The class action lawsuit brought against the NZ Government, the largest such civil action lawsuit in New Zealand history, has succeeded in finding the Government was negligent in permitting the introduction of PSA, which devastated the country’s kiwifruit crop. The legal action, funded by the LPF Group, resulted in the court decision today. The media
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Tom Birkett* – The late Justice Chambers has created more controversy since his untimely death than he did during his celebrated legal career. The current Chambers debate de jour involves the High Court garden funded by the Ministry of Justice to the tune of over $340,000 and which has resulted in criticism over its funding.
LOS ANGELES – In another massive law enforcement action targeting health care fraud, federal authorities here announced today criminal cases naming a total of 33 defendants – including doctors, pharmacists and an attorney – who have been charged in a wide-range of schemes that collectively attempted to bilk public and private insurance programs out of more
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Kerry Grass* Client profiling applies to your client, as well as the beneficial owner(s) and effective controller(s). By applying a profile across your client base, you can more readily identify your higher risk clients. To establish a client profile, you first need to determine those characteristics that, if present, would increase ML/FT risk. The greater
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Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DAVID BERGSTEIN, a film producer and entrepreneur, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 8 years in prison for defrauding investors of more than $26 million. BERGSTEIN was found guilty on March 1, 2018 following a four-week jury
Clifford Chance has advised a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of CK Asset Holdings Limited on the £1 billion acquisition of 100% of 5 Broadgate, London from British Land and GIC. The landmark building which is located in the heart of the City of London was developed in 2015 and covers more than 700,000 sq ft. 5
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Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Robert E. Perez, Director, Field Operations, New York, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”), and Angel M. Melendez, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), announced today that
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San Francisco – Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Jared Jensen has joined the firm as a partner in its global Private Equity practice. He will be based in the San Francisco office. Mr. Jensen was formerly a partner with Goodwin Procter LLP. Mr. Jensen has extensive experience advising private equity and venture capital firms, their sponsored companies,
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Foley Hoag LLP has launched a new parental leave policy for its United States-based legal personnel. The new policy provides paid parental leave for up to 18 weeks to all parents, regardless of whether one is the primary caregiver or not. Previously, parents designated as a non-primary caregiver were offered 4 weeks paid leave. This
