Baker McKenzie First Global Law Firm to Set 40:40:20 Gender Targets

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Powered by LawFuel – Baker McKenzie is delighted to announce today new global aspirational targets set at 40:40:20 per cent gender diversity, to represent 40% women, 40% men and 20% flexible (women, men or non-binary persons). This target applies to Partners, senior business professionals, Firm committee leadership and candidate pools for recruitment. Baker McKenzie has […]

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Slaughters Lift London Pay Rates in Pay War ‘Race to the Top’

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Slaughter & May is the latest major law firm in London to life its associate pay, which is £100,000 including bonuses The pay increase follows recent moves by firms in The City, including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance which both lifted their pay for newly-qualified (NQ) pay to £100,000 as the pay war started

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Ex-LA Sheriff Deputy Jailed For Lying to FBI Over Jail Attack

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            LOS ANGELES – A former deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was sentenced today to 12 months in federal prison for lying to FBI agents about the beating of a handcuffed man that took place in 2011 at Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles.             Byron Dredd, 37, was found guilty by a

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Statement From Jordan Williams on Supreme Court Decision

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“When my lawyers were approached by Mr Craig’s QC asking for our consent to the joint sailing holiday, I felt I was damned if I did, damned if I didn’t.  The hearing had finished – we were just waiting for the decision – so there was no possibility of recusal. We feared that non-consent would be seen as insulting to the judge. I was not aware

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Yachting Trip Excursion With Craig Counsel and Sitting Jurist Sees Supreme Court Rule In Favour Craig

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John Bowie – The Supreme Court has dismissed an application for recall of the judgment in the Jordan Williams v. Colin Craig case finding “some force” in the view that the delay in raising the matter “is both tactical and disqualifying”. However the Court did not hold an oral hearing despite some conflict as to

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The Attorney Who Advertised “Foxy Roxy Dolls” Opoids on CraigsList

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            LOS ANGELES –Powered by LawFuel – A Downey-based attorney pleaded guilty this afternoon to a federal narcotics distribution charge for illegally selling more than 1,000 oxycodone pills after offering the opioid drugs for sale on Craigslist.             Jackie Ferrari, 36, a resident of Downey, pleaded guilty to one count of illegally distributing oxycodone. According to court

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Former Managing Partner of Manhattan Accounting Firm Pleads Guilty to $2 Million Fraud

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Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that STEVEN L. HENNING, a certified public accountant who was a Partner at a Manhattan accounting firm, pled guilty today to participating in two wire fraud schemes.  In the first, he falsely claimed to have entered into multimillion-dollar intellectual

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DWF Expands Australian Presence With Team of 16 Joining to Boost East Coast Presence

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Powered by LawFuel – DWF, the global legal business, announces another important milestone in the expansion of its business in Australia, with Elpis Korosidis (pictured) and her team of fifteen people set to join DWF Australia from July 1.  Mark Hickey, Chairman of DWF Asia Pacific, commented: “As a result of Elpis and her team joining us, we are now

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Law Firms Responding Well to Remedy Depression Issues, Says Meritas Survey

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Powered by LawFuel – A survey of employees at New Zealand and Australian law firms in the Meritas legal network has found that 63% of respondents had experienced depression or knew someone close to them in the workplace who had. However the survey shows that law firms are responding well to remedy the position with

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