LawFuel.com – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), today announced charges against 49 defendants for participating in a widespread fraud scheme from 2004 to August 2013 to illegally obtain
An aviation attorney is an attorney like no other. You have to be prepared to play for big money. Aviation involves some of the biggest lawsuits found in the United States. The reason why the majority of attorneys work for a few big companies is because the costs of losing are so high. You can
The use of social media and its impact upon the legal system has been a matter of concern in many jurisdictions for some time. UK Attorney General Dominic Grieve is now taking steps to fit contempt of court laws into the new age of social media. [wp_ad_camp_1] The Independent reports that Mr Grieve is
SANTA ANA, California – LawFuel.com – A Long Beach man with a long history of forcing women into the sex trade pleaded guilty this morning in a sex trafficking case and is expected to be sent to prison for another decade. [wp_ad_camp_1] William Earl Flavors, also known as “Andre,” 40, who formerly resided in Seattle, pleaded
Angelovska-Wilson Bolsters Financial Services Regulatory Practice (December 3, 2013, Washington, DC)– Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Angela Angelovska-Wilson as a partner its Financial Industry Group (FIG), which comprises some 275 attorneys worldwide. Angelovska-Wilson, former counsel at Latham & Watkins LLP, will work from the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. “Angela is widely
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A class action claim in Australia and New Zealand against the ANZ bank could rise to billions, according to lawyers. The case has received massive publicity and has now started a three week hearing as the biggest consumer class action in Australian legal history. It is the first of eight actions involving over 185,000 customers
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White-shoe Big Law firm Cravath Swaine are to pay associate lawyers the same amount as last year. What can this mean? A note of caution? A degree of saving for tougher times? The Wall Street Journal reports that the youngest attorneys on the pay-scale will receive $10,000 and those with the most experience will get
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Peter Gordon is an Australian lawyer on a mission. And now it’s mission accomplished. The former Slater & Gordon lawyer put off his retirement in order to resolve a major class action claim against Thalidomide-maker Grunenthal and its distributor, Diageo. It is 50 years since Sydney doctor William McBride alerted medical authorities to the appalling
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The merger between Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has been canned – it’s official a demerger. Client conflict was given as one of the principal reasons for the termination according to a Washington Post report. [wp_ad_camp_2] The union of Pillsbury and Orrick would have created a behemoth firm with 1,700 lawyers
What do lawyers earn? Well, ranked by the largest markets in the US, the ABA Journals has published its rankings showing New York, Washington and Los Angeles are the biggest markets with the biggest payrolls. And law practise management and issues continue to evolve rapidly, driven by technology, social change and new challenges driven by
