Pribanic & Pribanic – It would be great if business owners could focus on nothing more than their day to day duties of creating great products and services, finding customers, and closing deals. Of course, that isn’t the way business works, and much of what you will do as a business owner or manager comes
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The 1639 Painting by Salomon Koninck Titled “A Scholar Sharpening His Quill,” Was Looted by the Nazis from the Schloss Family During World War II Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeny Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the
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Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that a federal jury today found LAVELLOUS PURCELL, a/k/a “King Casino,” a/k/a “Mike Hill,” guilty of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, and related offenses. PURCELL was convicted following a one-week jury trial before U.S. District Judge Denise L.
SANTA ANA, California – A Laguna Beach man was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison for his conviction in a wire fraud case for stealing $7.4 million from the victims of three separate investment fraud schemes. Peter Heinrich Conrad Reinert, 63, was sentenced by United States District Judge Josephine L. Staton, who also ordered
Hinshaw & Culbertson – Risk Management Question: October is cyber security awareness month. What steps are you taking to avoid common Internet scams? The Issue: Hackers and their exploits are growing more sophisticated by the day. Avoiding their scams is becoming even more difficult. In 2017, 1.4 billion user names and passwords were accessed on the dark
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Sussman brings extensive trial and white collar defense experience. CHICAGO, October 18, 2018 – Global law firm Reed Smith today announced the arrival of Eric Sussman, who joins the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Global Regulatory Enforcement practice. Eric has extensive private practice and government experience in the white collar area. He
Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MICHAEL SIVA pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan to conspiracy to commit securities fraud and fraud in connection with his role in an insider trading scheme based on material, nonpublic information misappropriated from an investment bank by Daniel Rivas,
Former Attorney General Chris Finlayson’s announcement that he is to resign from Parliament and return to the Bar is hardly a surprise following his move to the Opposition benches and his work on a new book on the Treaty of Waitangi. Making the announcement on RNZ’s Morning Report, it came following a recording of a
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New Platform Empowers Oregon Residents to File for Divorce for a Fraction of the Cost and Hassle PORTLAND, OR (Oct. 16, 2018) – A Portland family law attorney has launched Let’s Untie the Knot, a new lawyer-free, court-free, hassle-free online resource to file for uncontested divorce in the state of Oregon. The site offers an easier and
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SANTA ANA, California – A former executive at two Irvine-based engineering firms was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $2 million by making over 800 unauthorized withdrawals from company accounts over a five-year period. Deepak Kharbanda, 44, a Mission Viejo resident who formerly lived in Irvine, was sentenced by
