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Massive Internet Fraud Nets Extradicted Estonian Defendant at Least $14 Million

Featured / October 31, 2014

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the extradition of VLADIMIR TSASTSIN from Estonia to face charges of computer intrusion, wire fraud, and money laundering, among other offenses. The charges relate to the alleged operation of a massive and sophisticated Internet fraud scheme that infected with […]

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UK Lawyers Face “Nuclear Option”

Law Firms, UK Law / October 31, 2014

British law firms and barristers’ chambers have been threatened with the “nuclear” option of having quotas imposed, according to a recently released Diversity Legal Table report showing different approaches are required to improve the lot of women and ethnic minorities in British law firms and chambers. Its annual Diversity Legal Table report also suggested different

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Key Issues When Choosing a Professional Indemnity Policy

Law Firms / October 31, 2014

How do you read a professional liability or errors and omissions policy? One of the keys is to look at exclusions, something that any lawyer seeking a good professional indemnity policy should consider closely. Financial Planning took a look at PI policy issues and looked at the key to understanding the specifics of any such

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Banks Requiring Law Firms to Firm Up on Hacking

Featured / October 31, 2014

Hacking is the bane of many a business, law firms included. But, as the Wall Street Journal reports, the large banks are now demanding that their law firms do more to protect sensitive information to ensure that they don’t become back doors for hackers. Once given special status as trusted third parties, lawyers, particularly those

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Denver Lawyer Jailed for Defrauding IRS

Lawyers / October 31, 2014

DENVER – Eva Melissa Sugar, age 61, of Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced earlier this week by U.S. District Court Judge John L. Kane to serve 18 months in federal prison for conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with the collection of taxes, United States Attorney John Walsh and IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent

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The 8 Most Arrested Celebrities

Law Firms / October 30, 2014

People love lists and celebrities love publicity – but when it comes to the celebs with the longest arrest sheet then maybe the publicity is to be avoided. Maybe. Fame10 have a list of the 8 most-arrested celebrities and it features the usual suspects, you might think The “Most Arrested” title on the list goes

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Prominent Team of Transactional Lawyers Joins Baker & McKenzie in Mexico

Law Firms / October 30, 2014

LawFuel News Service – Mexico City, Mexico, 28 October 2014 – Baker & McKenzie Mexico welcomes a group of distinguished transactional lawyers in Mexico City to continue expanding its corporate, mergers and acquisitions, infrastructure and telecommunications practices. The team of lawyers is formed by Carlos Valencia, Miguel B. de Erice, Tatiana Escribano, Luis Álvarez, Javier

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Law Firm Sees 400% Lead Increase in Only Three Months

Press Releases / October 30, 2014

LawFuel.com- The Law firm marketing news service – Every company has that one thing in which they specialize, be it design, food service, or real estate. IntelliBright specializes in utilizing online marketing tools to bring more customers to businesses and increase your sales. The total online marketing package is finely tuned to generate leads and

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DLA Piper named “Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year” by Who’s Who Legal

Law Firms / October 29, 2014

October 24, 2014 – DLA Piper is pleased to announce that it was named as “Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year” by Who’s Who Legal for the firm’s commitment to maintaining a leading pro bono practice and for providing phenomenal work in 2013. Last year, DLA Piper handled 207,000 hours of pro bono work

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Personal Injury Attorney Retained Over Joan Rivers’ Death

Law Firms / October 29, 2014

Joan Rivers’ daughter Melissa has retained the services of personal injury and medical malpractice attorney Ben Rabinowitz to look into the death of her mother. Joan Rivers, who died Sept. 4 from complications during a medical procedure. “In order to fully determine the facts and circumstances surrounding the death of Joan Rivers, we confirm

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