Former Commerce City Manager and Former Baldwin Park City Attorney Bribery Guilty Pleas and Plea Agreements Unsealed LOS ANGELES – Two former top city officials in Commerce and Baldwin Park have pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme involving bribes in exchange for a corrupt Baldwin Park politician’s votes and influence over his city’s cannabis permitting
The Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister, Hon Andrew Bayly, along with the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE) have today announced a significant and wide-ranging review of New Zealand’s competition law regime. The review spans the full gambit of New Zealand’s competition regime, including: The Minister announced a number of reasons for initiating the
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Among the LawFuel power lawyers list, published this week, are a new group of inhouse legal counsel wielding considerable power in the increasing influence of inhouse counsel in New Zealand’s legal scene. The recent collapse of SolarZero has seen the New Zealand Green Investment Fund’s future thrown into some doubt after the profile collapse when
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A&O Shearman were the target of protesters from Extinction Rebellion over the big law firm’s links to fossil fuel deals that they claim amounted to $285 billion in the four year period from 2019 to 2023. The activist group claims A&O Shearman are the second-largest law firm in terms of the value of the fossel
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31. David Bricklebank The ‘bank’ is in the name and David Bricklebank’s role in New Zealand’s largest bank with assets exceeding $180 billion is one of significance given the increased regulatory and compliance requirements affecting all financial institutions. As General Counsel and Company Secretary of Athe bank since 2017, he holds a key role in
11. Alysha McClintock The headline-hogging Polkinghorne case thrust Alysha McClintock further into the limelight in 2024 and lifted fellow Power List member Ron Mansfield into the List’s upper reaches following his successful defense of the 71 year old ophthalmologist. McClintock, who was appointed Auckland Crown Solicitor in 2023 following predecessor Brian Dickey, sees her lead
LawFuel Power List 2024 During the year, the legal profession has seen new entrants, as an emerging number of influential commercial lawyers and litigators increasingly exert their influence over the profession. Women continue to also better reflect the preponderance of women law graduates as capable and effective women lawyers play a key role in shaping
“Dynamic Duo” Earned Acclaim Defending Clients in High-Profile Matters WASHINGTON, D.C. – McGuireWoods continues growing its nationally recognized Government Investigations & White Collar Litigation Department with the arrival of Washington, D.C., partners Steven J. McCool and Julia M. Coleman, who have built distinguished careers defending clients in high-profile criminal prosecutions and investigations. McCool is a former federal prosecutor and prominent trial
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LONDON, November 22, 2024 – Leading international law firm Proskauer is pleased to welcome John Goldfinch as a partner in the Firm’s Global Finance practice in London, effective December 2, 2024. John brings over 20 years of highly specialized experience in structured finance, with a focus on collateralized loan obligations (CLOs). John advises CLO managers on all aspects
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LOS ANGELES – A San Fernando Valley man has agreed to plead guilty to a federal felony charge for swindling clients – many of them elderly church parishioners – in a long-running Ponzi scheme that took in more than $5.9 million in victim investor money, the Justice Department announced today. Sylvein William Maximilian D’Habsburg XVII,
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