There’s been a lot happening in the patent law area in recent years and a gap in the IP legal market has seen Chapman Tripp move into the patent place with a new IP practice group established to exploit the offshore ownership of the two biggest IP law players in the New Zealand market. The
COVID-19 will continue to have significant impacts on litigation proceedings and the associated data management and eDiscovery challenges. Law in Order provide some insights into litigation in 2021 Remote Working and Different Data Sources The emerging trend of agile, remote work environments was accelerated by COVID-19. The shift is here to stay with organisations heading
Fox & Partners – The Court of Appeal’s judgment in Joseph v Deloitte NSE LLP [2020] EWCA Civ 1457 is a lesson in the importance of properly construing and strictly following the terms of a partnership agreement. The implications for partners, but also firms in relation to their decision-making processes, particularly in light of the pandemic, are
It appears a presidential reprieve is not going to get Steve Bannon out of hot water. Reports from CNN say that New York state prosecutors are also investigating Bannon for his role in a scam to crowdfund a border wall. Prosecutors have told U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres that they’re not ready to let the defendant go
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The investigation into potential criminal charges against Donald Trump went up a notch this week as US Attorneys appointed Paul Weiss lawyer (on leave for the purpose) to assist in the investigation of Trump and his family and businesses. Pomerantz is an experienced white collar crime attorney. He had established a small criminal defense practice
CHICAGO, February 26, 2021 –Schiff Hardin LLP is pleased to announce the election of Joe Krasovec as the firm’s next managing partner, effective February 8, 2021. He will advance the firm’s growth strategy across the firm’s practice groups and sectors of industry expertise, working closely with the newly elected executive committee. For the past five
New Law firm Juno Legal has recruited another senior New Zealand In-house Counsel with its recruitment of former BP NZ General Counsel Rachael Lynch. She has spent 15 years as in-house lawyer with BAT NZ, working in Australia and London before moving to the BP role in New Zealand. She previously worked at Simpson Grierson.
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Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that WILLIAM TAYLOR, the former chief operating officer of MiMedx Group, Inc. (“MiMedx”), a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to one year in prison for orchestrating a multimillion-dollar scheme to fraudulently inflate MiMedx’s revenue. TAYLOR and
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Why are litigators departing from Meredith Connell?
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Russell McVeagh Partner and Board member Allison Arthur-Young has been elected as Russell McVeagh’s Board Chair. Arthur-Young, who has been a Board member for three years, succeeds outgoing Board Chair Malcolm Crotty who has completed his term, having served three years in the role. Crotty will resume his full-time practice as a key Litigation partner at the firm. Joining
