LOS ANGELES – 3 July 2012 – LawFuel.com – Two residents of Oxnard and a South Carolina man each pleaded guilty today to federal fraud charges, admitting that they participated in a $41 million investment scheme that victimized hundreds of investors across the United States. Using Ventura County companies called Unlimited Cash, Inc. (UCI) and […]
London – July 2, 2012 – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising HarbourVest Partners, LLC (HarbourVest) in connection with the definitive agreement between HarbourVest Structured Solutions II L.P., a newly formed Guernsey limited partnership managed by HarbourVest, and Conversus Capital, L.P. (Conversus; NYSE Euronext in Amsterdam: CCAP). Under the terms of the agreement, HarbourVest Structured
Tomorrow at 11am, The Lawyer, in association with The Open University, will host a video roundtable entitled “Public International Law – Corporations, Individuals and the State” to be streamed live via The Lawyer’s website to our UK and global audience. Registration is free and will allow you live video access to 90 minutes of high-level
Top International Trade Regulation Lawyer Strengthens Firm’s Government Affairs Practice (Washington, DC) July 2, 2012 – DLA Piper announced today that Thomas deButts has joined the Regulatory and Government Affairs and International Trade practices as a partner in the Washington, DC, office. Previously a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, deButts focuses his practice
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2 July 2012 International law firm Clyde & Co has today announced that it will open offices in Sydney and Perth on 1 October 2012 with the recruitment of a team from Australian law firm Allens. This includes: In Sydney: –– John Edmond – Group Leader of Allens’ Insurance & Reinsurance practice –– Dean Carrigan
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Brookfield Office Properties on its £518m purchase of Hammerson’s London office portfolio. The deal sees New York-listed Brookfield buying 75% of UK REIT Hammerson’s London offices. It is funding the acquisition through its existing cash resources, the assumption of £66 million of debt and with additional property
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Cravath Swaine announced a new leadership change last week, replacing Evan Chester, the lawyer who created a storm amid legal circles with his Forbes magazine article last year about killing the billable hour. The American Lawyer reprots that Deputy presiding partner C. Allen Parker will become the firm’s presiding partner in January and that the
LawFuel is seeking original contributions from personal injury attorneys and law firms who can write content relating to specific personal injury areas, be it asbestos, cruise liner accidents, contamination, environmental actions, stock fraud or any other matter affecting personal injury law. This is an ideal opportunity for personal injury law firms to obtain a high
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TV law shows have been a staple since – well, since before Perry Mason. So the ABA Journal have come up with the top 25 law TV shows, starting with LA Law and running through the gamut of trial attorneys, small and big lawyers and everyone in between. TV has always loved lawyers. From Perry
Katie Holmes has hired famed Hollywood attorney Bert Fields to represent her in the divorce from Tom Cruise, which she announced on Thursday after lengthy rumors about the health of the couples’ marriage. Bert Fields has been a famous lawyer in Hollywood. At 83 he is still a high billing attorney who has previously represented
