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Law Enforcement Agent Arrested For Alleged Bribery Scheme

Press Releases / March 2, 2021

LOS ANGELES – Federal authorities this morning arrested a former special agent with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) on federal bribery charges that allege he accepted cash payments and other benefits to provide assistance to a person linked to organized crime, including taking official action designed to help two foreign nationals gain entry into the United States.

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Otago All-Women Law Firm Celebrate International Women’s Day

Law Firms, New Zealand Law News, NZ Top in LawFuel / March 2, 2021

It’s on 8 March, in case you didn’t know, but for Dunedin law firm Staley Cardoza Lawyers they’re celebrating being Otago’s first all women law partnership. Support Independent Law News: It’s appropriate that the firm would be in Otago where Ethel Benjamin became the first woman to study law in either Australia or New zealand,

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Chapman Tripp’s New Patent Law Play

Chapman Tripp, New Zealand Law News, NZ Power Law Firms / March 2, 2021

Matt Sumpter Chapman Tripp patent law chief

There’s been a lot happening in the patent law area in recent years and a gap in the IP legal market has seen Chapman Tripp move into the patent place with a new IP practice group established to exploit the offshore ownership of the two biggest IP law players in the New Zealand market. The

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COVID-19 And The Trends in Litigation for 2021

Australia Law News, Briefings / March 1, 2021

COVID-19 will continue to have significant impacts on litigation proceedings and the associated data management and eDiscovery challenges. Law in Order provide some insights into litigation in 2021 Remote Working and Different Data Sources The emerging trend of agile, remote work environments was accelerated by COVID-19. The shift is here to stay with organisations heading

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What Happens When Partners Must Compulsorily Retire? UK Court Decision Examines The Issue

Briefings, Law Firm Management, UK Law / March 1, 2021

Fox & Partners – The Court of Appeal’s judgment in Joseph v Deloitte NSE LLP [2020] EWCA Civ 1457 is a lesson in the importance of properly construing and strictly following the terms of a partnership agreement. The implications for partners, but also firms in relation to their decision-making processes, particularly in light of the pandemic, are

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A Presidential Pardon May Not Be Enough For Steve Bannon

US Law / February 28, 2021

It appears a presidential reprieve is not going to get Steve Bannon out of hot water. Reports from CNN say that New York state prosecutors are also investigating Bannon for his role in a scam to crowdfund a border wall. Prosecutors have told U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres that they’re not ready to let the defendant go

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Senior Criminal Lawyer Mark Pomeranz to Help Draw Back The Curtain In Trump Criminal Probe

Headlining, US Law / February 26, 2021

The investigation into potential criminal charges against Donald Trump went up a notch this week as US Attorneys appointed Paul Weiss lawyer (on leave for the purpose) to assist in the investigation of Trump and his family and businesses. Pomerantz is an experienced white collar crime attorney. He had established a small criminal defense practice

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Schiff Hardin Elects New Managing Partner

Press Releases / February 26, 2021

CHICAGO, February 26, 2021 –Schiff Hardin LLP is pleased to announce the election of Joe Krasovec as the firm’s next managing partner, effective February 8, 2021. He will advance the firm’s growth strategy across the firm’s practice groups and sectors of industry expertise, working closely with the newly elected executive committee. For the past five

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JunoLegal Grows With Another NZ In-House Counsel Hire

New Zealand Law News, NZ Top in LawFuel, Power Law Firms - New Zealand / February 25, 2021

New Law firm Juno Legal has recruited another senior New Zealand In-house Counsel with its recruitment of former BP NZ General Counsel Rachael Lynch. She has spent 15 years as in-house lawyer with BAT NZ, working in Australia and London before moving to the BP role in New Zealand. She previously worked at Simpson Grierson.

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Former COO of Biopharmaceutical Company Sentenced For Accounting Fraud

Press Releases / February 24, 2021

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that WILLIAM TAYLOR, the former chief operating officer of MiMedx Group, Inc. (“MiMedx”), a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to one year in prison for orchestrating a multimillion-dollar scheme to fraudulently inflate MiMedx’s revenue. TAYLOR and

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