Donald Trump’s sister, Judge Maryanne Barry Trump, 78, is facing some unwelcome publicity that has recently included death threats. But she’s one, tough lady, Judge Maryanne Barry and she has some powerful connections, too. >> A House in New Zealand’s Capital? – See This A tough judge with four decades of prosecuting and judicial experience
Dorsey & Whitney – The Supreme Court passed on an opportunity to review a recent appellate court decision holding that a video game publisher is not protected by the First Amendment for using the likenesses of former NFL football stars in the widely popular Madden NFL video game series. In the video game versions at
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARC WIESELTHIER, a certified public accountant and former partner at a New York accounting firm (the “Firm”), was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for participating in a scheme to obtain millions of dollars in loans by making false
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LawFuel.com – Law News Daily – Charges Unsealed Against Three Defendants Who Allegedly Engaged in Hundreds of Millions of Dollars of Transactions on Behalf of the Government of Iran and Iranian Entities As Part of a Scheme to Evade U.S. Sanctions Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John
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Okay, so Donald Trump’s rallies are creating a fuss – so how can a law firm deal best with the Donald Trump fight clubs? Law firm Klepper & Wood received a little Daily Show publicity for their phone message – very nice touch – to say the least. >> Like a home in New Zealand?
How good are law firms REALLY when it comes to associate development? The practices vary widely, whether you’re an associate in a US, UK, Australian firm or otherwise. And according to a recent report in AbovetheLaw, which indicated how associates can easily get overlooked when it comes to courtroom experience. The issue arose over oral
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DLA Piper – The loss of David Bowie at the start of this year prompted much discussion of his musical legacy, but less well-publicised was his contribution to finance. In 1997, rather than renew a long-term record label contract, LA banker David Pullman convinced Bowie to securitise the rights to receivables from his back catalogue
Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland is getting the cold shoulder from the Republican Party and faces a political standoff as Obama puts forward his nominee for the Court. As USA Today reported, the nomination of the Judge was a high point for him, but may represent yet another low point in Washington rivalries. So when
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Melbourne police are hunting the contract killers of a Melbourne lawyer, who acted for a number of gangland figures. Joe “Pino” Acquaro was a well known criminal lawyer in Melbourne who had a $500,000 contract on his head and was shot early Tuesday morning after leaving his ice cream cafe. Mr Acquaro had strong ties
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Sponsored Post The Personal Properties Securities Register, or PPSR, is the centralized government system where they store security interest registrations over personal properties. Implemented by the Australian government in 2009 through the Australian Personal Property Securities Act, it provides the nation a publicly accessible library of security interests in personal properties. Through it, the Australian
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