Look, we’re not sexist at LawFuel and hesitate before recording a sponsored post from Buzzfeed (via “Suits”) as to the best pickup lines for lawyers, who can use their best legal jardon to – presumably – the best effect. But here they are anyway and we hang our heads in collective shame but because we
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LawFuel.com – Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division, announced that HAROON ASWAT was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Katherine B. Forrest to 20 years in prison for terrorism offenses relating to ASWAT’s efforts to establish
The Philippines elections are shaping up with some “evil plans”, according to lawyers representing Senator Grace Poe who has announced her candidacy for president but faces a disqualification case filed against her. The dramatic events were expected according to Senator Poe’s lawyers. Lawyer Estrella Elamparo, who is a former legal counsel of the Government Service
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Skadden represented L1E in its $1.6 billion acquisition of E.ON E&P Norge AS, an owner of Norwegian North Sea oil and gas exploration and production assets, from E.ON Beteiligungen GmbH, announced October 14. The firm also represented L1E in its $725 million sale of DEA UK Holdings Limited, an owner of British North Sea oil
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LOS ANGELES – A former officer with the Transportation Security Administration was indicted today by a federal grand jury on narcotics and bribery charges for allegedly accepting payment to allow checked bags filled with marijuana to be cleared through screening checkpoints at Los Angeles International Airport. Deondre Smith, 33, of South Los Angeles, was named
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It was regarded as one of the young, busy and successful law firms that was taking Britain by storm. But no longer. Blavo & Co had a multi-million pound turnover and 20 offices throughout Britain, but the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has closed it down. The SRA said that it decided to intervene because there
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The “American Dream” is true for the child of Mexican parents, Jim Melo, a successful Ivy League-trained lawyer who is “no anchor baby.” CNN Money had the story about Melo, who opened his law firm in Raleigh North Carolina specializing in immigration law. “My parents told me ‘you can do anything you want and be anything
Questionable decisions made by the prosecutor in the investigation into the fatal shooting death of 12 year old Tamir Rice could become reminiscent of the Ferguson Missouri Grand Jury investigation, according to a lawyer for Tamir’s family. “She’s afraid that what will happen to her is what happened in Ferguson,” Subodh Chandra said. “The prosecutor
WASHINGTON – LawFuel.com – The Boeing Company has paid the United States $18 million to settle allegations that the company submitted false claims for labor charges on maintenance contracts with the U.S. Air Force for the C-17 Globemaster aircraft, the Justice Department announced today. Boeing, an aerospace and defense industry giant, is headquartered in
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SAN DIEGO – Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Beni Surpin has joined the firm’s Technology Transactions & Outsourcing Practice as a partner in the San Diego office. Surpin counsels international and domestic companies on business and legal issues surrounding technology, intellectual property and commercial transactions. His practice focuses on collaborations involving
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