MoFo Named “Ceiling Smashing” Firm for Women PartnersIn Law360’s annual Glass Ceiling report, MoFo was recognized as one of the top 10 big law firms, referred to as “The Ceiling Smashers.” The list recognizes those firms that have the highest representation of women in their equity partnerships. Law360’s annual report collects data from more than 300
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The peak body for emergency medicine in New Zealand today released a Communique following a successful Mental Health in the Emergency Department Summit. The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine’s summit in Wellington saw more than 100 emergency doctors, psychiatrists, consumers, clinicians and key decision makers discuss and agree on nine key principles to tackle New Zealand’s
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ASX-listed Shine Corp., the parent company of Shine Lawyers has settled a $250 million shareholder action brought against it in 2017 on a confidential basis and without admission of liability. The class action was filed in the Supreme Court of Queensland by US law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan (QE) who alleged Shine misled investors in
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Peter Cox, former Duncan Cotterill Independent Board Member, was awarded a Queen’s Service Medal (QSM), for services to sport, particularly hockey. Peter has contributed to sporting communities in Canterbury over a number of decades. Throughout his career, he has advised on boards for private sector companies, state owned enterprises, and other public entities. He has dedicated
CHICAGO (June 5, 2019) – Neal Gerber Eisenberg is proud to announce that it signed the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Well-Being Pledge, a national campaign devoted to advancing health and wellness throughout the legal industry. This effort is designed to support lawyer well-being and address the profession’s troubling rates of substance use and mental health issues. By
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Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Angel M. Melendez, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), and Troy Miller, Director, Field Operations, New York, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”), announced today
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Gemma Chan has had a raft of movies before starring in the blockbuster hit “Crazy Rich Asians”, but her movie career success was helped by both an Oxford Law degree and her work at leading law firm Slaughter & May. Read More Here
Cross-practice Group Brings Together Firmwide Experience to Support the Fast-Growing Cannabis Industry June 4, 2019 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce the launch of a new Cannabis Industry Team. Currently, the team is comprised of more than 70 attorneys from 12 of the firm’s offices. “With worldwide legal cannabis spending at
Overlawyered? Apparently not if the latest US figures are anything to go by. The last decade has seen a 14.5 per cent increase in the number of lawyers in the US. The ABA Journal has reported that lawyers in the US from the beginning of this year now number 1,352,027, up from 1,180,386 in 2009.
A year-long report undertaken by the Law Society of England & Wales has said there is a need for urgent oversight over the use of complex algorithms in the justice system. The Law Society Technology and Law Policy Commission published its report on algorithms in criminal justice alongside an interactive map that allows the public
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