Troubled law firms can seek pro bono help via a confidential helpline under a new service provided by UK legal consultants. The service, provided by 360 Legal Group has set up following increased concerns expressed by many law firms facing trouble – a number that is reportedly over 3500 firms in the country. Following the […]
A Missouri lawyer who is accused of starting a law firm with his father using his former law firm’s credit card has been ordered to serve a period of community service and was placed on four years’ probation. James A. Clampitt, a disbarred lawyer, was put on probation last Thursday, Missouri Lawyers Weekly (sub. req.)
Valentines Day may offer the hope of love and romance for some . . but it also conceals dark secrets and torment that can lead to legal trouble and ferment like you may not believe. How so? Well, for one it is a legal headache in the workplace. Lawyers will tell you that employers should
A 21 year old woman who killed six people this weekend while speeding along an LA freeway had a lengthy list of DUI and traffic violations. Olivia Carolee Culbreath was driving her Chevrolet Camaro at over 100 miles per hour when she crashed into a Ford Explorer killing the four occupants and two in her
If you are working in the industrial sector, most probably your frequent companions will be machines. And people too. Sometimes, due to the negligence of one of your colleague or due to one of the machines malfunctioning, there can be accidents. Now, some of them do damage to the machine, or at the most to
The death of former child star Shirley Temple at 85 has aroused a scandal relating to the alleged appeal her childlike beauty had that was more sinister for some. Famed writer Graham Greene had written: her appeal is more secret and more adult. It lead to scandal, intrigue and a lawsuit by 20th Century Fox.
A British court has provided provisional damages to the British subsidiary of a Russian financial group a $150 million award as a result of a “cunning” fraud perpetuated by former employees of the company. Reuters report that the British subsidiary of Otkritie, one of Russia’s largest financial groups, was awarded provisional damages of over $150
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LawFuel.com- The Net’s Best Law News site – International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Terex on the squeeze out of the minority shareholders of Terex Material Handling & Port Solutions AG (formerly Demag Cranes AG). The squeeze out became effective on 21 January 2014 upon its registration in the commercial register. On the
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“Saturday Night Live” star Chris Kattan was found looking for an LA DUI attorney following his arrest on suspicion of drunk driving. Kattan’s Mercedes struck a Department of Transportation vehicle on a California freeway. The California Highway Patrol says the Mercedes was seen weaving in and out of lanes shortly before 2 a.m. Monday on
Bruce Buck, the man who chairs the Chelsea Football Club and is also a partner at mega-firm Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, is to step down from his position with the law firm’s London office. Buck’s replacement is former Skadden Moscow head Pranav Trivedi, who also specialises in corporate finance. Buck joined Skadden in
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