Leading Global Law Firm Baker McKenzie has retained its position as the World’s Strongest Law Firm Brand in the 2018 Acritas Global Elite Law Firm Brand Index. The Firm received an overall score of 100 which is 51 points ahead of the firm ranked in second place and ranked top for each of the brand
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Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that WILLIAM McFARLAND was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 6 years in prison for the following criminal conduct to which he had pled guilty: one count of wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud investors in
John Bowie Give Russell McVeagh in their annus horribilis one major credit: they “exited” the partner most recently found responsible for bad behaviour with rather more decisiveness than they handled the earlier sexual harassment claims. The cries of ‘too little too late’ will doubtless be heard far and wide, but the firm has front-footed the
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Todd Mackey* Okay, so Brett Kavanaugh got the top job, but at what cost? And what can lawyers seeking a new job learn from that inquisition? There are some lessons any job seeker can learn from the way he handled the now infamous congressional hearings prior to his landing his Supreme Court gig? Well there
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Deciding what sort of lawyer you should be involves a range of issues potential and actual lawyers need to consider, such as their interests and other matters. LawFuel has a short quiz that can help lawyers decide what sort of lawyer they are based on the short questionnaire. You can take the short quiz right
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From: PersuasiveLitigator – Holland + Hart “Should I Stay, or Should I Go,” ask The Clash. There’s a basic tendency to see our decisions in a binary fashion: There are two choices, and choosing one excludes the other. But for those seeking to understand and improve human decision-making, there are reasons to believe that this is not
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Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Philip Bartlett, Inspector-In-Charge for the New York Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), announced today that STEVEN L. HENNING, a certified public accountant who was a Managing Partner at a Manhattan accounting firm, was charged with wire fraud
Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Tom Duley has joined the firm as a partner in its global Life Sciences practice. Mr. Duley has extensive experience advising international and domestic clients in the life sciences sector on multifaceted strategic partnering and commercial transactions. In addition to his experience serving clients as a partner in a multinational
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The outspoken thoughts of one of the UK’s top lawyers Lord Sumption, will be closely listened to when he delivers key lectures on the BBC next year. The broadcaster announced Lord Sumption, the snowy and wild haired former academic and QC, as delivering the renowned Reith Lectures on its Radio 4 next year in a
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A 2 per cent increase in pay rates for newly qualified (NQ) solicitors and trainees in London legal work may not sound much, but when it sets a starting base pay rate of £83,000 it sounds mighty attractive to young lawyers. The increase came from Linklaters which has 100 training contracts issued annually. Firm trainees
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