Former Manhattan corporate lawyer Charles Bennett has received a 5 year prison term for a ponzi scheme he set up that fleeced investors of over $5 million. Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CHARLES A. BENNETT was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to five
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Law firm branding is big business, but it can also be fraught with difficulty and potential disaster. There are various issues that can arise if law firm branding is not handled properly. So a kind of case study of how to do it properly was displayed by Ross Fishman of Fishman Marketing who launched five litigation
Taking Into Account Taxpayer Funded Pension, Dean Skelos Also Ordered to Pay a $500,000 Fine – Both Defendants Ordered to Forfeit $334,120 of Crime Proceeds Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that former New York State Senate Majority Leader DEAN SKELOS was sentenced today
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Getting paid at the rate of $2000 an hour may seem a pipe dream of interplanetary proportions, but some clients are willing to pay it and several are happy to do so. A new report from BTI Consulting shows that there has been a significant increase in the rate corporate clients are prepared to pay
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Lock Lorde – On May 9, 2016 the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released a searchable database with information on almost 320,000 offshore entities from of the Panama Papers and Offshore Leaks investigations. The Mossack Fonesca leaks and subsequent publication of the database, the largest ever release of secret offshore holdings and the people
DLA Piper – Even by the standards of the exciting and ever-changing landscape of unmanned aerial system (UAS) or drone law, the month of April was eventful. In April, we observed in at least one case the Federal Aviation Administration significantly relax its commercial UAS operational restrictions, as well as an enormous step forward in
s LOS ANGELES – The former chief executive officer of Absolute Capital Holdings Ltd., which had its primary office in Palma on the Spanish island of Majorca, has entered into an agreement with federal prosecutors in which he will forfeit $8 million that federal prosecutors contend was derived from a fraud scheme conducted by
LawFuel – Law news for lawyers – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Diego Rodriguez, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), announced that
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There’s some mystery in what airlines tell you about themselves and for the regular traveler we thought it best to enlighten you as to some of the main “mysteries” about airline travel that may make your travels less stressful and more enjoyable. This information and built-in tips may not only answer some questions, but also
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A mining downturn and a devalued yuan has also lead to a downturn in the Sydney office of Skadden Arps. Departures at the Sydney office have seen three lawyers leaving for rival Allen & Overy. One lawyer remains in the Sydney office. The three-member securities team who left Skaddens is led by former partner by Mark
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