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Personal Injury Lawyer Arrested For Failing To Pay More Than $3 Million to Clients

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    Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced the arrest of STUART SCHLESINGER for defrauding his clients by failing to pay them millions of dollars in personal injury settlements […]

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6 Ways to Shake Up Law Firm Business Development in 2016

Law Firm Management /

Matt Thompson* – A recent survey of law firm business development and marketing professionals suggests the strategies and tactics law firms use to generate new business is changing. According to the study, law firms appear to be shaking the negative fallout of the economic downturn. Nearly 50 percent of firms report feeling upbeat about new

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Defamation Law: The High Burden on Public Figures

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Kelley Drye & Warren – Andreas Becker, Lee Brenner  In Biro v. Condé Nast, et al., the Second Circuit recently determined that, in a defamation action, limited-purpose public figures must plead in a “plausible way” that the defendants acted with actual malice, citing Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8 and the Supreme Court’s decisions in Iqbal andTwombly.

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Why Lawyers Will Love the Climate Change Agreement

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climate change

The Climate Change Agreement struck in Paris this weekend has not been without law firms who have used the conference to develop their ‘climate change’ practices and lawyers will be loving the agreement. Among the firms attending have been Baker & McKenzie who have been driven to the “COP 21” conference (for ‘Conference of the Parties’

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The Disciplined 4.5 Star Lawyer’s List of 6 Major Trangressions

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Being disciplined as a lawyer does not always take a lot, but in the case of Indiana lawyer David James Steele it was almost a race to the bottom.  Take his list of offences:  Misappropriating around $150,000 of client funds Transferring client retainers to his personal account, including providing a ‘spot bonus’ to some employees

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“Phantom Bank” Operation Targets Former Bank President’s Money Laundering Scheme

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LawFuel.com –  Money Laundering Scheme Broken – 6 Named in Racketeering Indictment Alleging Money Laundering Schemes Orchestrated by Former President of Orange County Bank   LOS ANGELES – Federal authorities today arrested 11 defendants named in a sweeping racketeering indictment that alleges a series of money laundering schemes that revolved around the former head Westminster-based

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