LawFuel.com – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DANIEL BONVENTRE, the former Director of Operations for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court today to 10 years in prison for his role in Madoff’s multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, the largest in
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LawFuel.com – Global law firm Shearman & Sterling has elected 13 counsel and associates to the partnership across its worldwide platform. The new partners practice in six offices—Hong Kong, London, New York, Paris, Singapore and Washington, DC—and in the capital markets, international arbitration, investment funds, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, project development and finance, and tax
LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles-area physician whose referrals led to more than $1.7 million in fraudulent Medicare billings was sentenced this afternoon to 24 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud Medicare related to medically unnecessary power wheelchairs and other durable medical equipment. Charles Okoye, a
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Is Obsession Phrases, a new digital product designed to attract virtually any man to any woman, yet another dating-style scam? Or is this something that is based on a psychology that can mend or create a truly memorable relationship? “Obsession Phrases” is very much a 21st century product. It’s something that comes out of
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Sydney: Global law firm K&L Gates acted for the majority shareholders in the sale of 100% of the shares in SGA Property Consultancy Pty Limited (SGA) to KPMG. Rowan McDonald, K&L Gates lead partner on the deal, stated: “The combination of KPMG and SGA will allow our clients to fast track their domestic and global
NEW YORK — Dec. 4, 2014 — Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced the formation of its Restaurant Industry Group, one of the most comprehensive, multidisciplinary legal teams devoted exclusively to the restaurant industry to be established by a national law firm. The team was formed
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Freshfields – A survey of multinational companies by Freshfields shows many are complacent when many employees are willing to blow the whistle. They have a new report, details below. International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is urging multinational companies to move whistleblowing up their risk agendas as a global survey* of more than 2,500 middle
Clifford Chance – With the decision by the United States and the European Union to impose sanctions on Russia came a raft of new challenges not ordinarily contemplated even by the most seasoned sanctions experts. Commercial and financial transactions have been heavily impacted by the imposition of constraints on dealings with a major trading power
The Financial Times ranked Skadden second in the 2014 U.S./North America “Innovative Lawyers” report. We are the only firm ranked in the top two for innovation for all five years of the FT’s report. The firm had seven ranked submissions and three shortlisted for individual awards. Of particular note, we received the top score in
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that STEPHEN WALSH and PAUL GREENWOOD, investment managers and principals of WG Trading Company, LP, and WG Trading Investors, were sentenced in Manhattan federal court in connection with a fraudulent commodities trading and investment advisory scheme. WALSH was sentenced to 20
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