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Law Firm Investigates Claim for Investors in Checkpoint Systems Inc

Press Releases / April 1, 2014

NEW YORK, April 1, 2014 – Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Checkpoint Systems, Inc. (“Checkpoint” or the “Company”) CKP -1.90% . Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at rswilloughby@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 237. The investigation concerns whether Checkpoint and certain of its officers and/or directors have violated Sections

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Going Legal – The Hitman Turned Tour Guide

Featured / March 31, 2014

You have to hand it to Frank Cullotta. For a former hitman depicted in the Martin Corsese movie Casino, he’s gone straight to the extent that he now shows tourists around the old criminal haunts in Las Vegas. Mind you, Mr Cullotta had already become FBI informant back in the 1980s and then had to

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US Attorney Settles Dairy Products Civil Fraud Suit

Press Releases / March 31, 2014

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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Leading Class Action Litigation Firm With Almost One Billion Dollars in False Claims Recovery Adds Partners

Featured / March 31, 2014

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

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Gang Member Who Trafficked Teens as Prostitutes Gets 30 Years’ Jail

Featured / March 31, 2014

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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Ernst & Young Enters China Law Market

Featured, Law Firms / March 31, 2014

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

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Five Ideas To Help Freshen Up Your Law Firm Marketing Online

Featured, Law Marketing / March 31, 2014

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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Kaye Scholer – Canadian Equity Firm Signs Deal The Warranty Group for $1.5 Billion

Law Firms / March 30, 2014

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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An Overview of EU Law on Criminal Sanctions

Briefings / March 30, 2014

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

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Pedestrian Fatalities Decline, But Drivers Must Remain Alert Says Ohio Personal Injury Attorney

Personal Injury Attorney, Press Releases / March 30, 2014

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

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