Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States has filed and simultaneously settled a civil fraud lawsuit against a broker and a distributor of dairy products, alleging that defendants used false statements to buy federally subsidized dairy products. Specifically, the lawsuit alleges that HUGH […]
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Addition of McKnight & Kennedy, LLC Creates National False Claims Act Powerhouse Ross Brooks and Andrew Melzer Promoted to Partnership March 31, 2014, Washington, DC – Sanford Heisler LLP, a leading national public interest class-action litigation law firm with nearly one billion dollars in False Claims Act recovery, today welcomed two of the most successful
RIVERSIDE, California – A Lynwood gang member who pleaded guilty to federal sex trafficking charges – admitting that he used force, fraud and coercion to cause teen-age girls to work as prostitutes across Southern California – was sentenced this morning to 360 months in federal prison. Paul Edward Bell, 30, a member of the
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First PwC Legal announce their plans to become a major global player in the law business, now Ernst & Young have made their move with the purchase of the Chinese law firm Chen & Co. The Ernst & Young move marks a continuing shift among the accounting and audit firms to take on the legal
Looking at refreshing your online law firm marketing? Need some ideas as to what’s best? According to Consultwebs’ consultant, Victoria Wilson, the following are five steps you might consider taking to provide a refreshed image for your law firm website. Let’s see what Ms Wilson recommends: Post Newsworthy Content. While you could report on every
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LawFuel.com – Canadian private equity firm Onex Corporation (TSX; OCX) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell The Warranty Group, Inc., a leading global provider of warranty solutions and related programs, to private equity firm TPG for an enterprise value of approximately $1.5 billion. Kaye Scholer is advising long-term client Onex
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This article discusses the possible criminalisation of EU competition law, and compares the EU regime to the national competition regimes of individual EU Member States. It is, perhaps, time to take stock of the issue of ’criminal antitrust’ in the EU. In recent years there has been a greater focus on the criminalisation of competition
Reversing a longtime trend, the number of pedestrian fatalities declined nationwide in 2013 for the first time since 2009, including a 37 percent decrease in Ohio pedestrian fatalities, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA). Columbus personal injury lawyer Scott Elliot Smith of the Law Offices of Scott Elliot Smith said while the news
Martha Ezzard has been a lawyer, journalist and politician. Now she’s a wine maker, among other things. As former aide to Gov. John Love she also ran for the US Senate and in an interview with the Colorado Stateman, Ms Ezzard expressed her vehement disbelief in the legalization of marijuana in her home state. She
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Law firm Gibson Dunn’s 360 page report into New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s “Bridgegate” scandal has been labelled a white wash by Christie’s critics. The report, by Gibson Dunn lawyer Randy Mastro said Governor Christie, also a Republican presidential contender, “had no involvement in the decision to close these lanes and no prior kowledge
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