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Akerman Attracts Former CFPB and JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. Executives

Firm Grows Consumer Financial Services Practice in New York and Washington, D.C. NATIONAL – September 10, 2018 – Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced the continued expansion of the Consumer Financial Services Practice Group with partners Eric Goldberg and Erica Stein. Goldberg joins the firm from the Consumer Financial Protection

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Perkins Coie Joins ABA Campaign to Improve Mental Health and Well-Being in the Legal Industry

SEATTLE (September 10, 2018) – Perkins Coie, a global law firm with more than 1,000 attorneys, is pleased to announce its support of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) campaign aimed at decreasing substance use and improving the mental health landscape in the legal profession.  To underscore its support, Perkins Coie has signed a pledge to adopt

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Sir Geoffrey Palmer calls for bold overhaul of ‘unjust and discriminatory’ ACC

Former Prime Minister the Right Honourable Sir Geoffrey Palmer QC used the 2018 Sir Owen Woodhouse Memorial Lecture at Victoria University of Wellington this evening (Monday 10 September) to call for a bold and visionary overhaul of New Zealand’s accident compensation system. Unjust discriminatory aspects of the system need to be eradicated, Sir Geoffrey told

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NZ Immigration – Employer Assisted Visas: addressing the unwritten trade-off

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Aaron Martin* Leading Immigration Lawyer for NZIL, Aaron Martin, explains the changes that will be made to the Employer Assisted Work visa this November. If New Zealand employers allow for it, Aaron believes this won’t only be a win for new migrant graduates, but Kiwi employers as well. Upcoming Immigration law changes in November mean holders of

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Gender in the Law & Minority Bias in Legal Profession Confirms Womens’ Worst Fears: Why The Law Profession Is Failing on These Fronts

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A new report on racial and gender in the law bias in the US has demonstrated how rampant the bias is and why efforts to control it are failing. The report, “You Can’t Change What You Can’t See: Interrupting Racial & Gender Bias in the Legal Profession,” is based on a 2016 survey of 2,827

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Baker + McKenzie Adds Legal Innovation ‘Ambassador’ to IPTech Practice Group

Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie has appointed Dera Nevin to join its IPTech Practice Group. A preeminent international ambassador for legal innovation, Dera has significant global experience designing and implementing technology solutions, building e-Discovery operations, implementing vendor convergence, and spearheading strategic initiatives to increase information governance, litigation readiness and data quality. She is widely

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Former Pasadena Police Lieutenant Agrees to Plead Guilty to Illegally Trafficking ‘Off Roster’ Guns and Lying on ATF Form

LOS ANGELES – A Sierra Madre man who until earlier this year served as a lieutenant in the Pasadena Police Department has agreed to plead guilty to two federal felony offenses related to the illegal sale of more than 100 firearms over the course of three years. Vasken Kenneth Gourdikian, 48, who resigned from the Pasadena

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FORMER WORLD BOXING CHAMPION SENTENCED IN MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON

Avtandil Khurtsidze Previously Convicted at Trial of Racketeering Conspiracy and Fraud in Connection with his Role as an Enforcer for the Shulaya Enterprise             Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that AVTANDIL KHURTSIDZE, a former world boxing champion and the chief enforcer for Razhden Shulaya, was

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Russian Hacker Allegedly Behind Attacks on US Financial Institutions, Brokers and News Company

            Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney, Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and David E. Beach, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Secret Service New York Field Office (“USSS”) announced today that ANDREI

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The Importance of Record Keeping in Anti-Money Laundering Compliance

  Record keeping is often found to be a problematic area during an AML CFT audit. The lack of record keeping is more common in small and medium sized businesses where communications between staff are informal. To meet the criteria of record keeping it is recommended you consider the following – Should a meeting between

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