Baker & McKenzie announces higher women promotions and all-time high productivity. Revenues up 2.2% Total productivity hits an all time high – up 5% Record number of partner promotions – over 40% are women Good growth expected in Fiscal Year 2016 Baker & McKenzie, the world’s premier global law firm, has announced global revenues
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), announced today that ROBERT A.
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The Ashley Madison hack has upset many, with the first suicides now reported. And AskMen have come up with their “Mashley Addison” and their character figure posing as someone called Glance Fleemsonjinstein, Divorce Attorney. Here it is, for what it’s worth Place your ad here Loading…
LOS ANGELES – An analyst with J.P. Morgan Securities and two longtime friends were taken into custody this morning after being charged in a federal grand jury indictment that alleges they participated in an insider trading scheme that netted more than $600,000 in illicit profits. Ashish Aggarwal, 27, of San Francisco; Shahriyar Bolandian,
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We have written about social media and its various uses before, but sometimes law firms just don’t seeem to want to make social media work for them. Here are 5 key reasons why lawyers are getting social media just plain wrong. 1. Failing to use it. Okay, its a pain having to update profiles and what
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Prosecutions represent one of the most significant investigations to date in the United States regarding synthetic cannabinoid trafficking which resulted in more than 220 Spice-related emergency room visits in Colorado in the Fall of 2013 DENVER – U.S. District Court Judge Philip A. Brimmer today sentenced John Bowan, age 68, of Las Vegas to 60
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LawFuel.com – A Desert Hot Springs woman was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for filing 73 false federal income tax returns and claiming approximately $89,808 in fraudulent refunds. Additionally, she was ordered to pay approximately $77,000 in restitution to the IRS. Angelique Mobley, 45, received
Cheeky London law blog Legal Cheek has released a list of The City’s 25 sexiest solicitors. Now we’re not ones here at LawFuel to endulge in such tabloid tittle-tattle (damn, why didn’t we think of that!), but we can show who they are for those seeking their fortunes and prospective partners in The City. The
The Ashley Madison hack has once again displayed the dangers of major hacks for both individuals and businesses alike. But for lawyers he risks can be severe too and in this guest post from Lewis Thomason, the authors look at the five ‘deadly sins’ law firms need to know about. Nearly every day we hear
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Reed Smith – ByLisa Baird, Colleen Davies, Andrew Stillufsen – In our modern economy, businesses regularly use all manner of third-party consultants for many different reasons, including cost, efficiency, and expertise. Less regularly, communications between businesses and consultants are the subject of discovery motion practice in litigation. Two recent decisions out of the Southern District
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