“Ullah’s motive was clear and unambiguous: a deeply held ideological hatred for America.” Audrey Strauss, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John C. Demers, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and Dermot Shea,
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The bounce-back and resilience of the listed law firms continues in the UK The UK listed law firms’ action continues as UK legal services company RBG Holdings has acquired the specialist international 29 partner law firm Memery Crystal LLP in a £30m deal. The Memery Crystal partner receive cash and shares in RBG as settlement
Seventy-two year old Sydney criminal barrister Chris Murphy was described in a Daily Telegraph article as being ‘over the hill’ and ‘too old and deaf’ to properly represent his clients in court. But the words from the newspaper and their journalist Annette Sharp have resulted in a $110,000 damages award from the newspaper to the
Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that GUSTAVO L. VILA, a disbarred lawyer in New York, was sentenced today in White Plains federal court to 51 months in prison for stealing approximately $1 million that the Department of Justice’s 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund (“VCF”) had awarded to
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New York – Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that David Mollo-Christensen and Eric Wolf are joining the firm’s New York office as partners in its Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practice. Mr. Mollo-Christensen joins Sidley from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, and Mr. Wolf will join from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. Mr. Mollo-Christensen counsels
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Associate Jordan Klumpp joins the firm’s nationally recognized real estate practice Baltimore, MD (April 19, 2021) — Kramon & Graham, a leading law firm providing litigation, real estate, and transactional services, is pleased to announce that Louis P. Malick and Callie J. Tucker have become principals of the firm. Louis handles a variety of high-stakes litigation matters in state and federal courts
The COVID pandemic hit listed legal services businesses in the UK, but there may now be revived interest in legal IPOs The Pandemic certainly ‘hit’ the legal services sector for listed companies, but there may now be renewed interest in legal service IPOs following a bounce back from the COVID hit. The recent news of
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Despite the furore over the Russell McVeagh conduct that is now – some three years later – wending its way through a Law Society disciplinary process, the incident at a Buddle Findlay social event last Christmas has renewed focus upon the problem as the firm’s resource management partner has left the firm. The NZ Law
. . or is the law a dying profession? It may surprise some to know that the United States attorney population has remained remarkably stable in recent years, despite the fact that we ask ‘how many lawyers are there?’ in the expectation that it is a fast-growing profession. It still stands at a healthy 1.33
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Sharon Osborne has hired a top gun Hollywood lawyer to represent her after her falling out over The Talk show when she defended Piers Morgan over his comments about Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah. Jeremiah Reynolds from Eisner & Co has become one of Hollywood’s top lawyers in the litigation space, with a roster of
