Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that DANIEL PAGANO, a Captain of the Genovese Organized Crime Family of La Cosa Nostra (the “Genovese Crime Family”) was sentenced to a term of 27 months in prison for his leadership role in the Genovese Crime Family. PAGANO […]
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Morrison & Foerster – On July 10, London associate Keily Blair received the 2015 Future Leaders Award at the sixth annual Women in the City Symposium and Awards Ceremony, held in the Old Library at the Lloyd’s Building in London. An associate in Morrison & Foerster’s Litigation Department, Ms. Blair represents clients in investigations and
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If you’re going to get into a fight with Donald Trump you need a good lawyer – that much is a given. And Univision’s battle with Trump over their cancellation of the Miss USA show is a case in point. They have hired Miguel Estrada, a Honduras-born Harvard Law grad, who is to defend Univision’s
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Are there really too many law schools? Well, yes, actually and this month the ABA accredited another at Concordia University, taking the number beyond 200 in the US. But even the ABA are questioning whether this list should be expanded given that 10 US law schools were unable to place more than 30 per cent
Ballard Sphar – Louis L. Chodoff and Alexandra Bak-Boychuk – In a pair of closely watched decisions (see links below), the Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a federal trial court decision that granted class and conditional collective action certification to claims brought by a former unpaid intern claiming employee status, and also upheld a
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One of Canada’s largest law firms, Gowlings, is to merge with the UK firm Wragge Lawrence Graham to create another global law firm to be called Gowling WLG. joining with a British firm to create a partnership with global reach. Gowlings has 650 lawyers and the new entity will have 1300 lawyers and associated professionals
Another large law firm has filed for bankruptcy after $20 million apparently went missing and the recriminations are mounting as to just who was responsible for the collapse. Morris Schneider Wittstadt was a large residential real estate closing firm and filed for Chapter 11 protection on Sunday. At one time the firm had over 150
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Hong Kong, 7 July 2015 – Mayer Brown JSM intends to form an association with the Hong Kong office of Jingtian & Gongcheng (“Jingtian”), which will be established upon the receipt of regulatory approval from The Law Society of Hong Kong. Under this arrangement, Mayer Brown JSM will provide office space and other resources to
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Medical identity theft is at epidemic levels. In the first four months of 2015, nearly 100 million medical records were stolen by hackers—a 150% increase over the prior four years combined. During the past 12 months, half of all health care organizations in the country have been breached. Hackers are targeting personal medical information because
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He might have been the luvable Dr Huxtable and comedian, but Bill Cosby’s recently publicized revelations regarding his admissions as to drugging women for sex have all but destroyed what remained of his reputaiton. Those with totally different memories of the man are a range of women who report having been sexually assaulted by him.
