Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Eric G. Fikry will be named president of the Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey (“APALA-NJ”) on June 16, 2016. He will be sworn in at APALA-NJ’s 19th Annual Gala, which will take place at The Mansion on Main Street in Voorhees, New Jersey. […]
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Wells Fargo Bank Admits That It Certified That Loans Were Eligible for FHA Mortgage Insurance When They Were Not, and That It Did Not Report Thousands of Faulty Mortgage Loans to HUD Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Julián Castro, Secretary of the U.S. Department of
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LSAT teacher Ben Olsen writes in the Thinking LSAT blog about that big question: Are law schools responsible as to whether you get a law job or not? Well . . depends. Many promise such, but as Ben Olsen writes: David, a listener who graduated in 2006 with a degree in civil engineering, asks about his
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Baker Hostetler – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) continued its run of resolution agreements for HIPAA violations, pulling in $5.45 million from just two entities, North Memorial Health Care of Minnesota (NMHCM) and the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (Feinstein), in a single week. The resolution agreements emphasize that
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Mayer Brown announced today that its Consumer Financial Services group, a vital component of the firm’s global Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement practice, has launched a blog, “Consumer Financial Services Review.” The blog is designed to serve as a resource for the consumer financial services industry and provide timely updates on important news and developments
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We are pleased to announce that the following attorneys have become partners of the firm: Richard Bernardo Mass Torts, Insurance and Consumer Lit. New York Sandro de Bernardini Mergers and Acquisitions London June Dipchand Mergers and Acquisitions New York Shana Elberg Corporate Restructuring New York Kevin Hardy Investment Management Chicago Alex Jupp Tax London Gregory
DENVER – Jason Timothy Throne, age 55, formerly of Colorado, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Court Judge Christine M. Arguello to mail fraud and filing a false income tax return, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, IRS Criminal Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced. Judge Arguello is scheduled to sentence Throne on July 13,
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LOS ANGELES – A street gang member has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison after being found guilty of two narcotics trafficking charges in relation to the sale of about two ounces of methamphetamine during an undercover investigation. Aaron “Droopy” Ramos, 31, a resident of the Florence-Graham district of Los Angeles,
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Ever wondered about legal fee disparity – where one firm charges vastly more (or less) than another for precisely the same job. The Guardian reports this week about precisely that, showing massive disparity among UK law firms for work that is precisely the same in a survey conducted by a the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and
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We love stories about job interviews, because after all it’s central to so much about the life of the young lawyer. So when we read in Forbes about what kills a job interview, from contributor Liz Ryan, the CEO and founder of Human Workplace. We knew there was going to be blood. Somewhere. And she spills the beans,
