Second RICO Indictment Unsealed Today Focuses on Pomona-Area Gangs that Operated Under Orders Issued by the Notorious Prison Gang LOS ANGELES – More than 500 law enforcement personnel executed a major operation this morning, taking into custody 32 defendants who are charged in two federal racketeering indictments, one of which outlines how members of the
Six winners of the annual ILANZ In-house Lawyer Awards were announced at the 31st ILANZ Conference Gala Dinner on 18 May in Hamilton, following the national ILANZ conference. “The awards reflect the outstanding and varied contribution that in-house lawyers make to their organisations and their community,” says ILANZ President Sian Wingate. “In-house lawyers contribute to
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Skadden.com – Richard A. Powers recently was named the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s acting deputy assistant attorney general for criminal enforcement, a role he is expected to take on permanently. Because he is a career attorney and not a political appointee, Powers could stay in the role for an extended period of time
There can be nothing more dangerous than a law-partner or associate scorned and for star lawyer Michael Avenatti a former colleague has slapped his firm with a $10 million judgment. The claim is against Avenatti’s old firm and has brought the anticipated swift denial from Stormy Daniel’s lawyer and the man tasked with taking on
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Dechert LLP secured affirmance of its hard-fought patent trial victory for Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. relating to Endo’s OPANA® ER tablets. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the trial court’s ruling that two of Endo’s patents covering OPANA® ER are valid and would be infringed by the defendants’ proposed generic copies
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the convictions of GARY TANNER, a former executive at Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (“Valeant”), and ANDREW DAVENPORT, the former chief executive officer (“CEO”) of Philidor Rx Services LLC (“Philidor”), for engaging in a multimillion-dollar kickback scheme. TANNER and DAVENPORT
Alice Johnson* Lawyer Gregory Thwaite has stepped on the sensibilities of women and women lawyers in particular with an invitation to an international meeting that offends them on multiple levels. Mr Thwaite, chair of the Auckland branch of the Institute of International Affairs, issued an invitation thaat he presumed clever and even erudite, but which
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Robinson + Cole – Data Privacy & Security Insider The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) recently released its yearly internet crime report, which states that more than 300,000 consumers reported cyber-fraud and malware attacks in 2017, costing over $1.4 billion. Yes, that is with a “b.” The threats at the top
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Slaughter and May advised Ocado Group plc on a subscription by The Kroger Co. for up to 33,146,200 new ordinary shares in the capital of Ocado, equivalent to 5% of its existing issued share capital, at a value of £183m. Kroger is one of the world’s largest grocery retailers and a market leader in the
LOS ANGELES – Early Thursday morning, law enforcement authorities arrested an alleged gang member who had been a fugitive for nearly two years after the unsealing of a federal racketeering indictment that charges him in the attempted murder of an undercover Whittier Police Officer. Frankie Vasquez, 39, of Carson, was arrested in connection with an
