It seems that a divorce lawyer is due to join the Blair family – Britain’s first family of Cherie and Tony. Football agent son Nicky is evidently set to marry Alexadra Bevir, 28, a divorce lawyer with Vardags. The news was broken by the Daily Mail’s Sebastian Shakespeare who reports that the wedding could be
A former senior lawyer with Lathrop & Gage, Allison Bergman, was disciplined by the Missouri Supreme Court for having a relationship that was “at times . . romantic and sexual” with a client. Ms Bergman’s suspension was stayed with a probationary period of two years. She has been a member of the firm’s executive committee,
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Freshfields – Governments are treating cyber security as a high priority issue and emphasise that the risks include espionage. Companies are already worried. The loss or theft of data exposes them to the risk of action by regulators. When attacks disrupt operations, companies may fail to meet obligations to customers, resulting in class action suits
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Dealing with failed law firms is an issue for an increasing number of bankruptcy trustees and it is also creating its own body of law. But a ruling from a federal judge in California has delivered a blow to the trustees in the Howrey LLP case. The judge has ruled that the failed law firm
WASHINGTON – The District of Colorado team including an Assistant U.S. Attorneys an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorney, and federal agents who were responsible for investigating and prosecuting Kefelegn Alemu Worku for using false immigration documents to hide from a war crime conviction in Ethiopia were part of the 160 members of the Department
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— LawFuel.com – As many public schools close for summer break this week, Attorney General Pam Bondi is warning parents about the danger of Flakka, a synthetic drug that can be purchased online and is growing in popularity in Florida. Flakka has been linked to several dangerous incidents in recent months. According to reports,
Shearman & Sterling – Few courts have addressed antitrust challenges to pharmaceutical “product hopping,” i.e., the practice of shifting customers from a drug nearing the end of its patent protection to a modified version that is covered by newer patents and thus is protected from generic competition for a longer period of time. The Second
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The New Zealand lawyer who fought a ‘right to die’ case in the New Zealand courts has died today. Lecretia Seales took Court action to secure the right to choose how to die with a High Court decision delivered to her privately yesterday and to be released by Justice Collins today. She died at 12.30
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised HTSC on its $4.5 billion initial public offering, the largest public offering in Hong Kong since AIA’s IPO five years ago. The offering contains a “greenshoe option” (a mechanism allowing the company to sell more shares to meet investor demands) which if exercised, would make it the
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Eleven members of a synthetic drug trafficking ring operating in Florida are now carrying out their sentences. John Abdal, the last member of the ring to be convicted, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison followed by 12 months of probation. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Office of Statewide Prosecution prosecuted Abdal and
