The strongly worded complaint to the Judicial Conduct Commissioner by litigation funder LPF Group, as reported in LawFuel last year, has been responded to with the Litigation Funder deciding to “take the matter no further at this point in time.” Litigation Funding Group director Phil Newland wrote a nine page complaint to the JCC in […]
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CHICAGO—Executives from LegalShield, one of North America’s leading providers of affordable legal plans and the IDShield identity theft solution for individuals, families and small businesses, hosted an experiential legal technology workshop during the 2018 ABA TECHSHOW, held March 7-10 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. David Coffey, Chief Digital Officer, Keri Norris, Senior Vice President Legal
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Howick lawyer Richard Galbraith (left) didn’t know what he was up for when he started his online conveyancing-tracking programme KeyTrack way back in 2003. Certainly spending over 1 million dollars on the programme and associated Start-Up costs was not something he contemplated. Now, 15 years later, the software is redesigned, rebuilt and rebooted with
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SAN DIEGO (March 5, 2018) – Morrison & Foerster partner Eric M. Acker has been named a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in North America. Mr. Acker was inducted into the college during the annual spring meeting that took place this past weekend in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Slaughter and May advised Google on the competition law aspects of its US$1.1 billion acquisition of certain assets of HTC Corporation (HTC) related to the design, engineering, certification and testing of smartphones. In particular, Google acquired certain assets of HTC, including employees and a non-exclusive licence for intellectual property rights of HTC. Announced on 21
New York and Boston, March 7, 2018 – International law firm Sullivan & Worcester LLP is pleased to announce that Arinze Onugha, an associate in the firm’s New York office, has been named a 2018 Fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD). “Arinze exemplifies the best of Sullivan & Worcester in terms of
Eversheds Sutherland – Cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs) were a recurring area of focus in presentations by multiple divisions of the Securities and Exchange Commission at its annual “The SEC Speaks” conference in Washington, DC on February 23-24, 2018. While the SEC does not seem to have reached consensus yet on how to treat
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Law firms are full of serious professionals who attended schools and programs like USD Law, and those experts might be in need of a fantastic new logo that they can use to show off their expertise and market themselves to the masses. But how can you go about designing a logo for a law firm that
As the complexity of the law – and law practice – has become greater, not to mention more competitive, the ethical rules surrounding the law have become more complex also. The ABA Journal records the top 10 ethics traps, drawing upon the expertise of Professor Stephen GIllers, who teaches ethics at New York University Law
BEIJING—International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that it was named a winner in the category of “Banking & Finance” in the China Business Law Awards 2017-2018, published by the China Business Law Journal. The awards are based on nominations and comments received by the China Business Law Journal from China-focused corporate counsel,
