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Friday 8 February 2008
Serious cartel conduct - coming to a jail near you?
In a paper in November last year ("Recent Developments, Trends, and Milestones in the Antitrust Division's Criminal Enforcement Program"), Scott Hammond, Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), stated...
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Article posted by Simon Ladd, Partner | Related topics: Competition, Litigation
Monday 21 January 2008
Bell Gully appoints new chairman
IFLR New Zealand Law Firm of the Year Bell Gully has elected Roger Partridge as its new chairman.
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Related topics: Litigation
Tuesday 1 January 2008
One new partner and five new senior associates in Bell Gully promotions
Bell Gully has promoted six outstanding lawyers to senior roles in the firm from 1 January.
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Related topics: Corporate / Commercial, Tax, Litigation, Banking and Finance, Insolvency, Media and Entertainment, Climate Change
Wednesday 5 December 2007
Global research places Bell Gully as New Zealand leader
A guide to the world's leading business lawyers has again ranked Bell Gully a clear leader overall among Zealand law firms.
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Related topics: Corporate / Commercial, Banking and Finance, Insolvency, Employment, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Tax
Friday 26 October 2007
Top tips for negotiating
Negotiations can create real challenges but a systematic approach can help tackle these often difficult situations, says Bell Gully employment lawyer Anthony Drake.
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Related topics: Employment, Litigation
Friday 19 October 2007
Investor protection for shareholders might come at a cost
New Zealand's increasingly robust investor protection legislation may be good news for some aggrieved shareholders but could result in a slower, more complicated liquidation process and diluted returns for unsecured creditors, says Bell Gully senior associate Tim Clarke.
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Related topics: Insolvency, Litigation
Monday 3 September 2007
Precedent-setting leaky building decision upheld
A construction company has been refused leave to appeal a High Court ruling which upheld an order that it must fix leaks in a large Auckland townhouse development.
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Related topics: Litigation, Infrastructure and Projects, Property
Wednesday 8 August 2007
Serious hole in the new Evidence Act removes privilege in foreign legal advice
The Ministry of Justice's failure to use the machinery of the new Evidence Act means that legal advice from non-New Zealand and Australian lawyers will not be protected by legal privilege in New Zealand proceedings. The implications of this hole in the statutory regime are alarming.
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Related topics: Litigation
