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Legislation Proposes Sweeping New Foreign Investment Review Authorities

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Skadden – On November 8, 2017, a bipartisan group of legislators led by U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger, R-N.C., alongside co-sponsors including U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., introduced parallel legislation in both the Senate and House of Representatives to update and strengthen the legal authorities of the Committee on Foreign […]

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Drug-Trafficking Doctor Guilty of Prescribing Highly Addictive Opioids

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LOS ANGELES – A doctor who operated a medical clinic in Lynwood has been found guilty of drug-trafficking charges after a federal jury found that he issued prescriptions for powerful narcotics and sedatives without a medical purpose for mostly young “patients” who sometimes traveled more than 100 miles to get prescriptions. Dr. Edward Ridgill, 65,

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Australia’s Most Powerful Lawyers

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Among Australia’s most powerful lawyers, a LawFuel Power Selection of some of the most prominent – Allan Fels Professor Allan Herbert Miller Fels AO is  regarded as the country’s leading regulator.  An Australian economist, lawyer and public servant he is best known for his job as chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission from

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Davis Polk Advises Aetna on Its Acquisition by CVS Health

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Davis Polk is advising Aetna on its approximately $77 billion acquisition by CVS Health. The transaction, which is expected to close in the second half of 2018, is subject to approval by Aetna and CVS Health shareholders, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. Aetna is one of the nation’s leading diversified health care benefits

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Dykema’s Chicago Office Adds Tax Attorney Richard L. Lieberman

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Chicago – December 4, 2017 —Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Richard L. Lieberman to its Taxation Practice Group as senior counsel in the firm’s Chicago office. Lieberman joins Dykema after spending more than eight years as a partner with Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C., where he served as

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Barrister Banbrook Banned

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The Law Society have announced that Auckland barrister Anthony David Banbrook has been struck off following a hearing on 2 November. Mr Banbrook had been a director of  failed finance firm National Finance and in 2013 was sentenced to eight and a half months’ home detention and ordered to pay reparations of $75,000 for making an

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Leveraging Blockchain For The Real Estate Industry

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Dentons – Establishing a good title and guaranteeing speedy acquisition of real estate is of paramount importance to investors, funds, and real estate developers. For example, if salient information on prior encumbrances, easements and restrictive covenants is not easily obtainable, land ownership disputes may increase transaction risks significantly. Uncertainty in property ownership globally may also

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Some Great End-of-Year Questions For Clients

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Wicker Park Group – We’ve written countless blog posts about the importance of talking with clients “off the clock” to seek feedback and gain a better understanding of their businesses, strategic goals, preferences, priorities and pressures. The attorneys doing this well have seen the simple effort make a dramatic difference in the strength of their

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