As if lawyers needed to be told again about the increased competition and soft market driving down their billing rates. Now a new study into the US legal industry, sitting at over $16 billion in firm invoices, and found that the “soft spot” has been first year associates, whose billing rates have been slashed. From […]
Canadian law firm Blakes has achieved top rankings in the 2014 Mergermarket Q3 rankings for M&A work The full Mergermarket rankings can be seen at this link – Click here Among the highlights: Global Highlights include: • Global M&A has accumulated US$ 2,486.1bn-worth of deals up to the end of Q3 making 2014 the third
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that CHARLES HUGGINS was found guilty in Manhattan federal court of perpetrating a multimillion-dollar investment fraud against dozens of victims across the United States. HUGGINS was convicted following a two-week jury trial before U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein.
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Erectile dysfunction is a problem afflicting hundreds of thousands of men monthly. ED has become a major issue, particularly as men are expecting an active sex life longer. Now, a new downloadable ecourse – ED Protocol – has put the lie to Big Pharma’s expensive “cures” for ED and shows anyone how they can fix
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A Calgary lawyer involved in a Ponzi scheme that attracted around $37 million from investors has drawn a nine year jail term. The long-running criminal case finished on Wednesday with the stiffest prison sentence handed to any of the three principals behind the scam. The Calgary Herald reports that Judge Allan Fradsham handed former
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It may be over 150 years old, but Scottish law firm Tods Murray LLP has struggled to meets costs and was placed in administration this week. The result is likely to be the loss of around 50 law jobs. Tods Murray was bought out by rival law firm Shepherd & Wedderburn following the appointment
What does it take to be outstanding in the law and to make your mark in the profession? Any number of factors, possibly, but in the case of Joshua Matz, there are some clear indications of someone who is able beyond his meagre years. Joshua Matz teamed up with Harvard law professor CHristopher Michel
CareMed Admits and Acknowledges that Company Representatives Made False Statements to Insurance Companies When Seeking Prior Authorization of Coverage for Costly Drugs, and Agrees to Pay $9.5 Million to U.S. Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Thomas O’Donnell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of
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Drink company Red Bull are to pay customers who bought their product between 2002 and October 3 2014 a cash payment of $10 or $15 worth of Red Bull products according to a class action settlement valued at $13 million and entered by the company last month. The company agreed to settle two consumer class
The Sex Crime of stolen photos hit the headlines – again – with the Jennifer Lawrence “issue” and in a major story in Vanity Fair, the actress refers to the sex crimes related to stolen photographs, an issue that is receiving increasing interest from lawyers and the law. “I was just so afraid. I
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