LawFuel.com – Hogan Lovells represented 3M in its definitive agreement with Polypore International Inc. to acquire the assets and liabilities associated with Polypore’s Separations Media business for a total purchase price of US$1.0 billion. The Hogan Lovells cross-border, multidisciplinary team was led by Washington D.C. corporate partners Joseph Gilligan, Paul Manca, Brian O’Fahey, and
Williams Mullen – By Kelsey S Farbotko – Data breaches are at the forefront of the news, and many companies, including those dominant in the health care industry, have found themselves front and center in the headlines. Although recent news stories have focused their attention on attacks on major, nationwide companies resulting in massive data
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SANTA ANA, California – A Huntington Beach woman was sentenced today to 63 months in federal prison for embezzling nearly $3.5 million from her former employer, a warehouse and trucking-services company. Patricia A. Francisco, 62, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Cormac J. Carney after the defendant pleaded guilty in August to four
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It has been one of the more high profile workplace discrimination lawsuits, involving gender issues and filed by the media personality and ‘trans blogger’ B Scott in 2013 against BET and parent company Viacom for $2.5 million and has been settled. The gender issues involved the personality being discriminated against for dressing in clothing that
LawFuel.com – Melody He-Chen has joined DLA Piper as a partner in the Corporate practice in Hong Kong, adding further strength to the firm’s award-winning Capital Markets Group. He-Chen advises investment banks and corporations on capital markets and corporate matters in Asia and the United States, where she has also practiced. She focuses on
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“American Sniper” ; “Boyhood” – best picture at the Oscars. We’ll, we don’t know because as this goes to air the Oscars are just beginning. But whatever the outcome, whatever movie is best picture this year, for lawyer April Reign they’re all just too white. Reign is also a social media expert and blogger who
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Shah Peerally, Esq. Shah Peerally is principal in Immigration law firm The Shah Peerally Law Group Lately, the news has been filled with immigration matters especially since president Obama has set out his famous “Executive Orders” allowing millions of immigrants to get a work permit and stay in the United States on a deferred action
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It’s an unusual employment court case, even for a law firm. Or, we should say MORE so for being a law firm. It involves a Big Law employee who authored a steamy, erotic novel and whose employment was terminated amid claims of sexual harassment following a drunken sexual encounter with a former partner in the
Lawyers Hogan Lovells have put in place what may be the first pro bono program for AMLaw 100 firms that involve not just their lawyers, but non-lawyers as well, to engage in community service work. Hogan Lovells employee over 5000 staff iin 25 countries and their proposal involves handling community service of 25 hours a
The recent media nightmare for Clifford Chance and their YouTube debacle has highlighted the need for law firms to take extra care over how they handle media, particularly social media. The need for firms to adopt a comprehensive and effective social media policy has never been greater. The dubious actions of disgruntled employees or malevolent
