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The Russell McVeagh Departed: Who Are They & Where Did They Go?

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Michael Stephens* The firm’s pre-eminent position as one of the country’s leading firms has continued, albeit tarnished badly by recent events involving sexual harassment and bullying issues, leading to Dame Margaret Bazley’s report in July, the recommendations of which have all been accepted by the firm. >> See LawFuel’s Jobs Site For In-House, Litigation and

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New Law Jobs . . And Deciding What Sort of Lawyer You Should Be

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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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While We Await Russell McVeagh’s Next Statement, Let’s Consider The WTF Jerk Lawyer Issue

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From a special LawFuel contributor, a senior female lawyer. What is it about people with initials and delusions of grandeur. Some were blessed with grandeur – think of the presidential offenders,  JFK WJC or OBJ, before we even get to Trump and those with TWO initials (did I mention OJ?).  But others were lesser mortals

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The Taranaki Lawyer Who Could . . Making The Forbes List With Her Law Tech Biz

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Legal entrepreneur Claudia King has reached the Holy Grail of Lists – forgetting the Billionaire Forbes List perhaps – by making that magazine’s list of 60 women-led startups. Claudia King’s Automio, is a tech law platform that has been notching up continuing success in the law tech area with its recent successes. The ‘bot’ can

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Russell McVeagh advises on mid-market buyout deal

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Russell McVeagh has acted for global private equity firm The Riverside Company on all aspects of its majority investment in Hiway Group. Hiway Group is a market-leading provider of road construction and maintenance, geotechnical and environmental services in New Zealand and Australia. The Russell McVeagh team worked closely with Riverside partners Steven Spiteri and Nick

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‘Why I Left The Law’ . . A Successful Woman Lawyer is Angry About ‘Profitable Jerks’ And More, But Tells Women There Is Another Way For Them In The Law

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Sacha Judd was – and is – a successful lawyer who had made it in the male dominated New Zealand legal profession, like those in the US, UK and Australia too, but she knows too that it is “profitable jerks” that are one factor making things difficult for women lawyers to enjoy a successful, satisfying

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Why John Shingleton Made The Bold Move From Old Law to Tech-Driven “New Law”

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[vc_row][vc_column][ultimate_info_banner heading_tag=”h3″ button_text=”LawFuel TechLaw Feature” info_alignment=”ib3-info-left” info_effect=”zoomIn” banner_size=”20″ ib3_border=”solid” ib3_border_width=”6″ button_color=”#dd1818″ button_border_width=”6″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” button_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” ib3_background=”#ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Any lawyer will know that technology is driving major changes in the way law practices are managed, but few ‘old line’ lawyers have made the dramatic changes that Christchurch lawyer John Shingleton has. Having spent most of his career with

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NZ Law Tech News – Dragon Dictation Goes Mobile . . Big Time

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The ability of new technology to increase the lawyers’ efficiency continues to expand along with the technology driven by new AI apps.  But now, with the introduction into New Zealand of the Dragon ‘Anywhere’ app, there is a true ability for an increasingly mobile legal workforce to maintain and increase their productivity with the power

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Migrant worker rights in NZ, time to set the record straight

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Aaron Martin – Migrant employee exploitation has been making headlines lately, and there are undoubtedly some common themes. Aaron Martin of New Zealand Immigration Law, Employment lawyer Mark Donovan and Anu Kaloti of the Migrant Workers Association, detail the unique challenges their clients are facing, what they can do to protect themselves, and a simple

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