STAMFORD, Conn. –– March 1, 2022 – Today Wiggin and Dana LLP announced that Jack Sousa, managing principal of Lev Berlin & Sousa, P.C., the corporate and securities boutique law firm based in Norwalk, CT, has joined Wiggin and Dana, supporting the continued growth of the firm’s corporate and transactional practice. Sousa will be resident […]
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Russell McVeagh is pleased to have assisted the Westpac Group complete the sale of its New Zealand life insurance business to Fidelity Life this week. The $400 million sale includes a 15-year strategic alliance agreement for the exclusive provision of life insurance products to Westpac New Zealand retail customers. Ian Beaumont, Russell McVeagh’s Corporate Partner who led
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Deputy Public Service Commissioner Helene Quilter QSO announced the appointment of Ms Karen Chang to the position of Director and Chief Executive, Serious Fraud Office. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is the lead law enforcement agency responsible for addressing serious and complex financial crime in New Zealand. The SFO also works to prevent financial crime
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Sean Phelan* One striking feature of the “freedom convoy” protests in Ottawa, Wellington and elsewhere has been the intense antagonism towards “mainstream media” (MSM). These antagonisms are expressed not only in now familiar descriptions of MSM journalists as sinister agents of a wider power elite, coupled with pity or scorn for the befuddled “sheeple” who
A legaltech development by MinterEllison should see the firm saving over 40,000 hours’ legal teams’ time in the 2023 financial year through the automation of its business process management. The firm with 2800 employees and 265 partners across Australia and New Zealand has replaced its previous process management system which will both lower costs and
Two well-known and proudly Waikato owned law firms are joining forces in April this year, growing their ability to service the wider Waikato region. Harkness Henry and Cambridge Law have a proud history in the Mighty Waikato and plan to strengthen bonds further in a joint partnership moving forward under the Harkness Henry brand
‘Londongrad’ is under threat with the Ukraine war and the pressure on ‘enabling’ lawyers who act for oligarchs Lawyers who act for oligarchs in Britain are under intense pressure from multiple quarters to take action against ‘Londongrad’, or the ‘London laundromat’ that is used to launder Russian money. Lord Carlile QC said in the House
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Help with LawFuel’s Oligarch Lawsuit – Help Us Here The Law Council of Australia joins members of the international legal community in expressing grave concerns at Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in violation of international law. Under international law, a state is prohibited from the use or threat of force against another state. The only exceptions
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In addition to the unusual mass arbitration Intuit is fighting, federal regulators and state prosecutors are still investigating the company, which made $2 billion dollars last year. Justin Elliott* Faced with a class-action suit filed on behalf of customers who claim they were tricked into paying to file their taxes, TurboTax-maker Intuit knocked the case
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Sanctions include blocking orders against two state-owned Russian financial institutions, expanded restrictions on Russian sovereign debt, and prohibitions on transactions in separatist regions. Starting on February 21, 2022, the Biden administration began to issue a “first tranche” of economic sanctions against the Russian Federation in response to what President Joe Biden has called “the
