Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and Kelly R. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge of the Washington, D.C., Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation
Locke Lord – Those who follow the cannabis industry (and our blog) well know by now that federal cannabis reform is speculated about regularly, but has not seen much tangible progress to date. Industry followers also know that lack of access to traditional banking and financing remains a major handcuff on most industry participants. While
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Moving violations and traffic tickets are common in almost every jurisdiction – indeed they are among the most common of any violations – including in the Washington DC area. However, having some knowledge about how to deal with such violations is important for anyone facing them. The consequences are significant. Moving violation tickets will typically
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Baker + McKenzie is playing legal industry disrupter with a new deal that is intended to turbo charge the legal industry and act as a major disrupter
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Extraordinary Overtime Hours for LIRR and NYC Transit Employees Fueled by Fraudulent Claims; Defendants Were Being Paid While at Home, on Family Vacations or Bowling Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau
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[adrotate banner=”113″] A research project led by researchers at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington has shown the potential impact that use of facial recognition technology (FRT) has on human rights. The study, led by Associate Professor Nessa Lynch with Dr Marcin Betkier, both from the Faculty of Law, also highlights the current regulation gap
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Boies Schiller Flexner continues to make the news over disruptions at the firm, now heightened by the departure of co-managing partner Nick Gravante, (pictured left with co-leader Natasha Harrison) who has left the firm he headed for just one year to join Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. Boies Schiller has been controversial in recent times with
The merger of Lowndes & Co and Tompkins Wake has seen the growing law firm join the global Multilaw Group, which comprises 10,000 lawyers across 100 countries. Former Lowndes & Co principal Mark Lowndes has chaired Multilaw for a two-year term that terminated in 2013. He merged his firm with Tompkins Wake in September this
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Imaginative barristers continue to entertain with their arguments on behalf of clients facing off-beat, usually sexual offences. The latest such quirky defence episode related to an Israeli-born GP practicing in Kapiti, who felt compelled to examine women’s breasts when they (the women that is, not the breasts) came in with an unrelated problem, and who’s
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The former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S Berman, who was fired by President Trump, has been hired by Fried Frank to lead the firm’s white collar and litigation practice. The firm’s press release making the announcement is below – Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced today that
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