Amal Clooney has become the focus of almost as much attention as the much-papped British royalty – and indeed she is indeed royalty if you count husband George as one of the most desirable men in the galaxy, as many appear to. And so British law blog Legal Cheek’s Jonathan Ames attempted to place all […]
A top Australian Queens Counsel, particularly one who charges up to $10,000 a day, can charge for many things, but snoring in Court is not one of them. David Tait QC fell asleep during an inquest into a race car driver’s death yesterday, resulting in his apology to the Court when he explained that a
“New Law” is generally better than Big Law, according to a new report from the Harvard Business Review. “Better” means more work-life balance in the case of the entrepreneurial legal ventures that provide innovative new ways to practice law, such as Axiom, which already has half of the Fortune 100 as its clients, and Counsel
Harassing scientists over climate change issues is something that a lawyer who is alleged paid for by major coal companies has been doing on US television and elsewhere, according to recent reports. Attorney Christopher Horner is a regular guest on Fox News and CNN where he has derided scientists on climate change issues, calling them
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Baker & McKenzie announces higher women promotions and all-time high productivity. Revenues up 2.2% Total productivity hits an all time high – up 5% Record number of partner promotions – over 40% are women Good growth expected in Fiscal Year 2016 Baker & McKenzie, the world’s premier global law firm, has announced global revenues
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Cheeky London law blog Legal Cheek has released a list of The City’s 25 sexiest solicitors. Now we’re not ones here at LawFuel to endulge in such tabloid tittle-tattle (damn, why didn’t we think of that!), but we can show who they are for those seeking their fortunes and prospective partners in The City. The
The Ashley Madison hack has once again displayed the dangers of major hacks for both individuals and businesses alike. But for lawyers he risks can be severe too and in this guest post from Lewis Thomason, the authors look at the five ‘deadly sins’ law firms need to know about. Nearly every day we hear
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Conflict of interest, anyone? It’s a bugbear for lawyers constantly, but when you’re the lawyer who works for the same law firm representing Hillary Clinton in her fight over private emails and are now overseeing the way the State Department is handling the emails, a whiff of conflict arises. The Washington Exasminer reports that Catherine Duval,
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The Ashley Madison “Cheat Sheet” is creating mayhem at dinner tables across the globe, as the hackers (‘Impact Team’) expose government officials among others. The data stolen from the infidelity site has around 10,000 email addresses belowing to US government workers who have the .gov address, as well as thousands with .co.uk, .com.au, .co.nz and
LawFuel.com – Law News – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Diego Rodriguez, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and William J. Bratton, the Commissioner of the Police Department for the City of New York (“NYPD”), announced that
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