We know that plaintiff lawyers don’t always receive the greatest press or enjoy big wins every day, or week. But last week the much talked-about class action lawsuit against washing machine company Whirlpool – in the law machine since 2008 – took just two hours to be thrown out. The case involved a claim in […]
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Getting clients to pay on time is a major issue for businesses and professionals everywhere. Lawyers are no exception. A LexisNexis survey indicated that almost three-quarters of all firms experienced past due accounts. Here’s an Infographic from LN to explain the position. Invoicing and billing present steep challenges for law firms. According to a recent law firm
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today that GREGORY RORKE was arrested this morning on securities and wire fraud charges stemming from his alleged scheme to defraud investors
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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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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
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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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
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
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
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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