A religious discrimination lawsuit brought by a family who live ina polygamous community has resulted in a $5.2 million verdict in favor of the family. The lawsuit was started by the Cook family who live in Colorado City, Ariz and Hildale Utah, which are largely polygamous towns and took their action against the town to […]
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It may be all very well hiring a big name law firm to protect your company secrets. But what sort of risks do the law firms take in supervising that sort of intellectual property, particularly when the internet permits information to be accessed so easily by employees? The risks received highlighted exposure this week with the
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Slaughter and May is advising Unilever on its first issuance of a Green Sustainability Bond. The £250 million 2% Fixed Rate Notes due 19 December 2018 are issued by Unilever PLC and guaranteed by Unilever N.V. and Unilever United States, Inc. Unilever’s Green Bond is the first issued in the UK market and the first
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In a landmark decision issued on March 14, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Delaware Court of Chancery’s entry of summary judgment for MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, Inc., holding for the first time that the deferential business judgment standard of review applied to a merger between a controlling stockholder and its subsidiary. The decision provides
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International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has selected six outstanding candidates to join the inaugural year of the Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholarship programme. It will initially run for three years, with the search for the class of 2014 scholars now underway. The aim is to address the under-representation of black men from low-income households in
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LawFuel.com – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ISAAK KHAFIZOV, a former owner of American Home Recovery (“AHR”), a mortgage loan modification business, was sentenced yesterday in Manhattan federal court to nine years in prison in connection with a scheme to defraud distressed homeowners and lenders.
Winning the megamillions or any other lottery is a breathtaking time of excitement for anyone. But there are traps. Here are four things you need to do to ensure you keep your “megamillions” or even far less in your lottery winnings. This is of particular importance right now with the winning $414 million Megamillions ticket
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Let us introduce you to barrister Amal Alamuddin. Who? you might ask. She is an Oxford-educated lawyer fluent in French and Arabic, of Lebanese descent and also a graduate of New York University School of Law, representing recently WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. She is also George Clooney’s girlfriend. The exotic beauty, 36, also has academic
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Object found by Australian searchers off the coast of West Australia may be from the missing Malaysian Flight MH370. The disappearance of the flight has held the world spellbound for the past week as the emerging news has come from Malaysia about the possibility that the airliner has been located. Meanwhile, the FBI is helping
US Attorney Preet Bharara’s public comments regarding the case of United States v. Toyota Motor Corporation and the largest-ever financial penalty imposed in the auto industry – a record-breaking $1.2 billion that goes far beyond the “paltry” penalties previously imposed. The announcement: Good morning and thank you, Attorney General Holder and Secretary Foxx. Today, one
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