Since 2012, I have been defending the United States’ attempt to extradite me to face a criminal prosecution in the United States. I have always argued that the conduct alleged online dissemination of copyright protected works by Megaupload’s users – is not an extradition offence. The High Court correctly found this conduct is not an […]
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Slaughter & May – Slaughter and May and ASI Data Science, the high-growth British Technology firm, have published Superhuman Resources, a joint white paper on the responsible deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in business. We believe that AI could become the most transformative workplace technology of the 21st Century, with the associated need for business
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Chicago, 26 March 2018 – Mayer Brown announced today that leading finance lawyer Matthew D. O’Meara has joined the firm in Chicago as a partner in the Banking & Finance practice, where he will serve as the head of the firm’s global Private Credit group. Previously, Mr. O’Meara was a partner at Jones Day. “Matt
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MIAMI — March 26, 2018 — Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced that the firm and its lawyers have again been recognized among the best in the world by Chambers Global for their leading international practices. Once again, the firm’s Cuba Practice was recognized among the
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Pillsbury – The Prime Minister has given the clearest indication yet of what the UK will seek in the Brexit negotiations. Access to each side’s markets is going to be less than it is today. The UK will leave the single market and things are going to be different in the future, but the UK
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Image: Law.com Caroline Burgess – Why are lawyers prone to sexual abuse and harassment? The answer to a large extent can be found in the way in which lawyers operate, their personality type and the fact that their
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The Commerce Commission has confirmed the scope for its study into mobile telecommunications markets in New Zealand. “Mobile technology is an increasingly critical enabler for business productivity and social interaction. We know that New Zealanders love their mobile devices with more than 6.4 million in use – or about 1.3 per person,” Telecommunications Commissioner Dr
Judges have been identified as the worst offenders in a Bar Association survey on bullying and harassment issues, with almost 90 per cent of the criminal lawyers surveyed saying they had experienced such behaviour. The survey was instigated by Bar Association president vice-president Elizabeth Hall who described the results as “staggering”. Parliamentary under-secretary for justice
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Chapman Tripp – The Privacy Bill tabled by Justice Minister Andrew Little this week will increase the Privacy Commissioner’s powers and strengthen privacy protections. The changes will align New Zealand more closely with comparable regimes but do not go as far as the Privacy Commissioner would have liked. No date has been set for submissions as yet.
A Christchurch man who defrauded his clients of at least $17.5 million through a Ponzi scheme has been sentenced to eight years in prison with a minimum non-parole period of four years for charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office. Paul Hibbs was sentenced today at the Christchurch District Court. He previously had pleaded guilty
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