LOS ANGELES – The former operator of the Normandie Club in Gardena has been ordered to pay a $1 million criminal fine and to forfeit nearly $1.4 million after pleading guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act by failing to report large cash transactions to federal authorities. During a federal court hearing yesterday, United
Australian law firm Slater and Gordon was the first law firm to be listed on the stock exchange, but it is also the first to post a very public $1 billion loss. The personal injury and class action law firm, which extended to the UK under an aggressive growth plan, has suffered significant reversals in
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Yes, it’s that time again – another Kim Dotcom hearing and plenty of social media carry-on to meet the American attempts to carry the big man off. The latest brouhaha involves a late bid by the Megaupload founder, to have his extradition case live streamed online, which may yet occur. The current case, set down
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“Making a Murderer” just got more intense with a new plot line. Attorney Kathleen Zellner, who represents the documentary’s subject, Steven Avery, says tests have already been conducted that “conclusively establish his innocence” in yet another twist in the “Making a Murder” mystery. But not just yet . . this is tense drama, after all
The death of millionaire lawyer John Jones in April, who represented Wikileaks’ Julian Assange among others, is an apparent suicide that has friends, colleagues and clients asking “Why?” With no evident reason to do so, and little reported in the media, the question of why he might have done so is increasing in intensity. John
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British PM Theresa May has joined the chorus of delight over the closure of a law firm that pursued what one newspaper called a “Witch Hunt” of British soldiers. The PM said she was “very pleased” that the firm, Public Interest Lawyers, was to close this month. The government has already said that it was
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Martha Engel* I consider myself to be, among other things, a craft beer attorney. I enjoyed speaking last week at the Midwest Craft Brewers Conference as part of a great panel on brand positioning, trademarks, and the use of social media in the craft beer industry, and will be part of a continuing legal education
Skadden secured a dismissal for UBS Real Estate Securities Inc. (UBS RESI) in a breach-of-contract action pending in the New York State Supreme Court, Commercial Division. The plaintiff, U.S. Bank National Association, brought suit on behalf of a residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) trust, alleging that UBS RESI breached certain representations and warranties relating to the
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Quitting your law job is an experience that can ebb and flow like the tide. For younger lawyers – seeking the wonders of the wide world beyond the oakwood desk – it is a temptation too enticing to resist. But for blogger Jodi Ettenberg it has actually become a law-job replacement occupation that has seen
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Recently introduced legislation suggests that Republicans and Democrats in post-election Congress will be looking in very different directions on how to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank). On June 7, 2016, U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, unveiled a discussion draft of the Financial
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