Using the “F Bomb” to plead your case is not necessarily the most effective way to persuade a judge to uphold your claim, but for pro se plaintiff Tamah Jada Clark’s $10 billion federal lawsuit that’s exactly what she did in her claim entitled “Notice to f*ck this court and everything it stands for”. Ms […]
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Canadian litigation lawyer Rob Sutherland was having a perfectly satisfactory morning discussing a case with the Crown attorney when his morning turned into a fireball when his parked car exploded. It’s the stuff of movies – a ‘take down’ of a rebel lawyer, perhaps – but for the Nova Scotia lawyer it was something less
The Comcast takeover of Time Warner Cable might have fallen over, but it has heralded a major boost for Wall Street law giant Cleary Gottlieb, who have leapt to the top of the 2014 rankings for US deals. Cleary Gottlieb have shunted Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, Time Warner lawyers for the independent directors
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It may be anathema to suggest that a law firm actually recommends a competitor for a specific job, but that is exactly what one senior General Counsel says should be occurring much more frequently. Mark Chandler is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, and Chief Compliance Officer at Cisco Systems and he recommends
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Slaughter and May has released a briefing paper on the months ahead for Greece with details about the country since the election and the likely scenarios in the future months. The Greek Parliamentary elections of 25 January 2015 marked a watershed in Greek and, potentially, European politics with the victory of a left-wing and overtly
A new survey on the way law firms are managed has been published, predicting dramatic shifts in the way law firms handle highly competitive markets over the next five years, as well as dealing with risk and regulation, financial pressure and changing client demands. The report from the accounting giant BDO took the views of
Press release from the US Attorney on how James Meyer, former assistant to artist Jasper Johns received an 18 month jail term. Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JAMES MEYER, a former assistant to artist Jasper Johns, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 18
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So what, exactly, is a ‘family friendly’ law firm? Do they really exist and, if so, how are they measured in terms of family ‘friendliness’? All important issues, considered by Vivia Chen at The Careerist when she wrote a little cynically perhaps that being a family friendly law firm probably means that there are great
Earth Day is more than a ‘feel good’ day, its also a time when everyone gets an opportunity to consider what they should be doing to preserve our planet. However, it has become the key activity for numerous politicians in the past decades. Here are four of the political figures who have helped shape Earth
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LawFuel has written about the major changes Google is making to its search rankings and the effect it may – or will – have on many law firm websites. But Real Lawyers Have Blogs publisher Kevin O’Keefe, who refers to the colourfully labelled “Mobilegeddon” and considers that lawyers and their business clients are not ready
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