Peter Cubita brings a mix of in-house and private practice experience June 25, 2025 – Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP today announced that Peter N. Cubita has joined the firm’s Consumer Financial Services practice as a senior counsel in New York. Previously a Vice President and Senior Legal Director at Goldman Sachs Bank USA, he has more […]
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Precision, Propaganda, and the Plausible: A Lawyer’s Crusade Against Media Mischief Norma Harris, LawFuel contributing writer One might expect that in a country as far from the Middle East as New Zealand, the reporting of international law would be conducted with a modicum of detachment and, above all, accuracy. Yet, as Grant William Smith, an
Entrepreneurial Law Firm Like The Netflix of Law A private equity investor with Lloyds Banking Group roots now owns a big chunk of a law firm that works entirely from home. Harper James, a firm with over 140 lawyers spread across the UK, sold 45% of itself to LDC. The deal is all about growth.
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As the global economy becomes more interconnected—and more unpredictable—high-net-worth individuals and internationally mobile professionals are re-evaluating how they protect their wealth. From entrepreneurs and investors to doctors, lawyers, and digital nomads, a growing number are asking the same question: What is an Offshore Asset Protection Trust? And more importantly, could it be the legal structure
The 12 new Partners bring deep expertise across each of the firm’s chosen industries, including Education, Energy & Resources, Financial Services, Health, Infrastructure and Real Estate. These appointments strengthen the firm’s ability to support clients in a rapidly changing environment and reflect its continued investment in the leadership and expertise needed to stay ahead of
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What Is Sir William Young Thinking? John Bowie, LawFuel publisher There’s a moment in every legal career when the robes get a little too heavy, the wigs a little too itchy, and the temptation of a post-retirement international gig becomes irresistible. For Sir William Young, formerly of New Zealand’s Supreme Court, that moment appears to
Source: Cernitz Law, Miami In the age of artificial intelligence, it’s tempting to believe that a few clicks and a clever app can solve almost any problem — even legal ones. You upload a document, click “analyze,” and boom: you get a result. But when your property is damaged, your health is affected, or your
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The law firm co-founded by former Du Val Property Group lawyer Owen Culliney has changed its name from iCLAW to Foley Douglas. The firm had branded itself initially as bold and unconventional, with a tagline that promised clients “a firm with claws.” The firm’s new focus however is upon “kiwi values” . Culliney’s resignation saw
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How A Country Law Firm Continues to Expand >> In-House Role? Public Defence Work? Government Law? – See LawFuel’s Jobs Network A new chapter is unfolding at Evans Henderson Woodbridge, one of the North Island’s oldest law firms and a pillar of the Rangitīkei community. With a history stretching back to at least 1910, and
AI Litigation Platform Begins Major Pilot Program in Australia Australia, 24 June 2025 – National law firm Holding Redlich has begun a major pilot of Cicero, an AI litigation platform developed by Australian legal-tech company Automatise. The pilot follows a successful trial in selected matters earlier this year and will initially run across key practice groups,
