The Brexit decision will mean a bonanza for many law firms, according to early reports of the UK decision to exit the EU, but longer-term the prospects could be tough for London’s law firm role in international law. Many law firms in London had set up hotlines to advise concerned clients about the implications of the
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Donald Trump is famously litigious – he has sued entire cities and countries, let alone ex-wives and others – and with very mixed results. Some of his lawsuits have been strange, misguided or downright bizarre. And among the many lawsuits – around 3,500 according to as USA Today report,(1,900 as plaintiff, 1,300 as defendant) fighting everything
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—LawFuel.com – Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Department of Justice, the United States Department of Health and Human Services and additional federal enforcement agencies today announced the largest Medicare and Medicaid fraud takedown in United States history. As part of the take down,
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No sooner has Gawker Media been warring with Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel over the sex tape lawsuit and now it has a problem involving nothing less than Donald Trump’s hair. The dramatic new turn in a battle that has seen Gawker bloodied and bruised, and on the block, following the battle with
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LOS ANGELES – A British man who was previously charged with travelling to the Coachella Valley to have sex with pre-teen boys was charged today in a superseding indictment that adds child pornography charges Paul Charles Wilkins, 70, of Littleport in East Cambridgeshire, England, a dual United States-United Kingdom citizen, was named today
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Proskauer* It was widely reported that on the June 5 episode of the HBO program, Last Week Tonight, John Oliver forgave nearly $15 million of medical debt. That’s not quite right. This blog explains what really happened and why the forgiveness did not cause the debtors to recognize “cancellation of debt income” (“COD”) for federal income
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In the news about lawyers and how they’re disillusioned, disaffected and how they generally just “diss” their profession, the ABA Journal have covered a letter from Beverly Hills attorney Jay Foonberg as to why he loves being a lawyer. The ABA Journal said this was a “valentine to the profession”, reminding us—in the words of
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Skadden is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Robertson has joined its European Government Enforcement and White Collar Crime practice as a partner in the London office. Ms. Robertson, who joins from another international law firm, has more than 20 years of experience advising on multijurisdictional white collar crime cases involving allegations of fraud, corruption and
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LOS ANGELES – LawFuel – The Original Law News Site – Former California State Senator Ronald S. Calderon has agreed to plead guilty to a federal corruption charge and admits in a plea agreement filed today that he accepted tens of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for performing official acts as a
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Chinese lawyers face some serious issues and potentially dangerous governmental sanctions for perceived misbehavior, but to lose your clothes in court is something that is unusual, even for Chinese lawyers. However for We Liangshu and assault by police officers and before two judges left the lawyer bedraggled outside the Qingxiu District Court in a demeaning
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