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Allen & Overy Appoints to Paris Dispute Resolution Practice

Featured, Law Firms / February 2, 2014

LawFuel.com – Allen & Overy announced the appointment of partner Aurélien Hamelle to the Paris dispute resolution practice. Aurélien specialises in financial and business criminal law, international criminal law as well as defamation, slander and privacy law. Aurélien joins from Metzner Associés, together with associates Léonor Hennerick and Ophélia Claude by the end of May […]

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Does Facebook “Like” Privacy?

Featured, UK Law, US Law / February 2, 2014

We all know Facebook is a precocious success developed by a precocious 22 year old who turned down a billion for a company making losses. Now its worth $150 billion and faces some serious challenges from Google Plus and other social media developments. But privacy too is a major issue for Facebook, which collects data

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The Woody Allen Letter From Dylan Farrow – A Piece of Writing That Could Make a Movie

Featured / February 2, 2014

It’s awards season and Woody Allen has received something he would never have dreamt of – an open letter to the New York Times alleging sexual molestation by the director against his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow. Posted on the blog of a friend, Nicholas Kristof, the letter explains details of the experience she recalls. Allen,

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Slaugher & May Advise Acciona on Convertible Bonds Issue

Press Releases / February 2, 2014

LawFuel.com – Latest Law Firm Announcements– Slaughter and May, working as a team with Uría Menéndez, advised Acciona, S.A. on its issue of EUR 342 million 3% senior unsecured convertible bonds, with the aggregate principal amount of the securities, the coupon rate and the conversion price determined following an accelerated book building exercise by HSBC

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Ron Paul, Bitcoins & Foreign Currencies

US Law / February 2, 2014

ron paul and bitcoin and why governments don't have a monpoly on foreign currencies

Forbes contributor Nathan Lewis writes on monetary and tax policy issues and in this contribution he explains something he and Ron Paul knew a long time ago – that governments do not have a monopoly on currencies. When Ron Paul invited me to testify in Congress in 2012 on the topic of “parallel currencies,” the idea

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Former CFTC Enforcement Director Rejoins Skadden Arps

Lawyers / February 2, 2014

NEW YORK – January 30, 2014 – Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP announced today that David Meister, former Enforcement Director at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), is rejoining the firm and will become head of the Government Enforcement and White Collar Crime Group in New York. Mr. Meister left Skadden

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Amanda Knox “Hit by Train”

Law Firms / February 1, 2014

Amanda Knox plans to fight the second convictioni for the murder of Meredith Kercher, with no plans to return to Italy. The conviction “hit me like a train” she told ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’, saying she expected more from the Italian justice system. “They found me innocent before. How can they say that it’s guilt

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Chris Christie and the Smoking Gun Letter

Law Firms / February 1, 2014

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is in some bother over the traffic debacle that saw lanes closed on a bridge that the governor denied knowing anything about. A friend, David Wildstein who is on the Port Authority of NEw York and New Jersey said evidence existed that tied Christie to the closure. Wildstein’s suggestions contradict

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Sienna Miller’s Titillating Evidence

Law Firms / February 1, 2014

Actress Sienna Miller is before the phone hacking trial in the Old Bailey, London, explaining that she was unhappy about the “titillating” details disclosed in the case regarding her alleged relationship with James Bond star Daniel Craig. Miller appeared via webcam from the US and became the focus of questioning regarding evidence provided by former

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Breaking Up (A Law Firm) Is Hard To Do . .

Featured, Law Firms / January 31, 2014

Breaking up law firms is never easy . . just like romantic breakups, actually. But when a small Texas law firm broke apart it showed some rather gross details, revealed in a lawsuit filed by the former partners in the firm, Ferrer Tu & Payne. Law blog AbovetheLaw already commented that things can get tough

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