LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles physician who operates a medical clinic in Hollywood was indicted today for a $33 million scheme to defraud Medicare, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney André Birotte Jr. of the Central District of California, Special Agent in Charge Glenn R. […]
LOS ANGELES – The former CEO of Axium International, Inc., which was a leading Hollywood payroll services company until its collapse in 2008, has been arrested on federal tax charges that allege he took millions of dollars of company funds and failed to report the income to the IRS. John Visconti, 71, of Beverly Hills,
Courtroom outbursts go with the territory in terms of testy exchanges between attorney and Judge, but when Las Vegas lawyer Jacob Hafter was denied a motion to alter a trial date due to a conflicting Jewish holiday, he took to Facebook to call the Judge both a “racist” and an anti-Semite it didn’t go down
CHICAGO, ILL. (May 30, 2014) — The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that John R Linzer has joined the firm’s Chicago office as an associate in the Intellectual Property Practice Group. Prior to joining the firm, Linzer was an attorney at Beem Patent Law Firm in Chicago. His practice focuses
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President Obama broke the law with his deal over Bowe Bergdahl’s release. That’s the clear sentiment – confidently expressed in multiple corners of the media over the Obama administration’s failure to notify Congress of the release of five Guantanamo Bay detainees when making their deal for the exchange of American soldier Bowe Bergdahl. One such
The issue of fees and who is entitled to them is central to just about any law firm’s identity and life. But in the case of some of the largest-ever law firm failures – Coudert Brothers, Thelen LLP and Dewey & LeBoeuf, the issue has reached the highest court in New York. So who deserves
American Securities LLC, a leading U.S. private equity firm, today announced its acquisition of Grede Holdings LLC in partnership with the Company’s management team. Grede is a leading manufacturer of cast, machined and assembled components for transportation and industrial markets. The Company was majority owned by a private investment fund managed by Wayzata Investment Partners
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Steve Ballmer’s purchase of the LA Clippers for $2 billion is the biggest NBA deal ever and a big deal for the former Microsoft Chief Executive who is used to big deals. The Clippers sale was negotiated by Shelly Sterling who co-owns the team with her husband Donald, who in now embroiled in litigation with
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Nestlé S.A. in its agreement to acquire from Valeant Pharmaceuticals, for $ 1.4 billion in cash, several key aesthetic dermatology products in the U.S. and Canada. North America represents more than half of the world’s fast-growing medical aesthetics market. The assets will reside within Nestlé’s Skin Health division,
The rarity of African-American partners in the Am Law 100 law firms is such that they can be counted on one hand and the crisis of diversity in the white, male dominated law business raises its ugly head yet again. For lawyers like Grace Speights at Morgan Lewis & Bockius, a labor and litigation partner,
