SAN DIEGO – The CEO of several Southern California-based medical imaging companies was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for running a scheme that submitted more than $250 million in fraudulent claims through the California Workers’ Compensation System for medical services procured through bribes and kickbacks to physicians and others. Sam Sarkis Solakyan, 40,
LawFuel Briefing Add YoursLindsay Griffiths* I’m not big on resolutions.Some years, I have some, other years I don’t, but they’re generally things I’d like to add more of to my life (like the year I decided I would try to learn how to knit – I’ve been crocheting since I was about five – yes, these
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Firm Receives 100 Percent for the Seventh Year in a Row on Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Annual Scorecard on LGBTQ+ Workplace EqualityBlank Rome LLP is proud to announce that our firm has received a perfect score of 100 percent on the 2022 Corporate Equality Index (“CEI”), the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices
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The UK media report on oligarchs and wealthy clients using big name law firms to intimidate and silence journalists, threatening freedom of the media and giving rise to a cross-party effort to prevent such intimidation and misuse of wealth.The Guardian and legal media report that a a cross-party group of MPs is seeking to introduce
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Finding the right legal help has been a perennial problem for legal clients, but former Clio executive Daniel Steinberg has raised funds to launch a legaltech firm to handle that problem online. Lawbrokr has raised $785,000 CAD to get its legal marketplace platform in place much as a dating app might.Lawbrokr closed its pre-seed round last
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Baker McKenzie has been named as the world’s leading law firm brand for the 12th consecutive year in the latest Thomson Reuters Global Elite Law Firm Brand Index. In the 2022 index, Baker McKenzie scored more than double the points of the Firm’s nearest competitor, receiving an overall score of 100, which is 56 points
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Litigation law firms do many things to build their firm’s litigation clout, but New Zealand law firm Meredith Connell has taken matters a step further to build its litigation chops by incorporating a courtroom into its new Auckland office.>> Check The Latest Roles For Litigators on LawFuel’s Law Site HereThe firm’s Fanshawe Street office building
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The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Lisa Taliadoros has been appointed Partner-in-Charge of its Melbourne Office. Ms. Taliadoros joined Jones Day’s Sydney Office in 2010, and in 2018 returned to Melbourne, her home town, to assist in establishing Jones Day’s fourth Australian office. She was appointed as Australian Chair of
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Reports from the Australian Financial Times indicate that a number of Allen & Overy’s banking lawyers are planning to leave the firm – with the AFR report indicating that between 15 to 20 lawyers, including three lawyers, are “in play” to leave the firm. This follows the departure for Corrs Chambers Westgarth of head of debt
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LawFuel Briefing Add Yours Eric Dewey* Research says that individuals only retain about 10 per cent of what they are taught in-classroom training. In fact, it’s estimated that half of classroom learning is lost within the first 24 hours. While this type of instruction is still required as part of the professional development process, one-off classroom
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