Recent changes to the FACTA legislation – the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act – have placed both investors and jurisdictions in a state of some concern. For instance, for gold investors there are issues about bullion storage and one of the solutions for many, identified by NZVault, is storing in a jurisdiction that has no […]
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that PETER STRAIN, a talent agent for film, television, and Broadway actors, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to three years’ probation, six months’ home confinement, and 500 hours of community service for engaging in a scheme to steal over
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Janet DiFiore, the Westchester County District Attorney, Scott W. Brown, Tarrytown Police Chief on behalf of the Greenburgh Drug and Alcohol Task Force, and George Venizelos, Assistant Director-In-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced
The return of Monica Lewinsky reminds America about a scandal not about sex, but how the then-President lied to a court of law. The President escaped impeachment over what his accuser Paula Jones claimed was a trademark manner of behaving towards employees. The President denied it and he faced a perjury and obstruction of justice
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The media landscape has changed for lawyers, along with everyone else. The newly released Greenmarket survey on content marketing provides some interesting insights into how content marketing has changed. Business development advisor and writer Larry Bodine wrote about the survey and its importance for LawFuel. Business clients are using technology to find more information
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Indictments represent the most significant investigation to date in the United States regarding synthetic cannabinoid trafficking which resulted in more than 220 Spice-related emergency room visits and at least one death in Colorado last year. DENVER – Following an eight month investigation by federal, state and local law enforcement, a federal grand jury in
May 7, 2014, St. Louis, Missouri, USA … John S. Meyer, Jr., chair of the Business & Real Estate practice group at law firm Capes, Sokol, Goodman & Sarachan, P.C.,honored visionary developer Joe Edwards and lauded publication of Edwards’ new book “St. Louis Walk of Fame: 140 Great St. Louisans” in ceremonies at St. Louis County Library headquarters for the St. Louis County
You know all the cringe-making (and some totally amazing) television advertisements for lawyers – the “Better Call Saul”-style screaming ad. Well YouTube has given them a further life and has focused the attention of many lawyers upon the value of this dynamic and powerful marketing tool. Social media and lawyers are a combo made in
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At a time when law firms are becoming “virtual” and outsourcing is all the rage, an historic law firm with roots going back 231 years is something not just charming, but also historic. The oldest law firm in the United States is evidently Rawle & Henderson, who have been plying their legal trade in Philadelphia
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Since the financial and sovereign debt crisis that began in 2007 and started to abate only in 2013, the United Kingdom’s position in the European Union has gone to the top of the political agenda. The UK now faces the possibility of a referendum on membership of the EU. The result of such a vote
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