Baker & McKenzie – Companies raised $72.8 billion through cross border initial public offerings in 2014, more than doubling the amount from last year. The amount raised is the highest since the financial crisis. Baker & McKenzie has released the 2014 year-end edition of its Cross-Border IPO Index, a semiannual scoring and analysis of cross-border […]
What is going on with “The Interview” cancellation, the SONY hacks, the endless problems and embarrassments facing the studio? Their lawyer is super lawyer David Boies so he should know and he’s come out with a letter to media indicating there could well be legal action that would follow hacked and dispersed content from the
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Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Philip R. Bartlett, the Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), announced today the arrest of KRIS SERGENTAKIS for retaliating against a witness and stalking. The Complaint alleges that SERGENTAKIS has engaged in a scheme to
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Being a Judge is a responsible job requiring requisite decorum and behaviour. But a directive coming from the Florida Chief Justice has somewhat dispelled the image, showing that judges are bad boys and girls just like any other kids. Really. The Chief Justice, Jorge Labarga has directed his troops – being ththis month from Florida’s
The Tinnitus Remedy course is one of several online and the issue is always: do they work, or are they a scam? >> You Can See How the Easy Cure Program Works Here The reviewers who have checked Tinnitus Remedy have consistently voted the course the best of the online (and several “offline”) remedy courses
Senior Venezuelan Banking Official Received at Least $5 Million in Bribes in Exchange for Directing Business to U.S. Defendants Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Leslie R. Caldwell, the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice, announced the guilty
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“The Interview” release has been stopped in the wake of terror threats from Sony’s hacker enemies. The hacking attack on Sony was believed to be in retaliation for the release of “The Interview,” a comedy about an assassination attempt on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un starring Seth Rogen and James Franco. Sony announced it
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“Our efforts to reform Rikers Island continue. Following last week’s conviction of correction officer Austin Romain for taking bribes and smuggling drugs into Rikers Island, today a jury convicted former Rikers Island captain Terrence Pendergrass of a federal civil rights crime. The jury unanimously found that Pendergrass violated Jason Echevarria’s constitutional rights by deliberately
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Who can question Barbara Walters’ pick for the most fascinating person of 2014 – even when she’s picked a lawyer who married a heartthrob actor. In this case, of course, it’s Amal Clooney, or the former Amal Alamuddin. So how did the lawyer make the list? Already an accomplished international human rights attorney, the new
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Fishman Marketing – It’s a nice simple e-card that gently supports the firm’s brand. A number of years ago we worked with the wonderful Maggie Watkins, then CMO of 200-lawyer Best Best & Krieger to develop a new brand and website. We’d joked that she was literally working at the Best firm. Twice. In fact, in a
