SANTA ANA, California –A federal jury has convicted two Southern California residents in connection with a scheme to defraud union and private health insurance programs by submitting bills for more than $71 million – and receiving over $50 million in payments – for medically unnecessary procedures performed on insurance beneficiaries who received free […]
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Foley & Lardner – Yesterday marked the sunrise launch of the .porn and .adult generic top-level domains (gTLDs), which join .xxx in the top-level domain name space as gTLDs targeted mainly at online purveyors of adult entertainment. As with .xxx, the introduction of these adult-themed gTLDs presents yet another annoyance for trademark owners already fatigued
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Law firms are as susceptible to hacking and cyberespionage as any other organisation, but now large global law firms are looking to reduce hacking threats by sharing information. The firms are to follow the example set by banks and others to institute a threat-sharing forum to protect themselves from cyber attacks. The Hill reports that
Vannin Capital – The Ministry of Justice recently announced that it plans to raise revenue from the court system by introducing a new structure for fees from April 2015 for bringing money claims over the value of £10,000. Under the new system, the court fee to issue money claims over £10,000, will be calculated as
LawFuel.com – Gregory W. Gray, Jr., Senior Managing Director of Buffalo-based venture capital firm Archipel Capital, LLC, Charged with Defrauding Investors 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
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Privacy issues and various competing legal issues fight one another with regard to the releasing of Hillary Clinton’s personal emails – and it is a fight that has a long way to run. The 55,000 pages of emails relating to the former Secretary of State and likely presidential candidate may be released, but that date
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Office today announced the filing of four complaints involving deceptive marketing and sales of computer software and tech support services to Florida consumers, many of whom are senior citizens. The call centers, located in the Delray Beach and Boca Raton area, allegedly used deceptive marketing, such as pop up ads
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LawFuel.com – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Leslie R. Caldwell, the Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, and Michael E. Horowitz, the Justice Department Inspector General, announced that JOHANNES THALER and RIZVE AHMED, a/k/a “Caesar,” were sentenced yesterday in White Plains federal court to
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Although lawyers work with words and can wield them to great effect, experitneced law teacher Bryan Garner writes in the ABA Journal that they can also be the most “inept wielders of words” – particularly transactional lawyers. He blames the law schools who inundate students with poorly-written and legalese-ridden opinions that he claims read like
Scheme Victimized More Than 1,000 Individuals Throughout the United States Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Acting Assistant Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer of the Justice Department’s Civil Division, and Ronald J. Verrochio, the Inspector-in-Charge of the Miami Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), announced today
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