Baker Donelson – The Federal government is engaging tough measures to ensure corporations take safety seriously. First, OSHA is in the process of implementing changes to its penalty calculation system, which includes increasing penalty amounts as much as 82%, and extending the time period for consideration of repeat violators and penalty reductions based on history
LeClairRyan – Simply put, “privity of contract” is “‘the relationship between the parties to a contract, allowing them to sue each other but preventing a third party from doing so.” The existence of ‘privity’ had long protected an architect in a contractual relationship with an owner or some other entity from potential liability to a
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Mannatt.com – In the continuing drama surrounding Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS), New York’s Attorney General Eric Schneiderman responded to lawsuits by DraftKings and FanDuel by seeking a preliminary injunction to halt their operations in the state. Following news reports of insider trading and multiple lawsuits, the New York AG sent cease and desist letters to
Superseding Grand Jury Indictment Adds New Fraud and Money Laundering Charges against Fugitive Hedge Fund Manager, Beverly Hills Broker, and 2 Homm Employees LOS ANGELES – A former Beverly Hills stockbroker has been indicted – along with fugitive hedge fund manager Florian Homm and two others – in an alleged stock manipulation scheme designed
The lawyer who helped Kim Dotcom access his $50 million cash pool in Hong Kong is Gerald McCloy QC, the lawyer acting for Kim Dotcom in Hong Kong and who secured the release of $50 million for Dotcom’s extradition fight and for living expenses, was once tipped to be Hong Kong’s Director of Public Prosecutions
By Stephen Poor, Chairman, Seyfarth Shaw LLP* Altman Weil’s recent survey of CLOs found that 40 percent of law departments plan to decrease the spend on outside counsel over the next 12 months. This is hardly startling news. It simply continues the pattern we have seen in the industry for a number of years. What
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Firm Continues Rapid Growth in the Big Apple with Addition of Two Corporate Securities Partners NEW YORK (December 3, 2015) – Reed Smith LLP today announced that Andrew Callahan and Robert Scheininger have joined the firm as partners in the Corporate & Transactional Advisory Group in New York. The addition of Callahan and Scheininger
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LawFuel.com – 2 December 2015 (Berlin): Last month Hausfeld, a global claimants’ law firm dedicated to competition and other complex litigation and cross-border dispute resolution, announced its expansion in Germany. At the same time, Burford Capital (“Burford”), the leading global finance and professional services firm focused on law, announced that it was making available
International law firm Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) continues to grow its international corporate practice with the recruitment of Partners Giles Beale and James Wilson who have joined the firm’s London office from Reed Smith. Giles and James specialise in corporate finance and international mergers and acquisitions, in particular involving the equity capital markets. They advise
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Oscar Pistorious faces 15-20 years in jail after South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeals says the original trial made an error of law in convicting the former athlete of culpable homicide for the killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Justice Leach ruled on the legal principle of dolus eventualis and how it was applied in the case
