LawFuel.com – 05 August, 2009 – Los Angeles – Yesterday afternoon, in United States District Court in Los Angeles, a North Hollywood man pleaded guilty to being involved in a conspiracy to defraud the United States with respect to claims, in violation of Title 18, United States Code section 286. Sigbirt Adler, of North Hollywood,
LawFuel – 05 August 2009 – LOS ANGELES – An employee of the California agency charged with coordinating alcohol and drug abuse programs across the state was indicted today on federal corruption charges for allegedly demanding more than $100,000 in bribes from the owners of two rehabilitation clinics that were seeking state certifications. Gary Eugene
In 2007, the U.K. changed its rules on law-firm ownership. Starting in 2011, when the new rules go into effect, firms will be allowed to accept outside investments. According to Bloomberg, three private equity funds — Fleming Family & Partners Ltd., Phoenix Equity Partners Ltd. and Lyceum Capital Partners LLP — are considering investing in
LawFuel.com – 04 August, 2009 – A Glendale man was sentenced today to 87 months in federal prison for orchestrating a $14 million Ponzi scheme, one of the three frauds that led him to plead guilty in three separate cases earlier this year. Antoine David Haroutunian, 47, was sentenced today by United States District Judge
LawFuel.com – August 04, 2009 – Chadbourne & Parke LLP represented Terra-Gen Power, LLC in a $115 million initial funding of a $140 million financing used to fund the purchase of 100 General Electric 1.5 megawatt wind turbines. The turbines will be deployed in the first phase of Terra-Gen’s Alta Wind Energy Center, located in
LawFuel.com – August 04, 2009 – LOS ANGELES – The Grand Rabbi of Spinka, a religious group within Orthodox Judaism, pleaded guilty this morning to a criminal conspiracy charge, admitting that he worked with others to obstruct the Internal Revenue Service by soliciting charitable donations with secret promises to refund donors the vast majority of
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LawFuel.com – August 01, 2009 – NALP has just released its 2009 Associate Salary Survey. With salary information collected as of April 1, 2009, this year’s report reflects what is likely to be the apogee of large firm salaries for the foreseeable future, and represents the culmination of increases since 2006. The prevailing salary at
LawFuel.com – Shearman & Sterling LLP expands litigation practice with lateral hires Antitrust and intellectual property attorneys join firm in Washington, DC and San Francisco offices New York, July 27, 2009 – Global law firm Shearman & Sterling LLP will significantly expand its litigation capabilities with the addition of four new partners – two in
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Incoming American Bar Association President Carolyn Lamm was so concerned about shoring up the organization’s membership and appealing to a broader audience that she started pitching in this year before the beginning of her term. ABA membership isn’t growing at the same rate as the profession, said Lamm, a partner in the Washington office of
The legal profession has been singled out as too socially exclusive by a U.K. government report on fair access to professions. The report, compiled by a panel chaired by former cabinet minister Alan Milburn, calls on occupations such as lawyers and doctors to widen access to their professions after becoming increasingly more exclusive in recent
