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LA Sheriffs Indicted: Obstruction Federal Investigations and Jail Misconduct

Law Firms / May 15, 2015

Former Head of LASD Criminal Investigation Unit also Accused of Obstructing Justice and Perjuring Himself during Trial Testimony of Co-Conspirators LOS ANGELES – Paul Tanaka, who was the second in command of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, and William Thomas Carey, who oversaw internal criminal investigations at the LASD, have been indicted on obstruction of […]

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Too Many Lawyers?

Law Firms, Lawyers / May 14, 2015

It’s a question many non-lawyers may have known for a long time. There are simply too many lawyers, according to a survey conducted that showed lawyers are simply not busy enough. Ttanslated: too many of them. The Altman Weil survey released on Tuesday was conducted among 320 managing partners and law firm chairmen and probably

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Amtrak’s Inevitable Litigation: Was It Just Speed?

Law Firms / May 14, 2015

The inevitable litigation that will follow the Amtrak derailment has yet to be seen, but attorneys are watching events closely and what the federal investigation discloses as the causes of the accident, which injured over 200 people and killed at least seven. Legal Intelligencer reports that the train traveling from Washington, D.C., to New York

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The e Factor Diet And the 4 Factors of Weight Loss

Lifestyle & Travel / May 14, 2015

The latest diet to hit the market is the “eFactor Diet”, which is being pushed heavily and creates some new expectations with a solid offer bursting with diet “goodies” in terms of give aways, sensitive price points ($29.95), guarantees and a great deal more. The eFactor Diet gives away the supposed “four factors of weight

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DLA Piper – One of the Best Brands in the World

Press Releases / May 14, 2015

Branding is important for any business but particularly for law firms, the MARKETINGmanager of a New Zealand practice whose global brand has been ranked as one of the best in the world says. DLA Piper was ranked eighth in the world in the latest BTI Brand Elite 2015 study – which SURVEYED general counsel about

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Top Gear 2: “House of Cars”

Featured / May 14, 2015

Jeremy Clarkson and his co-presenters on the “Top Gear” show will be avoiding any legal issues with news that they are talking about launching a new car show entitlerd “How of Cars”. Netflix will be looking at an on-demand service with the craftily titled show being a take on their wildly popular “House of Cards”

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Tom Brady: Deflated!

Featured / May 13, 2015

Deflated! That must be the word for both Tom Brady and the Patriots after they received a hefty punishment for deflating footballs. But for the NFL it was far more than that. The so-called DeflateGate scandal erupted at a time when the NFL had a $25,000 punishment on their books for altering game balls. Tom

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Rolling Stone’s Wenner Rolls In Top Counsel Over Rolled Rape Story

LawStars, Lawyers / May 13, 2015

Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner continues to fight against fallout from the University of Virginia rape-retraction story. The “Rape on a Campus” story that appeared in Rolling Stone in November has lead to at least one lawsuit but there may be others. Wenner has hired high profile first amendment lawyer Elizabeth McNamara of Davis Wright Tremain,

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It’s Gender-Talk Time Again For Law Firms

Lawyers / May 13, 2015

It’s gender talk time again for law firms – not that the issue every truly disappeared from the partners’ table. However it’s interest, as Fortune Magazine have reported, that Big Law’s Orrick Herrington – the same people who handled the high profile Ellen Pao gender discrimination lawsuit for Kleiner Perkins, explained why they overhauled their

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First Law Firm Float in the UK

Law Firms / May 13, 2015

A midsized commercial law firm based in Birmingham is set to become the first law firm in the UK to go public, listing on the AIM market with an IPO set to raise US$15 million for expansion. Gateley is a firm with six British offices and another in Dubai. The public funds would be used

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