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Edward Schwartz Joins Reed Smith’s Global Regulatory Enforcement Group in DC

Press Releases / May 17, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 16, 2018 – Reed Smith today announced that Edward B. “Ed” Schwartz has joined the firm’s Global Regulatory Enforcement Group as the Co-Chair of its Antitrust & Competition Team and partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He was previously the firmwide Practice Group Leader of the Antitrust Practice at Steptoe &

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NY Fund Manager Charged With $21 Million Belizxe Fund Scheme to Defraud Investors

Press Releases / May 17, 2018

Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Philip R. Bartlett, the Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), announced today that BRENT BORLAND, the owner and principal of a New York-based investment fund known as Belize Infrastructure Fund I LLC (“Belize

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Healthcare Law – Law Firm Claro Launches Online Legal Eduction

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases, Press Releases / May 16, 2018

Specialist health sector law firm, Claro, has launched an online training platform to help New Zealand’s approx. 150,000 regulated and non-regulated health professionals, their employers, and those who work with and advise them, to reduce avoidable mishaps and their consequent legal risk. Managing Partner Dr Jonathan Coates, says “the law can have a major effect

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MinterEllison – Progressive Law Firm Welcomes New CDO

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases / May 16, 2018

MinterEllisonRuddWatts is delighted to announce the appointment of Sarah Thirlwall as the firm’s new Chief Digital Officer, effective 14 May 2018. Sarah will join the progressive law firm’s leadership team to advance new technology that will further increase efficiencies while ensuring security of the firm’s IT environment. Announcing Sarah’s appointment, the firm’s CEO Mike Schubert

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Law Firms / May 16, 2018

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8 Women Who Fought (Or Still Fight) Sexual Harassment in the Law Profession

Headlining, Law Firms, Lawyers / May 15, 2018

Jan McCreal* The #MeToo campaign that has caught the law profession in its net has seen a number of women lawyers – some practising still, some not, who have spoken up about their own experiences in being harassed in the workplace. A report conducted jointly by the TUC and Everyday Sexism found that 52% of women had

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Iran Sanctions: U.S. Sanctions to “Snap Back” After Limited Wind-down Period

Briefings, Briefings / May 15, 2018

Davis Polk – On May 8, 2018, President Trump announced that he was terminating the United States’ participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”) with Iran and issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum (“NSPM”) directing his administration to immediately begin the process of fully re-imposing sanctions that target critical sectors of Iran’s economy,

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Recidivist Securities Fraudster Gets 18 Year Prison Return on His Securities Fraud Scheme

Press Releases / May 15, 2018

Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that EDWARD DURANTE, a/k/a “Ted Wise,” a/k/a “Efran Eisenberg,” a/k/a “Yulia,” a/k/a “Ed Simmons,” was sentenced today to 216 months in prison for defrauding at least 100 investors of more than $15 million. DURANTE was also sentenced for his perjurious

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DLA Piper to launch new office in Dublin with leading partner hire

Press Releases, UK Law / May 15, 2018

DLA Piper today announces that it will be opening an office in Dublin, Ireland, alongside the hire of partner David Carthy. The new office will focus on the Financial Services, Technology and Life Sciences sectors initially. David Carthy will join from William Fry, where he is a partner in the Corporate department and leads the

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New Survey Shows Concern Over Privacy, Data Theft and Financial Fraud

Briefings, Briefings / May 15, 2018

Robinson + Cole Data Privacy – A new Harris Poll for the American Institute of CPA’s (AICPA), which called 1006 U.S. adults for the report, shows interesting statistics regarding American adults’ attitudes and fears about identity theft and financial loss as a result of cyber intrusions. The poll’s conclusion is that 48 percent of U.S.

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