Boca Raton, Florida – December 14, 2020 – Smartmatic announced today that it is issuing legal notices and retraction demand letters to Fox News, Newsmax and One America News Network for publishing false and defamatory statements. The demand letters identify dozens of factually inaccurate statements made by each of the organizations as part of a “disinformation […]
stitutional Democracy Washington – January 8, 2021: Eighteen law firms joined Crowell & Moring to urge Vice President Mike Pence to invoke Section 4 of the 25th Amendment to remove the President from office for being a “reckless and wanton threat to the Constitution that he pledged to preserve, protect, and defend.” The law firms
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The twin 23-year-old girls inspired by their non-lawyer father’s arguments for Maori Land Rights has seen them develop their respective legal careers, recently reported in the Southland Times. The twins, who grew up in Bluff and attended high school in Invercargill, are of Kāi Tahu and Kāti Māmoe descent. Their father was on the Titi/Mutton
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Its been a season of increased focus on diversity and gender inclusiveness with the latest round of law firm promotions and elevations. From Fish & Richardson’s diversity record-breaking elevations to Perkins Coies’ diversity newsmaking elevations, we now have Norton Rose Fulbright elevating Shauna Clark as the firm’s US and global Chair. Her appointment was, said
Artificial intelligence, machine learning and coronavirus vaccines represent major emerging targets for cyber attacks in 2021, according to Steve Povolny, McAfee’s global head of advanced threat research.And while McAfee has not detected a significant shift in consumer “security maturity” over the past year, awareness of the risks has increased. “[2020] was a year of continued
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The setting up of women-only networks and reverse mentoring programmes may be unwittingly undermining gender diversity within law firms, according to new research. A report by Thomson Reuters that measures the effectiveness of common diversity initiatives warns against programmes that support the ‘erroneous perception that female lawyers are fundamentally different than male lawyers and therefore
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Boston, MA, Jan. 6, 2020 – Burns & Levinson announced today that well-known plaintiff employment litigator Beth R. Myers has joined the firm as a partner in its Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group. She was previously a partner at Powers, Jodoin, Margolis & Mantell LLP in Boston and brings over 10 years of experience in employment-related disputes to the firm.
A former classmate is spilling all the tea from his law school days. As you probably could guess, based on his radically right-wing record and degree from Yale Law School, Senator Josh Hawley was a member of the Federalist Society in law school. And as you also probably guessed based on those two facts, he
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Wes Overson Brings Three Decades of Experience to Firm SAN FRANCISCO (January 6) – Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today the addition of Wes Overson to the San Francisco office. Mr. Overson will serve as a partner in the firm’s internationally recognized Intellectual Property Department and will be a member of the Patent Litigation Team. He joins from Morrison & Foerster. “Wes
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Law firm mergers have been hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Mergers dropped by 43 per cent last year as partners grappled with financial uncertainties brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, according to an Altman Weil MergerLine report released Tuesday. Deal activity declined sharply starting in March of last year leading to only 65 combinations in
