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
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.
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that EDWIN MEJIA was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 44 months in prison for his participation in a scheme to cash more than $400,000 in fraudulently obtained federal tax refund checks issued in other people’s names. MEJIA
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Defendants Operated a Federal Credit Union as a Captive Bank for Their Unlawful Business Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Diego Rodriguez, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and Robert Sica, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office
LawFuel.com – Defendant Also Conspired to Provide Material Support to the FARC and to Acquire and Transfer Anti-Aircraft Missiles Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that RAFAEL ANTONIO GARAVITO-GARCIA was sentenced to 25 years in prison for his participation in a conspiracy to engage
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Frankfurt, 20 July 2015 – Mayer Brown is pleased to announce that Alexander Behrens has joined the Banking & Finance practice as a partner. Mr. Behrens, who will base his practice in Frankfurt, comes to Mayer Brown from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he was a financial services specialist. Mr. Behrens advises clients, which
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New York, NY – July 20, 2015 – Schiff Hardin LLP is pleased to announce that two experienced public finance practitioners, Alphonso (“Al”) E. Tindall, Jr. and Deborah (“Debby”) Hartmann Henry, have joined the firm’s Public Finance group. Al and Debby join Schiff Hardin from Squire Patton Boggs and are based in the
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Major dating site Plenty of Fish has been sold to the world’s largest online dating site, Match.com in a deal that has plenty of lawyers involved. In a news release, Venable LLP said that it has co-advised, with Canadian business firm McMillan LLP, client PlentyOfFish Media, Inc. on its sale to the Match Group, a
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Cloud-based law firms are becoming an increasing reality and now one law firm has created the largest lateral move of lawyers from a traditional firm to a cloud-based one. Florida-based FisherBroyles LLP announced this week that eight attorneys from law firm Roetzel & Andress LPA have joined the largest cloud-based firm in the United States
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There’s a lot of ‘different’ law practised in Hollywood you might think, but for one entertainment attorney a claim that an actress attempted to have her as a sex slave is a lawsuit too far. Attorneys representing the law firm Stone, Meyer, Genow, Smelkinson & Binder LLP won a Court round this week when the
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