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Joint Investigation Leads to 22 Arrests and $1.3 Million Worth of Drugs Seized

Law Firms / April 17, 2015

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— LawFuel.com – More than a million dollars worth of methamphetamine is off the streets and 22 people are behind bars after a joint investigation by Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Office of Statewide Prosecution, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, the Florida Highway

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The Damage Done to The Long-Hours Lawyer

UK Law / April 17, 2015

Work hours for lawyers are the stuff of legend, we know that. Long hours, short marriages, high stress, low health. The worries about depression and other health issues have long been something that has troubled law societies and others, particularly in tougher times when lawyers may be required to work harder than ever. And now

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Indecent Attacks on the Communications Decency Act

Briefings / April 17, 2015

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Holland & Knight – If you surf Yelp before booking a restaurant, shop eBay to find bargains, or scan the HuffPo blogs for emerging political thought, thank Congress. And enjoy the free-range Internet times we live in. They may be fleeting. In 1996, in a bold, bygone bipartisan effort, lawmakers made it possible for the

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Life After Death: No Longer Inconceivable

Briefings, Law Technology / April 17, 2015

Loeb & Loeb – Recent legislation provides a framework for inheritance rights of children conceived after the death of one or both parents in very specific circumstances. Background – How We Got Here: It has always been possible for a child, conceived during the lives of both parents, to be born after one of them

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Boies Firm Eyes Major Move – But Less Space

Law Firms / April 17, 2015

Trial attorney David Boeis’ law firm may be the first tenant to sign at the new 51-story building at Hudson Yards on Manhattan’s West Side in a deal that would see the legal legend’s firm downsize from its current 150,000 square foot space in Lexington Avenue. The Hudson Yards deal would see Boies firm shed

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US Marshals Target Most Dangerous Criminals

Featured / April 16, 2015

DENVER – Today, U.S. Marshal John L. Kammerzell is pleased to announce that for the past several weeks the USMS has led a national violent crime reduction initiative, Operation Violence Reduction7 (VR7). The operation ran from March 2 to April 10, 2015. Operation VR7 has strategically focused on reducing violent crime by apprehending

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Global Investment Advisor Converted $20 Million of Client Funds

Law Firms / April 16, 2015

Michael Oppenheim Allegedly Made False and Misleading Representations To His Clients and Converted To His Own Use $20 Million Of His Clients’ Funds Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of

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Move Over Vanna White, Here Comes Marion Barry’s Kidney

Briefings, Featured / April 16, 2015

Weintraub Tobin -Scott M. Plamondon – In 2008, former Mayor of Washington, D.C., and then council member Marion Barry became ill with a kidney disease. To survive the illness, Mr. Barry required a kidney transplant, and one of his friends, Ms. Kim Dickens, came to his aid and donated one of her kidneys. Although the

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Hernandez’ Attorney “My Client is Guilty” Mistake

Featured / April 16, 2015

Who would be attorney for Aaron Hernandez, the former American football tight end who was found guilty of the first-degree murder of Odin Lloyd? Writing in The Huffington Post attorney and TV correspondent Amy Dardashtian reported on how his attorney had sealed his client’s face by making a guilty verdict a “no brainer”. His defense

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The Fugitive Lawyer

Lawyers / April 16, 2015

Emily Cohen, attorney-at-law, is facing a six year jail term for allegedly ripping off immigration clients. Now, however, she faces even worse penalties, having failed to appear for her sentencing not once, but twice. A Boulder lawyer, Ms Cohen has also removed her online presence, taking down her website, Facebook page and more. Westworld had

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