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Department of Justice Announces Results of Distressed Homeowner Initiative

October 09, 2012 LawFuel.com – Law Newswire Service – First Law Enforcement Effort Focused on Crimes Against Struggling Homeowners LOS ANGELES, CA — Today, Attorney General Eric Holder, Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) Secretary Shaun Donovan, FBI Associate Deputy Director Kevin L. Perkins and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Jon Leibowitz announced the results of […]

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Gannons Solicitors Comments on Proposals from Chancellor of the Exchequer

Rebecca Briam, partner at Gannons Solicitors, comments on the new proposal by The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Honourable George Osborne MP, to introduce a new kind of employment contract called an owner-employee contract (http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_91_12.htm) , to come into effect in April 2013. In return for this new type of employment contract it is

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Reed Smith bolsters its presence in Asia with launch of new Singapore office

LawFuel.com – International Law Firm News – International law firm Reed Smith has further enhanced its position as one of the largest law firms in the Asian legal market with the opening of a new office in Singapore, effective immediately. Singapore marks the firm’s fourth location in Asia, having already established offices in Hong Kong,

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NEW JERSEY MAN SENTENCED IN MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR $3.5 MILLION ATTEMPTED FRAUD SCHEME

LawFuel.com – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that KHADDY GARCIA was sentenced today to 10 years in prison in connection with a fraudulent scheme to withdraw funds from various bank accounts, and a second fraudulent scheme to induce a venture capital fund to wire $2 million

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U.S. ATTORNEY FILES MORTGAGE FRAUD LAWSUIT AGAINST WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. SEEKING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGES FOR FRAUDULENTLY CERTIFIED LOANS

LawFuel.com – to undisclosed recipients Suit Alleges Longstanding Practice of Reckless Underwriting and Fraudulent Loan Certification for Thousands of FHA-Insured Loans That Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Helen Kanovsky, General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), and David A. Montoya, Inspector General

U.S. ATTORNEY FILES MORTGAGE FRAUD LAWSUIT AGAINST WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. SEEKING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGES FOR FRAUDULENTLY CERTIFIED LOANS Read More »

Regenerative and Functional Medicine Conference 2012

OMICS Group invites all the participants across the globe to attend the International Conference on Regenerative & Functional Medicine during November 12-14, 2012 at Hilton San Antonio Airport, San Antonio, USA. Regenerative Medicine-2012 is a remarkable event which brings together a unique and international mixture of large and medium pharmaceutical, health care, food technology, biotech

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An ABA Journal article on the “fearsome four” law firms has drawn criticism from readers because of its characterisation of the law firms as if other lawyers cowered at the very mention of their name. So who are the so-called ‘fearsome four’ anyway?

Scared businessman

The article said the four firms most feared by 240 general counsel and in-house litigation officers were Boies, Schiller & Flexner; Jones Day; Kirkland & Ellis; and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, according to a survey by the BTI Consulting Group. The article said that most of the respondents named members of the Fearsome

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Morrison & Foerster Adds Leading Real Estate Finance Partner Masahiro Shiga in Tokyo

TOKYO – LawFuel.com – October 4, 2012 – Morrison & Foerster is pleased to announce that leading Japanese real estate finance lawyer Masahiro Shiga has joined Ito Mitomi Horitsu Jimusho (“Ito & Mitomi”) as a partner. Ito & Mitomi has established a joint enterprise with Morrison & Foerster to provide legal services through its Tokyo

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A High Court judge in New Zealand has left open the possibility of Google and other search engines being liable to be sued for defamation in respect of offending material found online.

Google sued

The decison was the result of a claim by an Auckland doctor who sought to have material removed from Google. He claimed defamation by publishing the results on offending websites via hyperlinks. One of the problems with the case, which was ultimately lost even though the judge left open the liability in defamation issue, was

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