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Corruption: New York Senator Used Influence to Enrich His Son and Himself

Law Firms / May 4, 2015

Dean Skelos Allegedly Used Official Position To Cause More Than $200,000 In Payments To Son Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, Assistant Director-In-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today that New York State Senate Majority Leader

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The Lawyer Mother’s Day Quiz

Featured / May 4, 2015

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Bankruptcy Law and Facebook and Twitter “Likes”

Briefings / May 4, 2015

Butler Snow – In a recent opinion in In re: CTLI, LLC (Tactical Firearms), Judge Jeff Bohm in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas ordered a debtor to handover its Facebook and Twitter accounts to the reorganized debtor. The Court found that the Facebook and Twitter accounts were property interests

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Peter Thiel’s Unconventional Rules For Business Success

Law Firms / May 4, 2015

When an investor and entrepreneur like PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel speaks people listen and when he spoke to Oxford University recently about the “rules” for business success he spoke about a number of things that many people might find unconventional. Whether you’re a lawyer, businessman, entrepreneur or investor, the “Thiel Rules” make interesting reading because

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Newly Qualified London Lawyers Enjoy Pay Surge

Law Job News / May 3, 2015

Kiwi lawyers seeking law jobs in London can expect some hefty salaries if they score the right job at the right firm. If we’re talking Magic Circle firms like Slaughter and May, the salary reviews have lifted the pay for newly qualified lawyers by £5000 to £70,000 for the year. The increase doubles the money paid

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Mayweather Fight Update

Law Firms / May 3, 2015

The title “Fight of the Century” has OJ Simpson’s lawyer Robert Shapiro in ‘PacMan’s’ corner as the celebrities come out to pay. The fight has been the most celebrated and richest in years, packing in enough money to cure several country’s economic ills. It will be the highest grossing fight ever with Pacquiao likely to

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Black-Death and Marilyn Mosby’s Major Influence

Law Firms / May 1, 2015

Marilyn Mosby is a tough lady. At just 35 she is the youngest chief prosecutor in any district and she has just made some tough decisions, having the city of Baltimore charge six police officers with major crimes, including second degree murder and manslaughter. It was a tough call for the young prosecutor, but necessary

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What Happens When Plastic Surgery Goes Wrong?

Briefings / May 1, 2015

Howard Ankin – In 2012, over 14.6 million plastic surgery procedures were performed in the U.S., according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Many people here in Illinois undergo these procedures to improve their appearance or restore physical function. Sadly, as surgical error lawyers in Chicago Heights can attest, cosmetic surgery doesn’t always produce

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H-1B Visa Details for 2016

Briefings, Featured / May 1, 2015

The Whitt Law Firm – This year’s H-1B filing season is over. Time to prepare for 2016! Here are the 10 steps to an H-1B visa in 2016. What are the key steps you need to do in order to qualify for a visa for the United States in 2016? There are key requirements for

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BNP Paribas Sentenced For Trading With Enemy Violations

Law Firms / May 1, 2015

LawFuel.com – Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, announced that BNP Paribas S.A. (BNPP), a global financial institution headquartered in Paris, France was sentenced today for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA)

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