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TORONTO (January 11, 2012) – Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes), one of Canada’s leading business law firms, announced that it has topped the Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters league table charts for all of 2011. “We believe Blakes is the strongest choice for a Canadian legal adviser with local, national and international expertise,” said Brock

FORMER PARTNER AT INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRM SENTENCED IN MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT TO 28 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR FAILING TO PAY TAXES ON OVER $10 MILLION OF INCOME Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOHN J. O’BRIEN, a former partner at Sullivan & Cromwell (“S&C”), an international

10 January 2012 – Slaughter and May advised Banco Santander on an agreement to transfer 4.41% of Santander Brazil to a major international financial institution who will deliver such shares upon exchange to holders of exchangeable bonds issued by Banco Santander in October 2010.

Nancy Reiner, Managing Director for the Boston office of legal search firm Major Lindsey & Africa writes in the Boston Globe about her views on the year ahead for the law business. Up or down? So far as Masswachusetts is concerned, things are looking good. Massachusetts added 50,000 jobs during 2011 and unemployment fell to

January 7 2012 Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JAMES DeANGELIS was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon to 57 months in prison for his participation in a fraudulent investment scheme through which he and others defrauded more than 15 victims out of more

5 January 2012 Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP today announced the launch of an English law practice in its London office with the arrival of Simon Witty, one of London’s premier lawyers. The addition of English law capabilities to the firm’s long-established U.S. law practice in London is a strategically important step. It enhances Davis

www.GetParalegalCertification.com – The differences between paralegals and legal secretaries is something that concerns a number of paralegals (and legal secretaries) but the answer can be found in the new GetParalegalCertification paralegal FAQ. Working out exactly how paralegal work differs from that of a legal secretary or legal assistant can sometime confuse those who look from

BALTIMORE, MD January 5, 2012 Twenty-eight Ober|Kaler attorneys have been selected for the 2012 edition of Maryland Super Lawyers. The selections span twelvecategories, with Ober|Kaler lawyers making an especially strong showing in the Construction Litigation and Health Care categories. The following lawyers appear: Raymond Daniel Burke, Construction Litigation Patrick K. Cameron, Banking David L. Cole,

January 5, 2012 DENVER – Denver Health and Hospital Authority, doing business as Denver Heath Medical Center, will pay the United States and the State of Colorado $6,300,000 to settle allegations that it overbilled Medicare and Medicaid by misclassifying patients for hospital admissions. Both federal and state funds are involved. Medicare is the federal system