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Hedge Fund Manager Pleads Guilty to Fraud Over Neiman Marcus Bankruptcy Fraud

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investment advisor lawsuits

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced today that DANIEL KAMENSKY, the founder and manager of New York-based hedge fund Marble Ridge Capital (“Marble Ridge”), pled guilty to one count of bankruptcy fraud in connection with his scheme to pressure a rival bidder to abandon its higher bid

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Donald Trump’s New ‘Power Lawyer’ You May Not Have Heard Of . . But For Bill Cosby

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Castor

Taking on work for Donald Trump for his record, second impeachment trial is not necessarily the sort of brief many lawyers would scramble for, but for Montgomery Country’s former top prosecutor it plays to an infamy as a power lawyer that doubtless suits him just fine. But for Bruce Castor, 59, Montgomery County prosecutor from

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Is This a Law Firm Management Trend That Is Likely To Catch-On?

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law firm management professional Kate Tompkins

For many years, several leading business advisors have suggested that law firms need to broaden their management horizons by employing law firm CEOs who are not themselves lawyers. Many lawyers either dislike or show a lack of ability to managing law firms and yet there are frequently management professionals readily available to take charge and

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Chapman Tripp Veteran Nick Wells Steps Back

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Nick Wells on LawFuel's Power List 2018

Former Chapman Tripp chief executive Nick Wells has stepped back from a lead role at the firm, leaving the partnership to become a consultant to the firm’s corporate practice and to its Maori legal group, Te Waka Ture. Wells, a LawFuel Power List entrant at No. 30 last year, has been at the firm for

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Who Said 2020 Was Bad For Lawyers? World’s Highest Grossing Law Firm Set To Surge to $5bn on

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The world’s highest-grossing law firm, Power Law firm Kirkland & Ellis, is on track to post record annual revenue of ~$5 billion for the 12 months ending in January, according to the Financial Times. Despite a sagging global economy, Kirkland & Ellis has surged with growth in its three main areas of operation —private equity, restructuring, and

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California Man Charged With Participation in Cryptocurrency & Securities Fraud

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A California man was charged in a complaint unsealed today for his alleged participation in a coordinated cryptocurrency and securities fraud scheme that used purported digital currency platforms and foreign-based financial accounts. John DeMarr, 55, of Santa Ana, was charged in a complaint filed in the Eastern District of New York with one count of conspiracy

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Does Eric Watson Have Russell McVeagh & Others In His Netflix Sights?

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A recent Stuff article on former high flyer Eric Watson and his move from Pentonville Prison to some sunny place in Europe has him now planning his revenge, it would see, with a tell-all book and television series on his various grudges. Just how these tales will unfold and via what format in the Netflix

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Duncan Cotterill: What Trustees Need To Consider With The New Trust Act

Duncan Cotterill, Power Law Firms - New Zealand, Power List /
Familylaw

The Trusts Act 2019 passed on 30 July 2019 and will replace the Trustee Act 1956 with the purpose of making the law more accessible to both trustees and beneficiaries of trusts. The Trusts Act will come into effect on 30 January 2021, and there is a lot that trustees should be considering as a result of

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The Former Regional Lawyer Who Has Become a Power Lawyer and Joined The Sunday Times Rich List

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David Beech LawFuel

The chief executive of law firm Knights has sold a £61.2m (US84 million) stake in the company after it underwent a secondary placing and has already joined the Sunday Times Rich List as one of Britain’s new Power Lawyers. The firm, originally back by Dragons’ Den principal James Caan (pictured left) in 2013, as we

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