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Lex Mundi Names Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. as Exclusive Member Firm for India

Press Releases / July 25, 2015

(HOUSTON, July 22, 2015) Lex Mundi’s Board of Directors voted unanimously to admit Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. as the exclusive member firm for India. Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. is a full service law firm with offices in Delhi, Mumbai, Gurgaon, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Bangalore. Founded on a century of legal achievement, the firm

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Iran Sanctions Relief: The Implications

BigLaw / July 25, 2015

“Sanctions Relief Under the P5+1 Agreement With Iran: Implications for US, EU and International Business” Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | Jamie L. Boucher, Bernd R. Mayer, William J. Sweet, Jr., Eytan J. Fisch, Francois Michaud, Richard W. Roeder Editor’s note: This article was updated on July 23, 2015, to reflect certain additional

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“Supreme Court: A Term-End Review”

BigLaw, US Law / July 24, 2015

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | Boris Bershteyn, Daniel B. Weinstein Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect Supreme Court decisions through June 29, 2015. As the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2014-15 term concluded, the Court resolved several cases with potentially wide-reaching implications for a range of important policy and business issues.

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Newport Beach Attorney Gets 30 Months’ Prison for Swindles

Featured / July 24, 2015

SAN DIEGO – Attorney Gino Paul Pietro appeared in two federal courthouses this week, where he was collectively sentenced to serve 30 months in prison for participating in separate fraud schemes in Orange and San Diego counties. On July 20, 2015, U.S. District Judge Andrew Guilford in Santa Ana ordered Pietro to serve 24 months

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TV Lawyer Found Dead in Apartment

Rankings / July 24, 2015

TV lawyer Loredana Nesci has been found dead in her apartment. The cop-turned-lawyer, also known as The Legal Diva, became a celebrity through her show “Loredana Esq” on the Sundance Channel, was found by police and her long time boyfriend, Robert Reagan, 51, has been arrested in connection with the dea He is being held

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The Inspiring Lawyer Who Helped Foster 1000 Kids

Rankings / July 24, 2015

Lawyer Gene Balloun is hooked on fostering. Mr Balloun, a Kansas City lawyer, has fostered 29 children together with his wife, but he has also helped over 1000 children find permanent homes by using his legal knowledge to help foster parents to adopt kids. When Mr Balloun and his wife fostered their first child, David,

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9-Step Way For Lawyers to Jet-Propel Their LinkedIn Reach

Law Firm Marketing / July 23, 2015

John Bowie, LawFuel – Using LinkedIn properly can provide lawyers with a source of new business that can produce results more effectively than most other marketing tools available. The ability to use large scale ad budgets for browing a law business is out of reach for most firms. But if you use LinkedIn properly

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Music Licensing Settlement Gives Fair Market Value to Music Creators

Featured / July 23, 2015

No Damages Paid; Settlement Prohibits Future Anti-Trust Claims New York, NY (July 23, 2015) – SESAC, Inc., a leader and innovator in music licensing that serves music creators, publishers, as well as users of music, today announced that the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC) has voluntarily dismissed the last antitrust lawsuit remaining

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Bill O’Reilly Pushes “Kate’s Law” Hard

Uncategorized / July 23, 2015

The storm of controversy over “Kate’s Law” and the murder of the 32 year old in San Francisco by a criminal alien has continued and Fox News presenter Bill O’Reilly continues to push the issue, noting that 110 American cities and counties are refusing to obey the federal government over enforcing immigration laws. This, O’Reilly

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NY State Senator Libous Guilty of Lying to FBI

Uncategorized / July 22, 2015

Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that New York State Senator THOMAS W. LIBOUS was found guilty of making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) following a seven-day trial in White Plains before the Hon. Vincent L. Briccetti, United States District Judge. Manhattan U.S.

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