LOS ANGELES – A task force investigation into the street gang that has terrorized the Ramona Gardens housing complex in Boyle Heights for decades has resulted in a federal racketeering indictment and the arrest this morning of 25 members and associates of the criminal enterprise. During a law enforcement operation this morning, […]
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McClatchey DC – The Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on harsh treatment of detainees prompted renewed calls for legal action against CIA officers, but the Obama administration on Tuesday questioned the need for criminal prosecution. No prosecutions would be warranted if the intelligence officers were carrying out U.S. government policy and following legal guidance, said senior
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Arguments that his intellectual disability should see Robert Wayne Holsey reprieved from the death penalty failed before the US Supreme Court and Holsey was killed by lethal injection Tuesday night. Lower courts had already rejected Holsey’s lawyers’ arguments that an intellectual disability and the fact that his trial lawyer was an alcoholic meant he should
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LONDON–TechNavio has announced the publication of a new market research report on the Osteoporosis Drugs Market in APAC Region, which is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.73 percent from 2015-2019. “In the US, May is celebrated as National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention month. Such initiatives are increasing the awareness of bone health among
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Gibson Dunn is a Big Law firm who have represented Walmart, the world’s biggest retailer who also faced a massive gender discrimination claim. However their Supreme Court claim fighting 1.5 million female employees in a case that could have cost the company tens of billions of dollars. Their lawyer, Ted Boutrous (pictured) won the case
Professional negligence claims in the UK are on the rise – in a big way according to reports. Legal Business reports that High Court cases against firms have tripled since last year, showing an increase of 192 per cent. City litigators say the sharp increase is primarily a result of the time limit looming for
See the Diabetes Destroyed Video – Click Here Pharmaceutical giants Merck have agreed to pay $8.4 billion for Cubist Pharmaceuticals in a major deal that sees the giant drug company move more deeply into the antibiotic area, including its focus upon diseases like diabetes. The move has been a response to more interest in some
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LawFuel.com – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DANIEL BONVENTRE, the former Director of Operations for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court today to 10 years in prison for his role in Madoff’s multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, the largest in
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LawFuel.com – Global law firm Shearman & Sterling has elected 13 counsel and associates to the partnership across its worldwide platform. The new partners practice in six offices—Hong Kong, London, New York, Paris, Singapore and Washington, DC—and in the capital markets, international arbitration, investment funds, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, project development and finance, and tax
LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles-area physician whose referrals led to more than $1.7 million in fraudulent Medicare billings was sentenced this afternoon to 24 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud Medicare related to medically unnecessary power wheelchairs and other durable medical equipment. Charles Okoye, a
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