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Violent “Luchie” NY Drug Trafficker GUilty of Murder-for-Hire

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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROGER KEY, a/k/a “Luchie,” a violent and large-scale drug trafficker who operated in Manhattan and the Bronx, New York, was found guilty yesterday in Manhattan federal court of two murder-for-hire conspiracies, attempted murder, and narcotics and firearms offenses. KEY was […]

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How Bad is the McCutheon v Federal Election Decision by the Supreme Court. Very Bad.

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Mansur Gidfarwrites in the Huffington Post about the McCutcheon Supreme Court decision.  A former Upworthy deputy editor and contributor, he is the Communications Director of Represent.Us, a non-partisan national campaign to combat the undue influence of special interests in American government. The Supreme Court just decided an incredibly important case called McCutcheon v. Federal Election

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Aggregate Limits on Campaign Contributions

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LawFuel.com – Skadden Arps – On April 2, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in McCutcheon v. FEC, striking down the aggregate limits imposed on individual contributions under federal law. The 5-4 opinion held that the individual aggregate limits under federal law are invalid under the First Amendment because they do not serve

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Cherie Blair’s Law Firm (And Cherie, Too) Are Doing Very Well, Thank You

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Cherie Blair, the wife of former British PM Tony, has been doing alright since her husband left Number 10 Downing Street. Like husband Tony, who has operated lucrative business broking deals and various charitable and peace-keeping missions (the results of which are perhaps less notable), Cherie Blair operates her ultra-private law and strategy firm from

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CFTC Deadlines Approach for Swap Dealer Margin Segregation Notifications and Buy-Side Responses

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LawFuel.com – Skadden Arps – Market participants that enter into uncleared swaps should expect to receive notifications from swap dealer (SD) and major swap participant (MSP) counterparties regarding segregation of initial margin for swaps. Dodd-Frank amended Commodity Exchange Act Section 4s(l) to provide SD and MSP counterparties with the right to have any initial margin

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Davis Polk Advises on Acquisition of Seacon Group

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Davis Polk is advising TE Connectivity Ltd. in connection with its $490 million acquisition of the SEACON group. The transaction, which is expected to close before the end of September 2014, is subject to certain regulatory approvals and other closing conditions. TE Connectivity designs and manufactures products at the heart of electronic connections for the world’s

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Attorney General Biondi Statement on Florida Information Protection Act

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Pam Bondi issued the following statement following the Senate Rules Committee’s unanimous passage of the Florida Information Protection Act of 2014, Senate Bill 1524, sponsored by Senator John Thrasher. “We must do everything we can to help protect Floridians’ identities in the wake of a data breach, and I am grateful to

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Three Arrested on Money Laundering, Health Care and Tax Fraud Charges

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            LOS ANGELES – Three people who were recently named in a superseding indictment that adds health care fraud charges to money laundering and tax fraud schemes were arrested this morning by federal authorities.         Edgar Hakobyan, 30, of Glendale; Karen Sarkissian, 43, of Glendale; and L’Tanya Smith, 57, of Ladera Park, were

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