Skadden Arps – As the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2014-15 term draws to a conclusion, the Court has resolved — or will resolve in a matter of days — several cases with potentially wide-reaching implications for a range of important policy and business issues. On June 25, 2015, the Court handed the Obama administration a major
Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Mark G. Peters, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation (“DOI”), and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today the arrest of HARRY FLETCHER, an employee of
(HOUSTON, June 25, 2015) Lex Mundi’s Board of Directors voted unanimously to admit MdME as the exclusive member firm for Macau. MdME is a leading full service law firm with a strong reputation for providing its clients with high-quality and practical legal advice, following international standards of responsiveness and efficiency. Since its foundation, MdME and
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Pam Bondi today convened the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking at Stetson University in Tampa. The 15-member council is composed of law enforcement officers, prosecutors, legislators, and experts in fields of health, education, and social services. During the meeting, the council members discussed new human trafficking legislation, victim protection methods and the
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DENVER – This morning nearly 200 agents and officers arrested 23 individuals based on four federal grand jury indictments, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the FBI, and the Metro Gang Task Force (MGTF) announced. The arrests began early this morning and took place without incident. There are 9 individuals who have not yet been arrested, and
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He may say he’s sorry, but Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been formally sentenced to death. The apology and his request for forgiveness came when Tsarnaev, 21, appeared for sentencing after he was found guilty of killing three people and injuring 264 during the bombing at the Boston Marathon in 2013. He was found
Divorce can be a nasty business, we get that. But when it gets to lawyers explaining just how nasty it gets, then it becomes really ISIS-nasty – beyond belief in its insanity and brutality. And so when Reddit requested lawyers to tell their war stories, they got ’em. In spades. And we’ve recounted – courtesy
Britain’s newly installed Justice Secretary has hit the ground running. Michael Gove has started a row with some of the most powerful lawyers in Britain after requesting that they “contribute much more” to make sure justice was freely available. Britain’s legal aid cutbacks have seen lawyers incensed and claims that justice is being denied to
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Clifford Chance – Prosecutions for bribery and corruption continue to attract media headlines around the world and, in response, international companies continue to review what they have to do to address the risks to their business, and to their reputation. Fundamental to this is staying on top of relevant legislative developments and enforcement trends in
Skadden – This article appeared in the 2015 edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Alternative Investment Funds; published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London. Regulatory Framework In the United States, Alternative Investment Funds and their advisers are subject to the laws of the federal government and of the individual state or jurisdiction in
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