Clifford Chance Announce 11 Consultant and Counsel Appointments in Asia Pacific

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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance today announced the promotion of 11 counsel and consultants in Asia Pacific. Geraint Hughes, Regional Managing Partner of Asia Pacific said, “Congratulations to this exceptional group of lawyers for their professionalism and commitment to their teams and our clients.” The new counsel/consultants are the following (bios and photos available […]

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Hogan Lovells Boosts Litigation Practice with Former Assistant US Attorney in LA

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Los Angeles, 29 April 2019 – Global law firm Hogan Lovells announced today that Ann C. Kim, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney, has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in its Litigation practice. Kim joins the firm after spending over 12 years working for the federal government with nearly five years in

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Power List Barrister Appointed To Court of Appeal, Justice Joe Williams to Supreme Court

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The Attorney General David Parker has appointed Justice Joe Williams to the Supreme Court, replacing Justice Sir William Young, who is to chair the Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch Mosques massacre, while Power List barrister David Goddard has been appointed to the High Court and Court of Appeal. The statement from the Attorney General

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Why Law Firms Are Rushing to Rebrand . . But What They May Be Missing

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Karen Lake* Law firm rebranding has become an almost daily feature of law firm life – shorter, sharper names, new logos, reworked web sites – the whole gamut of ‘branding’ that has exercised the minds of both lawyers and their branding advisors increasingly. A recent article in Law.com pointed out what might appear obvious, or

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Lawsuit Against Petroleum Company That Repeatedly Failed to Prevent Gas Leaks

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Suit Alleges Defendants Repeatedly Violated Environmental Regulations Governing Underground Storage Tanks at Gas Stations Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (“SDNY”), and Peter D. Lopez, Regional Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), announced today that the United States has filed a civil lawsuit against Chestnut Petroleum

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Commerce Commission Fines Vodafone $350,000 For Billing Customers After Contracts End

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Retail telecommunications provider Vodafone New Zealand Limited has been fined $350,000 for making false representations in invoices it sent to customers.  Vodafone pleaded guilty and was convicted in relation to 14 charges under the Fair Trading Act for conduct that occurred between January 2012 and December 2018. Despite Vodafone’s contractual terms and conditions stating it

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The Myth of the Law Firm Safety Net: Starting Your Own Practice

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Your law firm job may be comforting, but it’s not always comfortable Beth Lebowitz* You did everything right. You attended your OCIs during law school, hearing again and again that going to work for that big law firm was the best, if not the only, option. You worked those summer internships, and were lured in

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Invictus Gold Medallist Joins Personal Injury Law Firm as Military Injury Specialist

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H Hilary Meredith Solicitors in Wilmslow has appointed Invictus Gold medallist and high-ranking military solicitor, Natalie Robinson as Head of its Armed Forces Compensation Scheme department. Natalie provided specialist military legal support to the British Army for twelve years, reaching the rank of Major, before being medically discharged in 2015 after an injury on duty

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‘Sexual Innuendos’ & Other Actions See Big Law Partner Lose ERA Appeal

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Former Duncan Cotterill partner and former firm chair Richard Palmer (known as Dean Palmer) has lost his employment claim in the ERA where he claimed having been unfairly disadvantaged by the firm following allegations of inapporpriate behaviour towards younger female staff and others. The allegations included claims that he had touched female staff and forwarded

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