If anyone captures the attention of lawyers – and millions of other readers – at Christmas its John Grisham and nary a Christmas passes without another Grisham legal thriller to hit the shelves. This Christmas’s message from the master of the legal thrillers – below. December 19, 2014 Dear Reader, Another year, another chance to […]
It was only a few months ago when model Kate Upton’s lawyer was threatening legal action over the hacking of her phone to leak nude photographs. Now she’s been voted People magazine’s first-ever “Sexiest Woman” award show Thursday and revealed what ‘sexy’ means to her. She also helped kill the indication that she was “fat”
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that CHARLIE SHREM, the former Chief Executive Officer and Compliance Officer of BitInstant, a Bitcoin exchange company, and the former Vice Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, was sentenced today to two years in prison for his role in knowingly
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MELVIN LOWE, a former consultant to the New York State Democratic Senate Campaign Committee (“DSCC”), was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for conspiring with New York State Senator John Sampson to defraud the DSCC of $100,000, and
Paul Weiss – As reported in The New York Times and other media outlets, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit overturned the government’s insider trading convictions against two former hedge fund traders, Todd Newman and Anthony Chiasson, in a 28-page decision that could have a significant impact on the future of
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Sullivan & Cromwell represented China Investment Corporation (CIC) (China), CITIC Capital (Hong Kong) and Boyu Capital (China) in connection with their sale of secondary shares in Alibaba Group Holding Limited (China) resulting in approximately $1.4 billion in aggregate proceeds, completed September 18, 2014. The S&C team on the transaction included: Corporate: Alexandra D. Korry (Partner, New
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Scientific research is increasingly indicating that hearing loss can be restored or prevented in as many as half of all hearing loss cases. Hearing loss is an affliction that many fail to identify, certainly in the early stages, and yet it can be fixed often quite easily, researchers say. >> Restore Hearing Loss – Watch
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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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