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DLA Phillips Fox’s Big Day

From NBR Briefcase – Who would have thought when Phillips Nicholson, formed right back in Petone in 1884 that they would eventually go on to be part of what is – wait for it! – the biggest firm in the world. The continued worldwide expansion of the DLA Piper juggernaut has now used the trans-Tasman [...]

Feb 4 2011 | Posted in Big Lawyers,Featured,Screaming Headline,The Firm | Read More »

Fewer US Lawyers Jumping Ship

Fewer partners in the US are jumping ship, according to a report from Courtroom Confidential. For the 12-month period ending in September, 2,014 partners left or joined firms in The American Lawyer’s Top 200, a 27 percent decrease from the 2,775 moves a year earlier, according to the article. So what does this mean for [...]

Feb 4 2011 | Posted in Big Lawyers | Read More »

Bonus News From the Big Bagel

Here’s some very belated bonus news from the Big Apple, from AboveTheLaw. Earlier this month, the New York office of Linklaters announced bonuses that matched the Cravath scale. As usual at Linklaters, there was no hours requirement. The news was communicated via individual memo. A Cravath match, especially in a bonus season when some firms [...]

Dec 21 2010 | Posted in Big Lawyers,Legal Exotica,Screaming Stateside | Read More »

Big Trouble With The Judges

NBR Briefcase – John Bowie – The ‘Briefcase’ column comments that it’s worth noting recent comments from some highly experienced commercial lawyers who expressed dismay at the standing of the New Zealand judiciary and its ability to adequately handle high level commercial litigation. This is not just due to the Wilson affair, which was needed [...]

Dec 20 2010 | Posted in Big Lawyers,Screaming Headline,The Bench | Read More »

Big Bucks on Chapman’s Big Deal

NBR Briefcase – John Bowie – What about leaving the year with a Big Deal Bang? One of the year’s biggest deals is going down right now, lead by Chapman Tripp and valued at $2.2 billion. The new listing of the $2.2 billion Heartland merger (MARAC, Pyne Gould, CBS Canterbury and Southern Cross Building Society) [...]

Dec 20 2010 | Posted in Big Lawyers,Law Heroes,The Firm | Read More »

Peace Throughout the Land? Bah, humbug

It was refreshing to see Robert Fisher QC’s comments in the past NZ Lawyer magazine saying that he’s generally in favour of disputes and that “the last thing we need is harmony throughout the land.” Good heavens, to say such a thing on what is virtually the eve of Christmas. It’s like Gordon Gekko saying [...]

Dec 12 2010 | Posted in Big Lawyers,Law Life | Read More »

Banking Fees At Bankside – And Justice Wilson’s New Digs

Briefcase also reports on Justice Wilson’s new digs with Sir Robert Jones and the ex-jurists over at Bankside Chambers. “I thought (Bankside) was named after the sheer volume of fees that must sluice through its ledger, is evidently named after a short street. It’s certainly a lot better than the name of the Wellington chambers [...]

Dec 1 2010 | Posted in Big Lawyers,Changing Roles | Read More »

The “Truth” And Sir Geoffrey

NBR columnist John Bowie writes about Sir Geoffrey Palmer and his brush with “Truth” in the Briefcase column: “.. the onrush of Christmas biographies tells us it’s that time of year and our tempers will soon be elevated to disturbingly violent levels upon hearing “Snoopy’s Christmas” being piped through stores while shop assistants put on [...]

Dec 1 2010 | Posted in Big Lawyers,Featured | Read More »

Justice Wilson – The Remaining Questions

‘Briefcase‘ reports on the Justice Wilson resignation, commenting that he was never going to face the music at the Judicial Conduct Panel hearing. As John Bowie writes: ” But while the retirement may appear to avoid nasty questions, it also leaves many unanswered. For instance, what did the Chief Justice know about his relationship with [...]

Oct 27 2010 | Posted in Big Lawyers,Screaming Headline | Read More »

Personal Injury Lawyers’ Big Day Out

Oh, what a day for the lawyers – Sting and Sheryl Crow will perform at two of the biggest holiday parties of the season hosted by Texas plaintiffs lawyers, reports Texas Lawyer. Sting will do his gig before The Lanier Law Firm’s annual holiday party on Dec. 5 in Houston, while Crow will take the stage [...]

Oct 26 2010 | Posted in Big Lawyers,Legal Exotica,Screaming Stateside | Read More »

NZLS L. ADLS – Yes, Love is in the Air

At last, it appears that not only a lasting truce, but a full union between the Auckland District Law Society and the NZ Law Society is likely, according to NBR Briefcase’s John Bowie. It’s not by any means sealed, but they’re talking and they have that feeling that This Could Be It. True love, at [...]

Oct 20 2010 | Posted in Big Lawyers,Changing Roles,The Society | Read More »

Brand New General Counsel

The “Legal Benchmarking Report” commented on the General Counsel “brand” and the clear imperative for GCs to break away from the perception of being just a lead lawyer. They have yet to reach the ‘brand’ achieved by the finance director’s transition to the role of CFO. The first step, surely, is to make the investment [...]

Oct 14 2010 | Posted in Big Lawyers | Read More »

US Firms on Top

The latest law firm rankings based on gross profits, headcount and profits-per-partner show how hard the recession has hit the Magic Circle and third-tier British firms, which have slipped badly if not right off the rankings. The American Lawyer rankings put the top spots based on revenues to Baker & McKenzie and Skadden Arps, but [...]

Oct 14 2010 | Posted in Big Lawyers,London Town,The Firm | Read More »

Lady Lawyers Take the Forbes List

Lady lawyers take the cake when it comes to taking out the Forbes “Most Powerful Women” list, with (wait for it . .) Michelle Obama being Number 1 and a former Sidley Austin lawyer. Then there is Secretary of State Clinton from the famous Rose Law firm (remember the scandals?) and a bunch of others. [...]

Oct 7 2010 | Posted in Big Lawyers,The Ladies | Read More »

Legal Dressing Down . . and Up

It’s all so deja vu this formal wear for lawyers but it’s reared it ugly seam. But the QCs and others are getting their nightgowns in a knot over something started by NZLS president Jonathan Temm. Or was it Attorney General Chris Finlayson? Or was it QC Robert Lithgow who wrote, in part: These gowns [...]

Oct 6 2010 | Posted in Big Lawyers,Changing Roles,Featured | Read More »