[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The assistant to the fired acting Attorney General Sally Q Yates has been hired by British-based Big Law firm Linklaters in their Washington DC office. Ms Yates was fired by the President after refusing to enforce his executive orders in the so-called “Muslim ban”. Her deputy is Matthew S Axelrod, who has taken a […]
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Ken Day* – Let’s face facts – many lawyers ‘of a certain age’ are just happy where they are with their tech skills. They are close to being Luddite in their aversion to new technology. But being tech savvy is more important than ever in the hyper competitive legal world. As the world changes
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Technology continues to cut into legal budgets, increasing the need for law firms to get ‘with it’ and increase efficiencies. Take JPMorgan, who have adopted new “COIN” software (that means ‘Contract Intelligence’), which reviews their loan agreements and cuts their legal expediture. COIN will do in seconds the work once requiring 360,000 hours each
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Defendants Provided False Patient Medical Information and Used the Identities of Doctors Who Did Not Work at the Clinic to Submit More Than $50 Million in Fraudulent Health Care Claims Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that LYLE KAMLET, a former teacher at a school in Mamaroneck, was sentenced yesterday by the Honorable Kenneth M. Karas to 39 months in prison for possessing child pornography. Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara stated: “Child pornography victimizes the
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Cravath law firm posted an online memorial to deceased partner Andrew R Thompson who died after a car accident last month. Mr Thompson, 43, was killed when a car crossed onto his lane. A prominent lawyer who specialized in M&A and corporate work, he was a popular partner at the firm. The firm’s online
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] (March 1, 2017, Chicago, IL) — Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP (KDV), a leading national law firm, today announced that it is quadrupling the size of its Chicago office with the addition of 15 attorneys from Chicago-based Baugh Dalton LLC, a boutique law firm specializing in financial services, professional and general liability, employment
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Slaughter and May advised Palamon Capital Partners in relation to the renewal of the lease of its headquarters at Cleveland House, 33 King Street, London from St James’s Property Investment Ltd for a term of fifteen years.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Could your law job actually be one of the world’s most boring? According to a new survey from a UK firm, law tops the list as the most boring of occupations. The employment firm Emolument surveyed 1,300 professionals in search of the dullest jobs across 14 professional sectors. And eight out of 10 lawyers
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Washington, DC (Feb. 28, 2017) – Venable LLP announced today that it has officially moved its Washington, DC headquarters to 600 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, located in the heart of the city’s burgeoning Penn Quarter/Chinatown neighborhood. Venable’s new flagship office, which is in a newly constructed, high-performance, next-generation building, enhances the firm’s commitment to exceptional client
