$1699.00 The top rate attorneys at Weil, Gotshal and Manges are charging to handle the bankruptcy of retailer J. Crew (American Lawyer, 22 May 2020) A year ago J. Crew had 14,500 employees, 10,000 of them part-time. {Inequality.org) Meanwhile, America, known worldwide for being the go-to country for lawyers who want to make fortunes, is …
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A 75-year-old man who took up ballet four years ago in memory of his late wife has passed his grade one exam. Bernard Bibby, who was married to Celia for 55 years, said dancing had brought them together because he was “the only boy at the youth club who could jive”. Following her death in …
If ever we find a Covid-19 vaccine, it won’t just be the academics and pharmaceutical giants leading the search we have to thank. It will also be down to all the funding provided by governments and global charities. Public-private organisations such as Gavi (the global vaccine alliance, supported by the WHO and the Gates Foundation) …
David Solomon, the CEO of Goldman Sachs, is having trouble getting out from under the shadow of his predecessor, Lloyd Blankfein. Goldman’s profits have dropped to a four-year low, and the bank had to set aside an extra $1.1 billion for legal fees involved in a Malaysian corruption scandal. But Solomon is pressing ahead amid …
Today we went on a one hour walk, with masks on. I counted those adults walking past us wearing masks and those not doing so, just to get a snapshot of the seriousness with which people were taking the virus. 19 passers-by wore masks 74 passers-by were not wearing masks No comment required from me.
