Shah Peerally, Esq. Shah Peerally is principal in Immigration law firm The Shah Peerally Law Group Lately, the news has been filled with immigration matters especially since president Obama has set out his famous “Executive Orders” allowing millions of immigrants to get a work permit and stay in the United States on a deferred action […]
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It’s an unusual employment court case, even for a law firm. Or, we should say MORE so for being a law firm. It involves a Big Law employee who authored a steamy, erotic novel and whose employment was terminated amid claims of sexual harassment following a drunken sexual encounter with a former partner in the
Lawyers Hogan Lovells have put in place what may be the first pro bono program for AMLaw 100 firms that involve not just their lawyers, but non-lawyers as well, to engage in community service work. Hogan Lovells employee over 5000 staff iin 25 countries and their proposal involves handling community service of 25 hours a
The recent media nightmare for Clifford Chance and their YouTube debacle has highlighted the need for law firms to take extra care over how they handle media, particularly social media. The need for firms to adopt a comprehensive and effective social media policy has never been greater. The dubious actions of disgruntled employees or malevolent
Raking up $1.5 billion in gross revenues is no mean achievement. Nor is $2 million in profits per partner. Nor is $800,000 in revenues per lawyer. Those are the figures that Am Law Daily is reporting in the Am Law 100/200 review. For the first time, the firm reached $1.5 billion in gross revenue, $2
Firm Welcomes Indianapolis Community to Tour New Space Indianapolis, Ind. (February 20, 2015) – LawFuel.com – Law Firm News – The law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced the opening of its new Indianapolis office space today, celebrating with an open house for invited local stakeholders. The new office is located on the 24th
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LOS ANGELES – The owner of a Glendora egg donation and surrogacy company pleaded guilty late this afternoon to a federal wire fraud charge and admitted defrauding would-be parents, egg donors and surrogates over the course of more than three years. Allison Layton, a 38-year-old resident of Star, Idaho, pleaded guilty before United States District
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Sex and the law is always a somewhat tantalizing topic, but for the issue of teacher-student relationships there has always been a somewhat conflicted attitude in the academe it seems. Whilst frowned upon, it is seen by some in the professorial class as being something akin to a fringe benefit. We remember – don’t we?
LawFuel.com – Law News, Law Marketing – Zachary Zwerko Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading Charges Involving Trading in at Least Three Different Pharmaceutical Acquisitions Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ZACHARY ZWERKO pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to one count of conspiracy to commit
Running a major law firm these days is fraught with both risk and opportunity – perhaps in equal measure. And who better to provide some insight into both – and many other issues – than Freshfields Bruckaus Deringer? Included in their report are details on: Financial & geopolitical risk Tax reform issues Directors’ personal liability
