An apartment for cats? In the Trump Tower? The FIFA scandal and its corrupt practices were “rampant, systemic and deep rooted” according to US Attorney Loretta Lynch. And one of the main targets has been Chuck Blazer, a man who has allegedly failed to pay taxes on $151 million of alleged bribes and kickbacks paid […]
The FIFA arrests may not have surprised many observers of the world of FIFA and its odd choice of football associates and sponsors, but the question that has puzzled some is just how the US intends to have those charged in the US but who are currently in Switzerland arrive into a US court. Philip
Detroit – May 22, 2015 — Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that James S. Brady has received the Marion Hilligan Public Service Award from Western Michigan University Cooley Law School to reflect a lifetime of community service. He was honored earlier this month during the annual Law Day luncheon hosted by the
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Sullivan & Cromwell LLP represents The Priceline Group Inc. (U.S.) in its additional $250 million investment in Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (China), announced May 26, 2015. The S&C team on the transaction includes: Corporate: Brian E. Hamilton (Partner, New York) SHANGHAI, May 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (NASDAQ: CTRP) (“Ctrip”) today announced that
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Nearly three years after the demise of law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf L.L.P., three of its former top executives will go on trial on charges they cooked the books in an attempt to stave off the largest law firm collapse in U.S. history. Opening statements are expected to begin on Tuesday in Manhattan state court
By Shah Peerally, Esq is principal in Shah Peerally Law Group, a pre-eminent immigration law firm with offices in Newark and San Francisco. The H4 work permit authorization was one of the most daunting fight of my life and the lives of thousands of H4 visa holders. For years, people on H4 visa
Glenn Ford spent 30 years on death row for a crime he didn’t commit, but he is now dying. And the prosecutor who put him in jail and to apologize for how the case was handled has visited the man convicted by an all-white jury. There are disturbing issues, like the fact that the murder
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The attorney for the acquitted Cleveland police officer, Pat D’Angelo, says that the decision was absolutely correct. Mr D’Angelo angrily denounced “so called civil rights lawyers” who had never brought a case to a verdict, saying the case had seen top level lawyering in the face of “ruthless prosecution”. In a statement, D’Angelo said “the
By Renwei Chung* – B.B. King passed away at eighty-nine years young. Even though he is gone, his legendary single-note runs will echo for generations. Although he became music royalty, he remained true to his roots. Every year, King returned to Indianola, Mississippi to perform the blues for his hometown. Even though he was an
