Litigation Funder Phil Newland doesn’t exactly pretend he’s doing God’s work with LPF Group, but despite the naysayers, he does say he’s on the side of the little guy to even up the litigation playing field. Celebrating its 10 years in business next year, LPF has already settled 15 cases and has achieved success for
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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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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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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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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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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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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, 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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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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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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