By now, litigators appreciate that a degree of technological expertise is needed to practice law effectively. Everyone has heard about the unfortunate attorney in Texas who appeared at a Zoom hearing as a worried kitten. But in the past year, attorneys have become more attuned to the potential and risks…

I last penned an article on March 18, 2024, for the Daily Business Review titled “Less Management and More Authenticity, Genuineness, and Mentorship,” which addressed the importance in the workforce to lead with authenticity, genuineness, and mentorship (coined AGM). Now let’s address another equally important acronym “CSR”—more commonly known as…

When Ninth Circuit Judge Kim Wardlaw first took the district court bench in 1995, it was a big transition from her previous role as a litigation partner at O’Melveny & Myers.  “[At the firm] I had a library that would do research for me and I had 10 people doing…

Withers is taking legal action against private equity veteran and Duke Street founder Edmund Truell. Withers’ Part 7 claim—which is a claim for money—is against Truell and another individual. No further details have been filed at this stage.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Macfarlanes are acting as lead advisors in asset management giant BlackRock’s £2.55 billion acquisition of U.K.-based private markets data provider Preqin. The transaction, which will see the New York-headquartered buyer unite Preqin’s tools with its own technology solutions platform Aladdin, is expected to close before the end of…

International law firm Baker McKenzie has hired a five-lawyer banking and finance team from Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH) in Johannesburg as part of the firm’s expansion plan. Lerisha Naidu, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg managing partner, said the new joiners have an impeccable track record of leading in banking and finance transactions…