Celebrity athlete Oscar Pistorius faces judgement day today for the Valentines Day killing of his girlfriend following a six month long trial. The 27-year-old celebrity athlete faces life behind bars and notoriety that would eclipse his athletic achievements, if found guilty of deliberately killing lover Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day 2013. Grisly photos from the
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The Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group is pleased to announce the release of a practical video guide to the Canadian Competition Act merger review process. This video presents a complex legal process in an engaging and easy-to-understand format.
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Blakes is pleased to announce that 185 of our lawyers have been recognized in the 2015 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada, with 92 lawyers listed in more than one category. Each lawyer was selected to appear in the publication based on feedback from peers who are leading lawyers within the same geographical regions and
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International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has emerged as the major victor at the 2014 Asian Legal Business Hong Kong Awards, being named Law Firm of the Year. The awards, held on 5 September in Hong Kong, recognise those firms and deals that have most shaped Hong Kong’s legal landscape in the previous 12 months.
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There are DUI law cases everyday, but one that caught a DUI effort from a California woman made its inevitable way to YouTube, just before the woman was charged with DUI offences after running over her husband’s mobility scooter. The clip came courtesy of her neighbour, who saw the woman pushing her husband off the
On September 2, 2014, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., a leading global cruise operator, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Prestige Cruises International, Inc., the market leader in the upscale cruise segment and parent company of Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises, for total transaction consideration at closing of $3.025 billion, including the assumption of debt,
Sept. 8, 2014 – DLA Piper announced today that Carl Buchholz has been named managing partner of the firm’s Philadelphia’s office. Buchholz succeeds Jim Brogan, who was recently named co-chair of the firm’s US Litigation practice. Brogan has served as office managing partner since 2006, leading the Philadelphia office through significant development, substantially raising the
With Recent Pleas, 53 Linked to Massive Scheme have been Convicted SANTA ANA, California – A licensed tax return preparer has pleaded guilty to filing more than $41 million worth of false claims against the United States, making her the 53rd and final defendant linked to the quarter billion dollar “Old Quest” tax
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A Tinder date was never like this. Co-founder of the dating site, Whitney Wolfe, has settled a sexual harassment suit filed last June where she claimed that co-founders Justin Mateen and Sean Rad subjected her to a “barrage of horrendously sexist, racist, and otherwise inappropriate comments, emails and text messages.” Mateen was subsequently suspended from
Patrick Lamb is a founding member of Valorem Law Group, a litigation firm representing business interests. Valorem helps clients solve their business disputes and cope with pressures to reduce legal spend using nontraditional approaches, including use of nonhourly fee structures, coordination with LPOs or contract lawyers, joint-venturing with other firms and implementation of project management
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