In 2013, a man in Wisconsin, US, was arrested for attempting to flee a police officer and driving a car used in a recent shooting. While none of his crimes mandated prison time, the judge in the case said the man had a high risk of recidivism and sentenced him to six years prison. The
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LOS ANGELES – A Downey man who operates second-hand clothing stores in Los Angeles County has been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for not reporting nearly $4 million in corporate income to the Internal Revenue Service. Jose Martin Andrade Flores, 53, the owner and operator of American Superior Used Clothing,
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Defendants Admit and Accept Responsibility for Their Conduct and Will Pay More Than $6 Million in Total to Resolve Claims Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Laura Wertheimer, Inspector General for the Federal Housing Finance Agency Office of Inspector General (“FHFA-OIG”), and Michael J. Missal, Inspector General for the
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Dykema and Loss, Judge & Ward Announce Combination Detroit/Washington, D.C. – December 4, 2018 — Dykema, a leading national law firm, and Loss, Judge & Ward, LLP, a Chambers-ranked Washington, D.C., firm, today announced their strategic combination. The combination takes effect on January 1, 2019, and will double each firm’s Washington, D.C., presence. The depth and experience of Loss, Judge
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The GC {RE}DEFINED Morrison & Foerster – The one constant in business today is change. Nonstop developments in technology, politics, regulation, culture, legislation, and financial markets now require all organizations to respond at unprecedented speed. To thrive in this environment, organizations need business leaders who are change agents; those who can inspire their own teams
One of the biggest threats facing law firms is from other lawyers – specifically those working for in-house legal teams. The development has been one that has been occurring with relentlessness for many years, with Law.com reporting last year that 75 per cent of work for legal departments is handled in-house, with more being retained
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The firm has announced its 2019 class of Skadden Fellows, a group of 28 graduating law students and judicial clerks who are devoting the next two years of their professional careers to public interest work. Since the program’s inception in 1988, Skadden has funded 849 Fellows Christina Avalos University of California, Los Angeles School of
After one of their most difficult year’s in the firm’s history following the sexual harassment issues, Russell McVeagh has announced the appointment of four new partners, three of whom are women. The firm has striven to restore its reputation following the issues over sexual harassment, implementing all the recommendations made in the independent report from
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The new president of the country’s professional body for barristers, the New Zealand Bar Association, says macho behaviour by both men and women in the legal profession has had its day. Kate Davenport QC has recently taken on the role of president and is just the second woman to lead the Bar Association. “Recently the
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30 November 2018 Chapman Tripp is delighted to announce the appointment of four new partners and two special counsels, effective 1 December, says chief executive partner Nick Wells. “I am proud to welcome our four new partners and two special counsels. Their appointments strengthen our depth and insight into different industries, and will enable
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