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The national law firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (K&L) is pleased to announce that Keith Miller has joined K&L’s New York office as a partner. Prior to joining K&L, Miller was a counsel at Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft LLP. Miller’s practice focuses on securities and commercial litigation for investment banks, broker-dealers, hedge funds, commercial

New research indicates that the inspection process of care homes, introduced in April 2002 to improve care home standards under the National Care Standards Commission, is failing fundamentally, and that a modified system is needed. This is according to a survey conducted of over 400 care homes in the UK by health and social care

A Santa Monica man pleaded guilty to a federal felony charge of failing to notify United States officials that he was working as an agent of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), as required by U.S. law. John Joungwoong Yai, 59, a naturalized U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty this afternoon in United States District

DLA Group member, GÖRG Rechtsanwälte, has hired three partners and a team of lawyers for its newly established Hamburg office. Dr. Klaus von Gierke (Corporate and M&A), Volker Alvensleben (Employment) and Dr. Frank Weberndörfer (Employment), currently partners at German law firm, Luther Menold, will join GÖRG Rechtsanwälte’s new Hamburg office with effect from 1 January

Denton Wilde Sapte’s Dubai office, has advised the Government of Qatar on its inaugural US$700m sovereign Islamic bond Issue. The Issue is listed in Luxembourg and will be listed in Labuan. The Issue is a landmark deal, being the first global Islamic sovereign rated issue in the Middle East. The only other rated global sovereign

The secret administration of the Patriot Act was a matter of serious concern for Americans, according to Washington lawyer and author David Cole. Speaking in an interview with the legal news website LawFuel, Professor Cole, who teaches at Georgetown University and recently wrote the book “Enemy Aliens”, said the Bush administration’s record is so bad

International law firm Denton Wilde Sapte has been appointed by The World Bank as legal consultants to the Ministry of Economic Development of the Republic of Azerbaijan in connection with the privatisation of Baku Gas following a competitive tender. The tender win is within the framework of The World Bank’s second project of technical assistance

A Los Angeles minister who gave seminars at local African-American churches and instructed teenagers how to cheat the student aid system by understating family income and by falsely claiming to be orphans or wards of the court was sentenced today to 41 months in federal prison. Ozell Clifford Brazil, 53, of Los Angeles (just east

Kilpatrick Stockton today announces the addition of six associates to its Winston-Salem office. With these additions, the Firm further enhances its strength in litigation, intellectual property and patent prosecution and its commercial real estate and corporate transactions areas. Mr. Shannon Elliotte joins Kilpatrick Stockton’s Winston-Salem office from the Firm’s Charlotte office. His practice is focused

A Grass Valley, California resident has been found guilty of fraud charges for her role in an “advance fee” Ponzi scheme that raised millions of dollars from victims who paid to obtain financing. Daisy M. Burlingame, 62, was convicted late Friday by a federal jury in Santa Ana. Burlingame was found guilty of conspiracy, two