The IRS recently providing some information on how they follow the source of drug cartel money when it snakes into the US (or offshore) banking system. Money laundering charges are now a big part of bringing drug dealers to justice and unravelling their pipelines. From the IRS: It’s really pretty simple: No matter what the […]
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Any lawyer involved in litigation will have tales of discovery and the laborious nature of the whole darn business, but when “discovered” document don’t quite live up to expectations on the ‘other side’ then all hell could be unleashed – as happened here. Above the Law reports,” his guy’s lawyer went brutally funny on them….”
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Law firms are planning to hire more equity partners and full-time nonequity members because they are confident the demand for legal services is growing, according to a survey released Wednesday by Citi Private Bank Law Firm Group. The Law Watch managing partner confidence index survey for the second quarter, however, showed confidence in associate hiring
There has been nonsense litigation for as long as there has been litigation, and the current claimant to the title of the most pointless lawsuit is the “Sleeping Yankee” suit by a Yankees fan caught napping on camera. He’s suing ESPN for defamation, for a mere $10 million damages. Twenty six-year-old Andrew Rector is seeking
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The Hobby Lobby case showed that the Christians truly can choose some things, but when the Huffington Post’s Ryan Grim outlined the eight other laws that you may wish to pick and choose what to follow, it generated some of the highest interest in any story recently. So what are some of the laws that
More than ever before, lawyers are expected to develop new business for themselves and their law firms. Some lawyers are naturals at business development. Many others, however, have no idea how to start. Business development was not part of the traditional law-school curriculum. As a result, law firm marketers increasingly are being asked to coach
The House´s lawsuit against Obama has brought together two unlikely legal allies, a neocon lawyer and a libertarian lawyer, who may appear an unlikely duo to take on the most powerful man in the United States. Foley, a professor of constitutional law at Florida International University College of Law and Rivkin, lead outside counsel of
Bankruptcy expert and writer Daniel Clark looks at some of the key factors to be considered in the case of New Jersey bankruptcy law, but which are also applicable to other jurisdictions too. Bankruptcy is a legal status of a person or any other entity who cannot repay the debts that is being owned
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The full sentence comments made by Justice Sweeney when sentencing Rolf Harris, convicted of 12 offences of indecent assault. Rolf Harris you are 84 years old. You have no previous criminal convictions or cautions recorded against you. You are no longer in the best of health. For well over 50 years you have been a
John Bowie – It’s been hot here in London, but the criminal courts have seen the hottest time in many years with the hacking charges last week and Rolf Harris this. If that’s not enough, Monty Python are reuniting as if this is one big, teary return to the 70s. Murdoch, News of the World,
