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NY State Senator Malcolm Smith Charged by US Attorney

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LawFuel.com – Two New York City Party Leaders and Two Elected Officials in the Village of Spring Valley Also Charged in Bribery Schemes   Charges Include Cash Bribes of More Than $100,000 Changing Hands in Connection With Republican Mayoral Ballot, City Council Discretionary Funds, and Spring Valley Development Project Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for …

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Leading Privacy, Consumer Protection and Cybersecurity Lawyers Join Morrison & Foerster

SAN DIEGO (April 1, 2013) – LawFuel.com – US Law Firm News – Morrison & Foerster today announced that leading privacy and consumer protection lawyer Andrew B. Serwin has joined the firm as a partner, along with of counsel Peter F. McLaughlin and associate Daniel Muto. The additions enhance a group widely lauded as one …

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Beverly Hills Importer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Obstructing the IRS

    Los Angeles- Zvi Sperling, of Beverly Hills, pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to defraud the IRS in the collection of income tax before U.S. District Court Judge John F. Walter on Friday.   Zvi Sperling, 62, formerly of Tel Aviv, Israel, admitted he opened and maintained foreign bank accounts, using nominee entities …

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Owner of Nine Marijuana Stores in Orange and Los Angeles Counties Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking and Tax Evasion Charges

Owner of Nine Marijuana Stores in Orange and Los Angeles Counties Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking and Tax Evasion Charges           SANTA ANA, California – A San Clemente man pleaded guilty this morning to federal drug trafficking and tax offenses in relation to a string of nine illegal marijuana storefronts that generated millions of …

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Woman Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Providing Material Support to Terrorists by Sending Money to Pakistan to Be Used in Attacks against U.S. Forces Overseas

        SANTA ANA, California – LawFuel.com – A Turkish citizen who resides in Orange County was sentenced this morning to five years in federal prison after admitting she provided material support to terrorists by wiring money to Pakistan to help fund attacks against American military personnel.         Oytun Ayse Mihalik, 40, of La Palma, a …

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Skadden Arps Sees Two Partners Named Among Deal Makers of the Year

On March 28, The American Lawyer named two Skadden partners — global corporate finance practice co-head Stacy Kanter  and mergers and acquisitions attorney Nancy Lieberman (pictured) — among the publication’s “Dealmakers of the Year.” Ms. Kanter was profiled for her advising Realogy Holding Corp. in its $1.2 billion initial public offering, which was the largest private …

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DLA Piper and The “Bill That Knows No Limits”

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International lawyers DLA Piper have been caught in the middle of the billable hour grinder in a publicity nightmare that has seen the firm blame a client for over-billing before having to confront the demon of over-charging itself – a deer in the headlights that is now embarrassed over an unseemingly site and one that …

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REED SMITH ADDS HIGH-PROFILE LITIGATION PARTNER IN HOUSTON

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Hardin Brings Top-Tier Pharma, Medical Device & Energy Industry Experience (March 26, 2013, Houston, TX) – LawFuel.com – Law Firm Newswire – Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Julie Hardin as a partner in the Life Sciences Health Industry and Energy and Natural Resources Groups.  Julie, who joins from Fulbright & Jaworski, is …

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Grand Jury Indicts Former Fannie Mae Employee for Allegedly Taking Kickbacks from Arizona Real Estate Broker

          LOS ANGELES – LawFuel.com – US Law Newswire – A former sales associate with the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) was named today in a federal grand jury indictment that accuses him of taking kickbacks from a real estate broker in exchange for providing him with foreclosed properties to sell on behalf …

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Clifford Chance advises the lenders on the phase I financing of the Gebze-Orhangazi-Izmir motorway (including the Izmit Gulf crossing suspension bridge) in Turkey

  International law firm Clifford Chance has advised the finance parties on the signing of a limited-recourse US$1.4 billion facility to Otoyol Yatirim ve İşletme A.Ş. in connection with the financing of phase I of the Gebze-Orhangazi-Izmir motorway (including the Izmit Gulf Crossing suspension bridge), tendered under the Turkish BOT law. Phase I includes the …

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