What a difference a word makes – particularly if its the wrong word in a multimillion dollar contract and two Big Law firms are on the hood for as much as $300 million. Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton allegedly made an error in a 2014 deal that split assets of […]
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Real estate purchasers are one of the most common and biggest acquisitions that most of us make. In the US in 2020, there were 5.64 million existing homes sold according to statistics from the National Association of REALTORS and over 800,000 newly build homes were sold according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Statistics also show
The range and scope of New Zealand legal jobs continues to grow, according to New Zealand law jobs network LawFuel who have the top 5 law jobs in New Zealand currently. Among the legal roles are fixed term and long term roles and one role with the Disputes Tribunal as a referee, assisting in a
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Defendants Allegedly Submitted More Than 1,000 Fraudulent Applications for U.S. Small Business Administration Economic Injury Disaster Loans Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and Amaleka McCall-Brathwaite, Special Agent in Charge, U.S.
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The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida has confirmed a US$40m Final Arbitral Award and Motion for Sanctions issued by the ICC International Court of Arbitration on behalf of Hogan Lovells client SSK Ingenería y Construcción S.A.C. (SSK). Client SSK, a Peruvian corporation, filed with the International Chamber
Four Senior Associates at Chapman Tripp have been recognised as leading practitioners in New Zealand’s legal profession with promotions to Special Counsel, appointments effective from 1 December 2021. Vonda Engels, Andrea Shepherd, Emma Dale, and Greer Fredricson, all based in the firm’s Auckland office, are well-known and highly regarded by many of the firm’s
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Two Russell McVeagh partners have been honoured for their outstanding work and client service in the 2021 Lexology Client Choice Awards announced today. Mei Fern Johnson and Troy Pilkington have each been named the exclusive New Zealand winner for General Corporate and Competition respectively. This year’s wins mark the second time for both of these partners to have been awarded the
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As the Covid vaccination programme steps up the pace Russell McVeagh has been one of the first firms to adopt a ‘jab only’ visitor policy, saying it will prevent anyone, clients, staff or visitors, from entering the firm premises from 1 November unless they have had both Covid vaccinations. The policy is the result of
The process of buying a business is long and complicated. Transferring ownership of a company, for both purchaser and vendor, can involve a range of issues including matters like valuation, checking the finances and accounting records, negotiating the price for the business and handling the escrow at the termination of the sale process. A good
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Roger Partridge* -If Auckland takes the full eight weeks to work its way through the Government’s “three-step plan” for Alert Level 3, 1.6 million Kiwis will have endured one of the world’s most stringent lockdowns for more than half a year. Seven-and-a-half weeks at Levels 3 and 4 in March and April last year. Further
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