President Obama has named Loretta Lynch as Eric Holder’s replacement as US Attorney, noting that despite her tough reputation as a prosecutor, she was also a “charming people person”. She is the current United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. The President said in a statement today that he was grateful […]
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Charges Against Trendon Shavers Represent First Federal Criminal Securities Fraud Charges Involving a Bitcoin-Related Scheme LawFuel.com – Law News Daily– Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”),
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LOS ANGELES-Los Angeles-based law firm Glaser Weil announced today that Senator-Elect Bob Hertzberg will be joining its Government and Regulatory Law Practice Group. “We are honored to have Bob join our firm” Hertzberg, who will be Of Counsel to Glaser Weil, has been a partner at Mayer Brown, LLP for the past 12 years. Previously,
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DENVER – Harold Henthorn, age 58, of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, was arrested without incident this morning by Special Agents with the National Park Service (NPS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), with substantial support from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, following his indictment on First Degree Murder, the agencies announced. The indictment was returned
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LOS ANGELES – A former finance manager of a television production studio was sentenced this morning to two years in federal prison for embezzling approximately $2.5 million from the Culver City company. Nolan Mitchell Ransdell, 41, of Canyon Country, was sentenced by United States District Judge George Wu. In addition to the prison term, Judge
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Philadelphia – November 5, 2014 – Joan C. Arnold, a partner with Pepper Hamilton LLP and chair of the firm’s Tax Practice Group, has been elected a Vice-Chair (CLE) of the Section of Taxation of the American Bar Association. Ms. Arnold was elected for a one-year term at the ABA Annual Meeting held in Boston
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By Reginald J. Brown, Zachary I. Schram Reuters recently reported that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) “plans to intensify its scrutiny of cybersecurity practices at brokerage firms in 2015 and is hiring technology savvy examiners to help boost its efforts.” FINRA’s addition of examiners focused on cybersecurity is one of the most recent in a series of steps
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Taking a look into the way in which legal services are delivered is something that has occupied legal academics, lawyers and media for a long time – and with increasing urgency as technology, slipping fees, increasing competition and other pressures make an increasingly emphatic mark upon the legal profession. Dr Paul Paton, the Dean of
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LawFuel.com – Law News Daily – Sidley also named “Law Firm of the Year” in International Trade and Finance Law and Litigation – Securities New York and Chicago —Sidley Austin LLP announced today that it has, for the fifth year in a row and each year since the survey’s inception, received the most
Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout is back in the news again, claiming he has new evidence that should provide him a new trial and he’s using a high profile US lawyer to do the legals for him. Bout has hired former US attorney general John Ashcroft to help with his case, the Guardian reports Bout, 47,
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