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Florida Statewide Prosecution Office and FBI Prevent Ku Klux Klan Murder Plot

Law Firms / April 2, 2015

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Office of Statewide Prosecution and the Federal Bureau of Investigation today arrested members of the Traditional American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Defendants, Thomas Jordan Driver, 25, David Elliot Moran, 47, and Charles Thomas Newcomb, 42, all face one state count of conspiracy to commit murder for allegedly plotting […]

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Hotel Groups Sued Over 70 Year Old Property Dispute

Law Firms / April 2, 2015

CHICAGO–A dispute spanning 70 years of alleged usurpation, trespass, and illegal conversion of private property rights in Serbia came to a crossroads in a lawsuit filed today by the heirs of two prominent Serbian families. The lawsuit asserts that Minnesota-based Carlson has refused to recognize or even discuss the families’ claims of ownership of

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Foley Expands Health Care Public Affairs Team in Washington

Press Releases / April 2, 2015

WASHINGTON – Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Jennifer Walsh has joined as director of public affairs in the Washington, D.C. office. In this role, Walsh will work closely with former U.S. Representative Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), for whom she served as chief of staff during his tenure in Congress, as well as

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Seven Charged in Boeing Kickbacks Scheme for Satellite Deals

Featured / April 2, 2015

LOS ANGELES – Seven defendants have been charged in a scheme to pay kickbacks to a procurement official at a subsidiary of the Boeing Company that supplies satellites and satellite parts to federal government entities, including NASA. A series of cases related to the kickback scheme were announced today after prosecutors learned that

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Hogan Lovells Enters Australian Market

Australia Law News, Featured / April 1, 2015

Shakeup and mergers in the Australian legal market have been a consistent pattern in recent years. Now UK-based Hogan Lovells is to set up in Australia, taking two Allens partners to commence Aussie operations in July. The two former Allens parters are Nicky Lester and Tim Lester. The firm says that rather than trying to

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Menendez Indicted on Corruption Charges

Law Firms / April 1, 2015

Senator Robert Menendez has been indicted on public corruption charges. The Democrat senator is charged with allegedly accepting bribes from a Florida ophthalmologist in exchange for using his position to push the doctor’s interests, according to a Justice Department official and reported by HuffingtonPost. Menendez was indicted on a total of 14 charges: one count of

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Interpreting a Foster or Adopted Child’s Disclosed Background

Briefings, Featured / April 1, 2015

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Open Season on Prosecutors

Lawyers / March 31, 2015

First there was the highly publicised murder of Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman who died after his accusations against Argentine president Christina Fernandez of her plotting to cover up the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center that killed 85 people. Conspiracies surrounded the death of Nisman with a private team of investigators analysing autopsy

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Business Across Borders – Gobal Survey

Briefings / March 31, 2015

Reed Smith – According to our global survey of business leaders, conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit, companies are making conservative judgements when considering expansion to new territories, weighing up issues such as regulatory and risk exposure, duration in the market and knowledge of how business is conducted. Cross border business has been taking a

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What Happened to Big Law’s Black Lawyers?

Law Firms / March 31, 2015

Why are there so few black lawyers in the big law firms? A recent survey says there are only three percent of lawyers in BigLaw who are African American and their numbers are actually declining with fewer than two percent being partners. The numbers have declined since the economic downturn according to American Lawyer’s Diversity

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