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Moscow, St. Basil’s Cathedral in Red square, Russia. Credit: TTstudio/Adobe Stock Baker McKenzie is to part ways with major state-owned Russian clients amid heightened sanctions and a growing call for the West to take action, as Ukraine continues to defend against the Russian invasion. The firm “is reviewing and adjusting our Russia-related operations and client work to align with all applica...

What You Need to Know High demand, couple with other factors, helped profitability growth outpace revenue gains at many firms. Firms are becoming savvier at pricing, increasing rates for in-demand transactional work. Other factors are behind the profit surges, including a shift in practice mix, leverage and head count changes. Profits growth of more than 5% would be a great year for any big...

What You Need to Know High demand, couple with other factors, helped profitability growth outpace revenue gains at many firms. Firms are becoming savvier at pricing, increasing rates for in-demand transactional work. Other factors are behind the profit surges, including a shift in practice mix, leverage and head count changes. Profits growth of more than 5% would be a great year for any big...

CCTV footage showing Samuel Seow using criminal force on his employees. (Photo: Video screencaps) SINGAPORE — The Law Society is seeking to strike off long-time advocate and solicitor Samuel Seow from the rolls following his assault on three female staff members under his employ in 2018. The Law Society, represented by Dhillon Dinesh Singh, Alisa Toh and Loong Tse Chuan, argued that Seow had ...

CCTV footage showing Samuel Seow using criminal force on his employees. (Photo: Video screencaps) SINGAPORE — The Law Society is seeking to strike off long-time advocate and solicitor Samuel Seow from the rolls following his assault on three female staff members under his employ in 2018. The Law Society, represented by Dhillon Dinesh Singh, Alisa Toh and Loong Tse Chuan, argued that Seow had ...

Singapore, Feb 28 (EFE).- The Singapore appeals court rejected Monday an unconstitutionality petition of the penal code which punishes homosexual relationships with up to two years in prison, saying there is no “threat” of it being applied. “There is no real or credible threat of prosecution under section 377A at this time, so there is not a sufficient basis to consider challenges to the cons...

The Singapore Court of Appeal, the country’s top court, declined Monday to overturn a law criminalizing gay sex, ruling that three men who brought challenges did not have legal standing because the government has pledged not to enforce the colonial-era law. Gay rights advocates had sought to overturn the law, known as Section 377A, arguing that it stigmatizes gay men and promotes discriminati...

Law & Order has been revived for its 21st season, 12 years after it was last on the air, with a mix of new and returning cast members. One of those returning cast members is Anthony Anderson, who played Detective Kevin Bernard for the final few years of the original run. While he wasn't one of the longest serving actors on the show, Anderson clearly loved his time there, as he revealed th...

A new decision of the Appellate Division, First Department (Board of Mgrs. of the Latitude Riverdale Condominium v 3585 Owner, LLC, 2021 NY Slip Op 06072 (1st Dep't Decided Nov. 9, 2021), has triggered a discussion of the intersection between common law fraud claims and the New York State Martin Act ... The Martin Act A so-called "blue sky law," Article 23-A of New York's General Business Law...

This is a modal window. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported. The resignations in protest by the two seasoned prosecutors leading the Manhattan district attorney probe into Donald Trump might be a lucky break for the former con man in chief, but could be a blow against justice. We don’t know what we don’t know: The e...