[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Law firm Dechert have had massive, multi-million pound legal bills put into question and now face litigation over their fees to a large mining client. The £16m bill was charged to mining company ENRC, but a reversal in the UK High Court poses major problems for the legal giant. The Lawyer reports that the High Court […]
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Volunteer lawyers have moved into one of the hottest new areas of law practice – assisting travelers affected by the Trump travel ban. A new website set up by lawyers and software developers has been attracting business from those affected by the so-called ‘Muslim ban’. Airport Lawyer lets users to check out information about people targeted
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Donald Trump’s severe travel restriction reversal, but there were troubles in his legal team immediately prior to the defense mounted by Camp Trump. The Justice Department changed lawyers, report Bloomberg LLP. The two lawyers representing Justice were exchanged because of their relationship with law firm Jones Day. August Flentje, a longtime Justice Department lawyer, argued
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A former Justice Department lawyer and Akin Gump partner who wore a wig and used a fake name when trying to sell a sealed whistleblower complaint to a company being investigated by the government has blown his career with the Big Law firm. Jeffrey Wertkin was intending to collect over $300,000 in the sale
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”95454″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Having grown up playing video games and following competitive gaming since high school, Blum continued his interest in eSports throughout studying law. He has worked in the community handling cases for over three years. While many were supportive of his work, he noticed that at his previous firm, certain peers and co-workers
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1, 2017 — The Scali Law Firm today announced that it has opened an Ontario office – its fourth in California – to give clients in the Inland Empire better access to the firm’s automotive law experts. The office, located at 3200 Guasti Road, Suite 100, will be led by Partner Robert Mizar, who
SANTA ANA, California – A Corona woman who embezzled more than $500,000 from her employer, an Irvine-based property management company, has been sentenced to serve 27 months in federal prison. Kristina Hosea, 46, of Corona, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Cormac J. Carney, who also ordered the defendant to pay $515,619
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SAN FRANCISCO (February 7, 2017) – Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Paul R. Mohun as a partner in the firm’s global Real Estate Group in San Francisco. Mohun was most recently associate general counsel for real estate at The Gap Inc. in San Francisco. He was previously a real estate partner
Flinging iced coffee at opposing counsel is not necessarily the most appropriate way of silencing their continued interjection and, for California lawyer Valeria Healy it resulted in a $250 sanction. The sanction was compensation for coffee-staining opposing lawyer Thomas Wallerstein’s clothes after Ms Healy was twice told to “be quiet”. The coffee break occurred when
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“Grits with that?” It may be the calling-card for successful women lawyers according to research undertaken by The Grit Project. The Grit Project was prepared by the ABA’s Commission on Women in the law profession and is to be published in a book later this year. However a Miami meeting last week showed that there
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