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Why Webinars Are One of the Best Ways For Law Firm Business Development – Some Key Tips

Briefings, Briefings, Law Marketing /
Contentmarketing

ON24 –  Webinars are great ways to maintain connections and educate both clients and prospects on business and legal issues of interest and concern to them. They also happen to be one of the best ways for business development managers and partners within your firm to identify and develop qualified leads. Think of it this way. Marketing

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5 Top US Lawyers Who Come From Shithole Countries

Headlining, LawStars, Lawyers /
Somali

Donald Trump’s reference to immigrants from ‘shithole countries’ – notably Haiti, Central American and African countries – has hit more than a nerve with any number of countries, diplomats, leaders and others. So we thought we would look at a quick sampling of top US lawyers who come from such ‘shithole countries’, ranging from Somalia

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Acting Boss of Bonanno Crime Family and Others in La Cosa Nostra Charged in Manhattan Court

Press Releases /

Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), Michael C. Mikulka, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Regional Office of the United States Department of Labor, Office

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False Claims Act 2017 – The Year in Review

Briefings, Briefings /

Wilmer Hale –  False Claims Act (FCA) recoveries topped $3.7 billion in fiscal year 2017, marking the eighth straight year of annual recoveries in excess of $3 billion. Healthcare cases, including ones involving drug and device companies, accounted for most of the total, at roughly $2.47 billion. Recoveries in Defense Department cases increased to approximately

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Former Veterans Affairs Official Pleads Guilty to Taking Bribes From Parking Lot Operator

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LOS ANGELES – A former contract officer with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs was charged today with filing a false federal tax return and lying to VA investigators when he denied taking bribes from the operator of parking lots at the VA’s Los Angeles medical campuses. Ralph Tillman, 58, of Whittier, who was

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Mobile Phone Executive Draws 5 Year Prison Term for Multimillion Dollar Phone Fraud Scheme

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Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that FRASER THOMPSON was sentenced today to five years in prison for his participation in a fraudulent scheme to charge mobile phone customers millions of dollars in monthly fees for unsolicited, recurring text messages without the customers’ knowledge or consent

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Spotify’s $1.6 Billion Lawsuit Problem

Briefings, Briefings /
Spotify

McKee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C.- Spotify has a growing copyright problem and as previously discussed on this blog (here and here) they are no stranger to copyright infringement lawsuits. Wixen Music Publishing Inc. recently filed a complaint seeking $1.6 billion in damages alleging copyright infringement. On December 29th, Wixen filed suit in California federal court

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Student Loan Fraud Charges Against Former Director of Financial Aid of Graduate School

Press Releases /
Columbia

Melanie Williams-Bethea Engaged In Kickback Scheme With Students, Three Of Whom Are Also Charged Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Debbi Mayer, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Education Office of Inspector General, Northeastern Regional Office (“ED-OIG”), announced today the unsealing of

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