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Justice Minister Little “Stunned” By Sexual Harassment Claims & Could Intervene

Lawyers, New Zealand Law News /

Minister of Justice Andrew Little is prepared to intervene formally in the law profession’s current crisis over sexual harassment issues that have to date encircles law firm Russell McVeagh and two law schools. The #MeToo movement and a variety of womens legal groups and others have been heavily critical of the Law Society’s response to […]

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Personal Injury Attorney Indicted For Stealing From Settlement For Car Accident Victim

Press Releases /

LOS ANGELES – A personal injury attorney who was recently suspended by the California State Bar was indicted today on federal charges that allege he stole the majority of a multi-million dollar client settlement, most of which should have been paid to the victim of an automobile accident. Philip James Layfield, 44, who was arrested

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Attempts to Make a Quick Profit From Fitbit Stock Leads to Two Years’ Jail

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Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROBERT WALTER MURRAY was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for manipulating the market for the stock of Fitbit, Inc. (“Fitbit”), by filing a sham tender offer with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in November 2016. MURRAY’s

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Sidley Austin Launches UK Life Sciences Practice With Maria Manley

Press Releases /

LONDON–Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Maria Isabel (“Marie”) Manley has joined the firm in London as a partner in its global Life Sciences practice. She will lead the Life Sciences team in London. Ms. Manley comes to Sidley from Bristows LLP, where she was the leader of its Life Sciences regulatory department. “Marie’s

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Five Key Metrics for Grading Your Law Firm’s Annual Performance

Briefings, Law Firm Management, Press Releases /

A law firm report card is a good thing. Much like a child’s school report card telling a parent how school is going, a law firm report card can inform firm leadership about its progress, shortfalls, and areas that need improvement. In these days of industry disruption and heightened competition, periodic assessments can give a

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Former Cocoa Cola Executives Plead Guilty To Defrauding Lenders of $400 Million

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Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that PETER G. JOHNSON and PETER B. JOHNSON pled guilty today to defrauding a group of lenders (the “Banks”) by submitting false “borrowing base” reports designed to secure and maintain a $400 million line of credit for their cocoa

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The Stormy Daniels Legal Complaint & The Noisest ‘Hush’ Agreement We’ve Heard

Headlining, LawStars /

The Stormy Daniels legal complaint, published here on CNN’s site, shows that Stephanie Clifford (aka ‘Stormy’) is claiming the NDA was invalid because Trump never signed it. Only a few weeks before the 2016 election, Cohen paid Clifford $130,000, an admission Cohen had made in a statement last month. Stormy Daniels’ lawsuit cites multiple cases of

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Scott Kapp joins DLA Piper’s Real Estate practice in Chicago

Law Firms /

March 8, 2018 – DLA Piper announced today that Scott Kapp has joined the firm’s Real Estate practice as a partner in Chicago. Kapp represents family offices, entrepreneurial clients and a diversified group of private companies at various stages of development, including private equity and venture-backed companies. He provides strategic advice on both legal and

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Litigation Funder’s Judicial Conduct Complaint “Settled”

New Zealand Law News /

The strongly worded complaint to the Judicial Conduct Commissioner by litigation funder LPF Group, as reported in LawFuel last year, has been responded to with the Litigation Funder deciding to “take the matter no further at this point in time.” Litigation Funding Group director Phil Newland wrote a nine page complaint to the JCC in

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Law Technology – LegalShield Showcases New Technology at ABA TECHSHOW

Law Firm Technology, Press Releases /

CHICAGO—Executives from LegalShield, one of North America’s leading providers of affordable legal plans and the IDShield identity theft solution for individuals, families and small businesses, hosted an experiential legal technology workshop during the 2018 ABA TECHSHOW, held March 7-10 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. David Coffey, Chief Digital Officer, Keri Norris, Senior Vice President Legal

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