Friday, 27 August 2021, – LawFuel – Bell Gully is thrilled to have won two awards at the ITR Asia-Pacific Tax Awards 2021 held overnight – New Zealand Tax Disputes Firm of the Year and Impact Deal of the Year. Tax disputes and litigation continue to be a standout feature of our tax team’s workflow, […]
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LOS ANGELES – A disbarred personal-injury lawyer was found guilty by a federal jury today of 22 felonies for stealing the majority of a multimillion-dollar settlement that should have been paid to a car accident victim, as well as cheating on his federal income taxes. Philip James Layfield, a.k.a. “Philip Samuel Pesin,” 48, of Las
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Jeremy Valentine has 25 years of experience in financial services and joins Cigna from The Co-operative Bank where he was Risk, Legal and Governance general manager. He’s also held key positions with the ANZ and National Bank, as well as practising in two major New Zealand law firms. Cigna New Zealand chief executive Gail Costa says
Pittsburgh-based Reed Smith is to cut 66 jobs from its offices in the US and UK, which the firm says is part of its ‘connectivity initiative’ designed to modernize its business. The firm employs 1500 lawyers in 30 offices in the US, UK, Europe, Middle East and Asia. The firm said that it expects 44
The New Zealand Bar Association is backing calls from the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ) President, Justice Susan Glazebrook, for the New Zealand Government to help secure safe passage and refuge for Afghan women judges and their families. The judges are facing grave danger following the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. Bar Association President, Paul
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Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging GEORGE CONSTANTINE, MARC ELEFANT, ANDREW DOWD, and SADY RIBEIRO with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, mail fraud,
Russell McVeagh has assisted Summerset to complete a loan facility refinance for approximately $1.2 billion, incorporating a $700 million Sustainability Linked Loan (SLL) component, which takes effect 1 October 2021. This is one of the largest SLLs in the market to date, and the second SLL of significance that the firm has advised on so
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Nancy Myrland* In the legal profession, we tend to sit back and wait to innovate or do something we think we should be doing until we see another firm or another lawyer do it. We want to know that it looks okay. Is It Safe? We want to make sure it’s safe out there. We
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Survey of more than 1,600 employers reveals key concerns and strategies surrounding mandating and encouraging vaccination (August 23, 2021) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practicerepresenting management, has released the results of its COVID-19 Vaccine Employer Survey Report: Delta Variant Update, completed by 1,630 in-house lawyers, C-suite executives and human resources professionals across the
The 2021 LawFuel Power Lawyer List has New Zealand’s most influencial lawyers listed in a 12 months where the Covid pandemic has shaken up the list with 14 new entrants including barristers, government lawyers and legal leaders and influencers. The Power List Sponsors The 2021 LawFuel Power Lawyer List has New Zealand’s most influencial
