The GC {RE}DEFINED Morrison & Foerster – The one constant in business today is change. Nonstop developments in technology, politics, regulation, culture, legislation, and financial markets now require all organizations to respond at unprecedented speed. To thrive in this environment, organizations need business leaders who are change agents; those who can inspire their own teams …
Deregulating the legal market is an issue that has occupied the minds of politicians and lawyers in several countries, but the UK has generally lead the way with law marketplace reform. The use of Alternative Business Structures (ABSs) to provide legal services via supermarkets, estate agents and others, has lead to doubts over the effect …
There’s a lot law firms are doing these days to attract and retain business. And quality staff, for that matter. A good office environment has always been one of the keys and in the increasingly competitive world of modern law practice, the physical surroundings of the firms is all-important – never more so than today. While firms …
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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 …
New Zealand Solicitor General Michael Heron QC has quit in an announcment made by the Attorney General today. LawFuel had been told that Mr Heron was unhappy with his position although the reason given in the official statement from the Attorney General was that he had provided the three years service he had promised and …
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They may seem like they’re high-powered, no-nonsense professionals with the world at their feet, but at the end of the day, lawyers are human beings too. Just like all of us, they experience their share of bad days and sleepless nights as well. It’s no secret that being a lawyer is one of the …
Thomas Ehrlich and Ernestine Fu* From Forbes When should lawyers be required to reveal information that will hurt their clients’ chances in court? The following story is a variation on a tale told by a good friend when she was head of the Public Defender’s office in a major U.S. city. We challenge you to …
Lawyers are somewhat notorious for working late and eating badly. Some of them anyway. And to get the energy boost they seek there are a couple of things that can be done quickly and easily, according to Rebecca Scritchfield, a dietician and fitness expert. Low energy is something that can badly affect busy people and …
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If you’re going to get into a fight with Donald Trump you need a good lawyer – that much is a given. And Univision’s battle with Trump over their cancellation of the Miss USA show is a case in point. They have hired Miguel Estrada, a Honduras-born Harvard Law grad, who is to defend Univision’s …
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Former Attorney General Eric Holder enjoyed mixed success – if ‘success’ can be used – in his role but now he’s turning from gamekeeper to poacher, some might say. Writing on The Intercept, Lee Fangs says: After failing to criminally prosecute any of the financial firms responsible for the market collapse in 2008, former Attorney …
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