Legal aid cutbacks in the UK have caused major disruption to the law profession and a senior judge has criticised the lack of action from politicians, while another judge has called for a mass lawyer walkout should the Conservative Party be re-elected.The dramatic comments from judges, normally constrained in their involvement in UK’s political processes,
LOS ANGELES – The architect of a fraudulent investment scheme pleaded guilty today to federal wire fraud and false statement charges related to a Ponzi scheme that bilked victims out of millions of dollars. Gordon Driver, 58, of Henderson, Nevada, pleaded guilty to the two felony counts before United States District Judge John A.
A new survey on the way law firms are managed has been published, predicting dramatic shifts in the way law firms handle highly competitive markets over the next five years, as well as dealing with risk and regulation, financial pressure and changing client demands. The report from the accounting giant BDO took the views of 58 law
Press release from the US Attorney on how James Meyer, former assistant to artist Jasper Johns received an 18 month jail term.Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JAMES MEYER, a former assistant to artist Jasper Johns, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 18 months
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced that DANIEL GRUBER was arrested yesterday on stalking charges related to threats he allegedly made to a New York school and its leadership.
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So what, exactly, is a ‘family friendly’ law firm? Do they really exist and, if so, how are they measured in terms of family ‘friendliness’?All important issues, considered by Vivia Chen at The Careerist when she wrote a little cynically perhaps that being a family friendly law firm probably means that there are great looking
Pump and Dump operator Dwayne Bigelow Charged In $9 Million “Pump and Dump” Stock Fraud Scheme – this release from the US Attorney Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Jonathan D. Larsen, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the Newark Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI”),
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Drinker Biddle – By Patrick M. Harrington and Sandra K. Jones According to their recent press release, Intrexon Corp (NYSE:XON) recently purchased a Canadian specialty food producer, namely Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc., the inventor of the “Arctic®” apple. If you have not yet heard about Arctic Apples in the news, these are everyday apples that
King & Spalding — Earlier this month, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) released an April agenda in which he designated the upcoming week to passing legislation to secure cyber networks and prevent data breaches. Making good on that promise, the House will vote Wednesday and Thursday on two bills to promote cybersecurity information sharing,
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Earth Day is more than a ‘feel good’ day, its also a time when everyone gets an opportunity to consider what they should be doing to preserve our planet.However, it has become the key activity for numerous politicians in the past decades.Here are four of the political figures who have helped shape Earth Day.1. The
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