LOS ANGELES – A Northern California man who operated the Internet’s best-known “revenge porn” website was sentenced late this afternoon to 30 months in federal prison for hiring another man to hack into e-mail accounts to steal nude photos that were later posted on his website. Hunter Moore, 29, of Woodland, California, who
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WASHINGTON, D.C. AND LONDON – DECEMBER 2, 2015 – Consilio, a global leader ineDiscovery and Document Review Services, has acquired U.K.-based Proven Legal Technologies, an eDisclosure and forensic-consulting services provider and Relativity premium-hosting partner. This acquisition will fuel Consilio’s continued growth by deepening its team of experienced eDiscovery and forensics consulting resources in Europe and
Sullivan & Cromwell represents China Mobile Limited in connection with its subsidiary CM TieTong’s (China) agreement with TieTong (China), a wholly owned subsidiary of China Mobile Communications Corporation, under which CM TieTong has agreed to acquire, and TieTong has agreed to sell, the Target Assets and Businesses for RMB31.88 billion (equivalent to approximately US$4.9 billion),
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McGuireWoods and the newly launched Shanghai firm FuJae Partners today announced a strategic alliance that will provide companies within and outside of China with ready access to leading lawyers in China and worldwide. Under the alliance, McGuireWoods and FuJae have agreed to work closely with each other to serve strategic international markets, including the People’s
Now we get some strange lawyer stories but this? A former legal high flyer charged with getting into bed with a woman he thought was a Panda bear? Dressed in fishnets and a g-string? Strange, but also strangely true. Desmond Moran, from Tipperary in Ireland had taken drugs and we know what can happen when
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Los Angeles –LawFuel.com – Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Russell “Rusty” Weiss has joined the firm as a partner in Los Angeles. Mr. Weiss has built a substantial practice focused on the convergence of entertainment and technology. He is a member of the firm’s Technology & Intellectual Property (IP) Transactions practice and Media and
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Neota Logic’s Expert System Enables Akerman to Transform the Way Enterprises Manage Data Law Risks and Compliance New York, NY – November 30, 2015 – Neota Logic, provider of a leading expert system software platform for the automation of expertise and business processes, today announced they will provide the technology to power the new Akerman Data
STATEMENT OF MANHATTAN U.S. ATTORNEY PREET BHARARA ON THE CONVICTION OF FORMER NEW YORK ASSEMBLY SPEAKER SHELDON SILVER LawFuel.com – “Today, Sheldon Silver got justice, and at long last, so did the people of New York.” 15-306 From the New York Times There was no star witness, no damning testimony, no briefcase stuffed with cash
Skadden Arps – On November 6, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) approved the MSRB’s proposed amendments to Rule G-20 on gifts, which (1) extend Rule G-20 to municipal advisors, and (2) make changes to Rule G-20 applicable to both municipal advisors and municipal securities dealers. The amendments also make conforming changes to
Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Constance Post, former Commissioner of the Mount Vernon Department of Planning and Community Development as well as Executive Director of the Mount Vernon Urban Renewal Agency (“MVURA”), and Wayne Charles were found guilty today in White Plains federal court on
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