Social media can be great for garnering publicity for law firms. But when a firm uses a client’s alimony check to share on Facebook it lead to unintended consequences, to say the least. The case is one involving Diane and Francis Wagner, with Diane sueing her former husband for emotional distress allegedly caused by criticisms
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Xerox eDiscovery – Rachel Teisch – As we found out in a year jam-packed with game-changing developments affecting eDiscovery, “the players gonna play, play, play, play, play” (#18, “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift). With the enactment of the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the eradication of the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework, data breaches,
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SINGAPORE (December 21, 2015) LawFuel.com – Law News Network– Morrison & Foerster is advising Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata), one of Asia’s largest telecommunications companies, on its acquisition of Nepal’s number one mobile operator, Ncell Private Limited (Ncell). Post-acquisition, Axiata will have a contiguous presence and reach in five key countries across South Asia. Through its
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Software problems have been blamed on a major problem in the UK where thousands of divorce settlements may now need to be reassessed. The problem has lead to the Ministry of Justice urgently investigating a problem with its “Form E”, which could have inflated the financial position of one or other spouse over the past
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Noncustodial parents may soon be able to spend more time with their children in light of recent consideration, on the part of almost two dozen states, of a reform of child custody law that would involve shared custody of children following divorce or separation. A press release from the National Parents Organization (NPO), which supports
Internet mogul Kim Dotcom should be surrendered to the United States, a New Zealand judge has ruled. The ruling comes today following almost four years’ legal and political maneuvering regarding the man who ran the Megaupload business and following the raid on his mansion in January 2012. Dotcom faces US changes that range from copyright
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Will class action lawsuit specialists Slater + Gordon face their own lawsuit, shortly? In an ironic twist of fate if ever there was one, the world’s first publicly listed law firm is potentially facing a class action lawsuit following the financial hits the share price for the firm has taken in recent times. Slater +
Internet mogul Kim Dotcom’s fate as to whether he will be extradited from his adopted home in New Zealand to the US will be decided today. The decision is due this afternoon by a District Court judge in Auckland who has been hearing the case for two months and after years of raids, wrangling and
International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced that it partnered with the Alaska Innocence Project and the Alaska Office of Public Advocacy in reaching a settlement with the State of Alaska on December 17 that resulted in the “immediate and unconditional release” from incarceration of the Fairbanks Four – George Frese, Kevin Pease, Marvin
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LOS ANGELES – A former administrator of a Los Angeles law firm was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $3.3 million from her employer. Esterlina Santos, 53, who resides in the Ladera Heights district of Los Angeles, was also ordered by United States District Judge Beverly Reid O’Connell
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