April 26, 2019 – DLA Piper is pleased to announce that Thomas Dombrowsky, a senior engineering advisor in the firm’s Telecom practice in Washington, DC, has been named to the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (CSMAC) of the US Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration. The committee, which includes 30 members who serve two-year terms, provides
Canadian National Railway Co. demands seven-figure penalty MONTREAL – On the heels of a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by a former executive of Canadian National Railway Company (CN), the company and two subsidiaries have struck back with their own lawsuit, along with a demand for a seven-figure monetary punishment. The suit, filed Tuesday, April 16, comes
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Eversheds Sutherland ranked first for 2019 Eversheds Sutherland (International) has topped the Acritas annual UK Law Firm Brand Index for 2019, with the strongest lead since the Index was launched in 2012. This takes its total number of first rankings to five out of eight. The Index is based on Sharplegal survey data from hundreds of
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The merger is with top 20 Irish firm, McDowell Purcell. European law firm Fieldfisher has announced a merger with top 20 Irish firm, McDowell Purcell, effective from 1st May 2019. McDowell Purcell is a corporate firm led by Managing Partner JP McDowell. It has 16 partners and 50 lawyers and was established over 120 years
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The Big Money and multi-billion dollar revenues of Big Law continue, according to the latest 2019 Am Law rankings. It’s been Big Law’s best year since the Great Recession, American Lawyer report. Eighty eight firms showed revenue increases with 37 posting revenues of $1 billion or more, which is six more than 2017. Kirkland &
Renowned Finnish legal scholar Professor Martti Koskenniemi will visit Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Law to deliver its annual Borrin Lecture. Titled ‘History of the Law of Nations: Sovereignty and Property’, the lecture will explore the history of international law in the context of the expansion of European power. Professor Koskenniemi will argue that
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Transactional partners Todd Boudreau and Matt Karlyn strengthen the firm’s presence in Boston as well as its market-leading technology and life sciences capabilities BOSTON (April 25, 2019) – Less than three months after opening an office in Boston, Morrison & Foerster is pleased to announce that it has further strengthened its presence in the city. Todd Boudreau and Matt Karlyn join Morrison
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Auckland barrister Tracey Walker, this week appointed to the High Court bench, has seen a lot since her days catwalk modelling during legal studies, to working with media lawyer Willie Akel in the Kim Dotcom defence A media law expert herself, Justice Walker intended to become a journalist before becoming a lawyer. “I would have
There is as yet no word on details of a Freshfields partner who was placed on ‘indefinate leave’ this month. The partner, Ryan Beckwick, was due to appear before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) with an early stage case management hearing is due to take place Friday 26 April. Beckwith, who was made partner at
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LOS ANGELES – A public official in Los Angeles County’s Internal Services Department and the electrical contractor from whom he accepted nearly $300,000 in bribes have both agreed to plead guilty to bribery and tax charges. In a plea agreement filed this morning, the county official – Mohammad R. Tirmazi, 50, of Alta Loma –
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