Wilmer Hale – The Supreme Court’s forthcoming decision in Christie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (Nos. 16-476, 16-477) will have profound implications for sports betting in the United States and will potentially open the door to such betting in tribal casinos across the country. The case presents New Jersey’s challenge to the constitutionality of the
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LOS ANGELES – A lieutenant in the Pasadena Police Department was taken into custody this morning on federal charges related to the illegal sale of approximately 100 firearms. Vasken Kenneth Gourdikian, 48, of Sierra Madre, who is currently on administrative leave, self-surrendered this morning to federal authorities. Gourdikian was named by a federal grand jury
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – March 1, 2018 – Margaret (Maggie) Hanrahan, a shareholder in the Charlotte office of Ogletree Deakins, has been named co-chair of the firm’s Class Action Practice Group. Hanrahan will serve alongside Patrick Hulla, who has chaired the group for more than a decade. Hanrahan has practiced employment law since 2004, spending the
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The New Zealand Law Society says a proposed requirement for lawyer certification in the Overseas Investment Amendment Bill will likely result in an increase in conveyancing costs for home buyers. A key proposed change will require certification from anyone doing conveyancing work for a purchaser, that the purchaser will not contravene the Overseas Investment Act
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Law Society president Kathryn Beck was herself the victim of serious sexual harassment as a young lawyer, she has said. The revelation comes in the latest LawTalk when the magazine interviewed Ms Beck and former president Chris Moore on matters pertinent to the release next month of the Law Society’s Gender Equality Charter, designed to counter
A federal court declared a mistrial on all counts against Skadden client James Mazzo, the former chairman and CEO of Advanced Medical Optics, in the retrial of insider trading charges brought against him by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, after the jury announced that it was “hopelessly deadlocked.” The jury
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MIAMI — March 1, 2018 — Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced litigation partner Naim Surgeon in Miami has been selected to participate in the 2018 Fellows Program of the Leadership Council
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Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Dr. EMMANUEL LAMBRAKIS, a state licensed doctor, pled guilty today to writing medically unnecessary prescriptions for oxycodone. LAMBRAKIS pled guilty earlier today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein, and will be sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge William
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Two Doctors Arrested Pursuant to Federal Indictment that Alleges Bogus Sleep Studies Helped 1-800-GET-THIN Fraudulently Bill Insurance Programs over $250 Million Related to Lap-Band Surgeries LOS ANGELES – Two doctors were arrested this morning on federal fraud charges stemming from more than $250 million in allegedly fraudulent bills related to the 1-800-GET-THIN Lap-Band surgery business.
SAN FRANCISCO – February 28, 2018 – Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome Lisa Hamasaki as shareholder in the firm’s San Francisco office. Hamasaki joins the firm from Miller Law Group, where she was a shareholder. “Lisa has an excellent reputation in the legal
