Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the guilty plea of TERRY JOHNSON to falsifying records in an investigation within the jurisdiction of a federal agency. Specifically, JOHNSON, a former auditor and owner of a registered public accounting firm, pled guilty to knowingly submitting falsely backdated […]
The Commerce Commission has today released the findings of its review of 215 selected lenders’ websites for compliance with disclosure rules. The review looked at whether this group of lenders were likely to be complying with their responsibilities under the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCF Act) to display key information prominently and clearly
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New York – May 30, 2018 – The New York law firm Warshaw Burstein, LLP announced today it has introduced the WB Perspectives Podcast Series to provide businesses and individuals with insights into the issues shaping their work, life and community. “We discovered that a majority of our clients were hungry for ways to
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Los Angeles, CA (May 29, 2018) – Venable LLP is pleased to announce that Sarah S. Brooks has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Practice as a partner in the Los Angeles office. Ms. Brooks’ practice focuses on litigating intellectual property disputes, including patent, trademark, trade secrets, antitrust, and copyright litigation. Ms. Brooks counsels a broad range of
The online legal information and training provider, Baker McKenzie Link, has launched a new e-learning program that focusses on the GDPR and global data privacy ahead of the GDPR enforcement deadline, 25 May 2018. The program answers the market demand for quality online training that creates organization-wide awareness of the GDPR through scenario-based learning. With
Zurab Dzhanashvili Managed Coast-to-Coast Network of Russian and Georgian Criminals that Ran Illicit Gambling Parlor, Stole Approximately Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars of Cargo, and Plotted to Rob Victims by Seducing and Drugging them with Chloroform Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ZURAB DZHANASHVILI, of
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We live in a world of increasing disruption – most obviously in areas such as artificial intelligence, robotics, technology and transport. But increasingly whole industries are being disrupted by a very different, but equally powerful force: the courage of individuals to speak out against injustice and inequality. Think Weinstein in the United States and the
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OneThe New Zealand Law Society’s sexual harassment survey has found extensive sexual harassment and bullying in the profession, as was widely known. However women harassers were also found to be an extensive problem. One of the report’s finding was that over the past five years 14 per cent of men experienced a form of sexual
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The Commerce Commission is seeking 3,000 households to be part of a nationwide programme to monitor and improve New Zealand’s broadband performance. “Kiwis love being connected to the internet and together we spend more than $1.2 billion a year on home broadband bundles. Despite this, we know that many consumers find broadband baffling. Products and
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Law firm web design guru Jay Harrington of Harrington Communications recently wrote about the task law firms face in redesigning their websites. The changes in technology, increased competition and other factors lead many firms to undertaking web design in a way that, as he says, makes firm marketers tasked with the job of ensuring the
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