
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The following article is authored by a finance and banking industry insider in New Zealand. As members of New Zealand’s highly profitable retail banks yet again report billion-dollar profits being paid to Australian parent companies this year, they could perhaps be forgiven for failing to notice the ground shifting beneath them. It’s no longer the
LawFuel’s Power List 2024 welcomes three influential criminal lawyers who are making waves in New Zealand’s legal landscape: Emma Priest, Anoushka Bloem, and Julie-Anne Kincade KC. The appearance of women lawyers excelling in criminal law has continued to become more significant in recent years not only as a result of the growing number of female
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Although senior KCs and other barristers continue to exert their influence within the legal profession a younger group of litigators are already playing a key role in major litigation. Although commercial lawyers like Jack Hodder KC and Davey Salmon KC are have occupied significant places on the List, the new additions include effective litigators who
