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 CHARLES A. BENNETT was arrested this morning on securities and wire fraud charges stemming from his scheme to defraud over
Innovation in the law firm business is a growing trend as profits are trimmed with increased competition and the market for law services has slumped in many areas. And so firms look increasingly to ways they can increase their innovation to drive profitability and service levels. For small Canadian law firm Conduit Law their efforts
By Sonia Girgis and Trevor James Morrison & Foerster – On 4 December, George Osborne in his Autumn Statement, announced a new UK withholding tax exemption for interest payments on UK private placements. The announcement was followed by draft legislative clauses with the Finance Bill 2015, released yesterday. The new exemption will mean that UK corporate borrowers
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Sony faces a class action lawsuit over its nightmare phone hacking scandal where employee information has been disclosed online and comments about and alternate identifies of stars. Since it’s not hard to come up with a new alias, the alias identities used include: Tom Hanks: “Harry Lauder” and “Johnny Madrid” Sarah Michelle Gellar: “Neely O’Hara”
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—LawFuel.com – Attorney General Pam Bondi announced today that more than 14,000 Floridians will receive checks totaling more than $16 million this week as a result of the national Ocwen mortgage settlement. The checks, in the amount of approximately $1,150 per claim, are being distributed to eligible consumers who lost their homes to foreclosure
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(ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.) – Adams and Reese is pleased to announce the addition of real estate attorneys Derek Houston and Amanda Taylor (pictured) as Special Counsel in the Firm’s St. Petersburg office. Houston and Taylor are both recent former shareholders from the Trenam Kemker St. Petersburg office, and they also formerly worked for Holland
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Hong Kong, LawFuel.com – Dentons advised Feiyu Technology International Company Ltd., a developer and operator of mobile and web games in China, on its initial public offering and the related listing of its shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The offering consisted of a Hong Kong public offering and a concurrent Rule 144A/Reg
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Partner Promotions Occurred Across 10 Offices Chicago — Sidley Austin LLP announced today that it has elected 32 lawyers to its partnership, effective January 1, 2015. This new partner class is made up of lawyers that represent a cross section of Sidley’s broad array of practice areas. The newly promoted lawyers are in offices across
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We received an item for a New York attorney concerned at the Victoria Secrets’ fashion show and providing reasons why it should be – tongue kind-of in cheek – regarded as illegal or at least disregarded by normal people who don’t have girlfriends or wives who wear skimpy lingerie and wings. This is not meant
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LOS ANGELES – A task force investigation into the street gang that has terrorized the Ramona Gardens housing complex in Boyle Heights for decades has resulted in a federal racketeering indictment and the arrest this morning of 25 members and associates of the criminal enterprise. During a law enforcement operation this morning,
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