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Madoff Ponzi Scheme Payout: More Than $695 Million Distributors to Victims

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Payments Are the Third Distribution in a Series of Payments That Together Will Constitute the Largest Payment of Forfeited Funds in the History of the Department of Justice’s Victim Compensation Program Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s […]

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Ellyn S. Garofalo, a Veteran Trial Litigator, JoinsVenable’s Los Angeles Office

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Los Angeles, CA (November 29, 2018) – Venable LLP is pleased to announce that Ellyn S. Garofalo has joined the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice as a partner in the Los Angeles office. Ms. Garofalo hasin-depth trial and litigationexperience, defending and prosecuting complex civil matters involving healthcare, professional negligence, real estate, and shareholder and partnership disputes. Ms. Garofalo brings a

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O’Melveny Becomes First in Legal Industry to Adopt Next-Generation Technologies that Propel Diversity and Inclusion

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November 19, 2018 Firm Teams with pymetrics to Address Implicit Bias in Recruiting Process; Joins with Werk to Build a More Flexible Culture Through Data NEW YORK—November 19, 2018—O’Melveny announced today that it has become the first US law firm to adopt two cutting-edge technologies that address critical diversity and inclusion issues: pymetrics will enhance

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‘Where Are The Characters?’ – Bob Jones Remembers a More Cavalier & Joyful Age in the Law

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Bob Jones*  “As your Honour knows, when one enters a brothel…” “I know no such thing Mr Stacey,” the outraged Judge barked. That was a typical Roy Stacey courtroom incident which I confess I’ve “borrowed” for a novella I’ve written, along with three others for publication next year. With nigh on six decades of court

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How The Government Achieved Gender Balance In The Latest QC Quota

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Gender balance, the long-sought after objective in the Law, has been achieved with the latest Queens’ Cunsel appointments.  The 10 appointments announced by the Attorney General today are a 5-all gender split, a move welcomed by the Bar Association and others. Whether politically-inclined objectives are necessarily the best way to appoint the country’s leading counsel

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NZ Insurance Litigator Appointed to Top Insurance Law Group

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Insurance litigator Jonathan Scragg on 'perfect storm'

Duncan Cotterill Partner and Insurance Litigator Jonathan Scragg Has Been Appointed to Global Insurance Group ​LawFuel  – Duncan Cotterill insurance lawyer Jonathan Scragg has become the first New Zealander to sit on the prestigious global association of insurance law group, Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances (AIDA), the  organisation that helps promote and develop knowledge about international

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Lawyers Upset Over Proposed Chancery Building Sale

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The Auckland District Law Society has once again become the subject of controversy among members with the decision to sell its iconic Chancery Building after earlier deciding against such a sale. The ADLS has 3500 members and in July rejected a move to sell the building. That decision has now been reversed with ADLS president

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