Settlement Includes $550 Million For New York, Including Millions To Help New Yorkers Avoid Foreclosure And Rebuild Their Communities; Significant Resources Dedicated To Transforming Code Enforcement Systems And Combating Proliferation Of Zombie Homes Settlement Addresses Misconduct That Contributed To The 2008 Financial Crisis Schneiderman: Today’s Settlement Is Another Victory In Our Effort To Help New […]

The 110th ASIL Annual Meeting will feature keynote addresses by Chilean President Michelle Bachelet (Grotius Lecture) and U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer (Assembly Keynote), as well as Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler Partner and University of Geneva Professor Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler (Brower Lecture on International Dispute Resolution). The ASIL Annual Meeting is one of the largest gatherings […]

Listing all of your lawyers on the letterhead makes the wrong impression (This post originally appeared as our response to a question on the Legal Marketing Association list serv). The trend for many years has been to eliminate listing all lawyers on firm letterhead. For at least 25 years of which we are aware the […]

AFP CHAIRMAN EMMANUEL HOOG ON FRIDAY DEMANDED IN A LETTER ADDRESSED TO PRESIDENT PIERRE NKURUNZIZA THE RELEASE OF JOURNALISTS JEAN-PHILIPPE RÉMY AND PHIL MOORE WHO WERE ARRESTED THURSDAY IN BURUNDI. Phil Moore is a British freelance photographer who works regularly for AFP and Frenchman Jean-Philippe Rémy is the Le Monde correspondent for Africa. Phil Moore […]

On the eve of the UN Human Rights Council’s 2016 session, courageous champions of human rights from around the world will unite to place urgent situations on the international agenda. Please join us. February 23, 2016 Centre International de Conference Genève 17 rue de Vare1202 Geneva

UN Watch applauded Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government for voting yesterday at the UN General Assembly to join the U.S. in opposing 6 resolutions singling out Israel, and for being on track to continue without change Canada’s policy of firmly opposing repetitive, disproportionate and one-sided resolutions — all drafted by the Palestinians except for two […]

Stikeman Elliott Lawyer Richard Pound is featured in a front-page story in the December 2015 issue of the quarterly The Montreal Lawyer. Also a professional CPA, Me Pound has practiced law as a litigator in fiscal matters. He has pleaded before all jurisdictions as well as the Supreme Court of Canada. He is also an […]

DATUM LLC Wins Corporate Culture Award from SmartCEO Baltimore 2015 Award honors DATUM for their positive, productive and performance-driven culture DATUM LLC, the leading provider of Data Governance software for large enterprises, is the newest recipient of the 2015 Corporate Culture Award by SmartCEO magazine. Winners are recognized for fostering a creative, collaborative workplace that […]

« Unless you were living in the heart of the Egyptian desert as a solitary monk on November 6th,, chances are you or someone you know either celebrated Love Your Lawyer Day, or heard of someone who did, said Nader Anise, Executive Director of the American Lawyers Public Image Association (ALPIA). « When The Wall Street Journal […]

« People can get divorced before Christmas even if they don’t file until November, » said Illinois divorce lawyer David Wolkowitz. « If spouses are in agreement on all aspects of their divorce, a divorce can be relatively quick and affordable. » A divorce by agreement is often referred to as an « uncontested divorce » in Illinois. Attorney Wolkowitz, who […]