Pittsburgh, PA – Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that James J. Barnes has joined the Firm as a Partner in the Corporate, M&A, and Securities group and has been appointed Partner of Strategic Development for the Pittsburgh office and co-chair of the Firm’s Family Office practice. Mr. Barnes joins Blank Rome from Pepper
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Mike Kelly There is a resurgence of interest in speech recognition (SR) within the legal profession currently. This same interest incidentally is mirrored in other professions such as healthcare and in business generally. It is a trend that is likely to continue. Refer to the 2014 Gartner report where Speech Recognition is now positioned as one
50 Cent (the rap artist, not the monetary denomimation) has pulled off what one music industry publication calls “the ultimate switcheroo” by turning the tables on his Big Law lawyers and suing them for $32 million (that’s the monetary denomination, not a rapper). 50 Cent hired Reed Smith to represent him in the Lastonia Leviston sex-tape
The UK’s growing focus on corporate criminal liability was seen in two recent pieces of news. Read Here
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Sir Paul McCartney has filed suit against Sony/ATV Music Publishing in New York Federal Court, seeking a declaration that he can exercise his termination rights under the Copyright Act of 1976 in order to reclaim the rights to many of his musical compositions for The Beatles.
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The only White House lawyer to resign from office, John Dean, has predicted “calamity” for President Trump following the firing of acting attorney general Sally Yates. Dean, a central figure in the Watergate scandal and regarded by the FBI as the man who was the “master manipulator” in the infamous coverup, tweeted his disapproval
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOHN AFRIYIE, a former analyst at the Manhattan-based private investment fund (the “Fund”) was found guilty this afternoon in Manhattan federal court of securities fraud and wire fraud for committing insider trading. AFRIYIE made approximately $1.5 million in
Acting Attorney General Sally Yates allegedly “betrayed the Department of Justice” by refusing to enforce the order from President Trump, who then did what he does so well and fired her. Citing her as “weak”, she took the extraordinarily rare – and many would say either brave or stupid – step of defying the White House
Women-in-law and the issues they face is a bugbear for the legal profession and continues to bug women lawyers – with good reason. Inequality and a lack of access to partnership is a continuing problem for many in the profession. According to data published by the American Bar Association’s Market Research Department in April 2016,
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Goodwin, a leading Global 50 law firm, announced today that preeminent securities and commercial litigator Marshall Fishman has joined the firm’s Financial Industry Practice as a partner, and Head of its New York Commercial and Financial Litigation Practice. Fishman brings to Goodwin more than 30 years of experience advising global financial institutions on complex multijurisdictional
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