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Art Consultant Who Hid Millions in Swiss Bank Account Pleads Guilty

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Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that LACY DOYLE pled guilty today in connection with her maintenance of a secret, undeclared bank account in Switzerland. DOYLE pled guilty before United States District Judge Andrew L. Carter to subscribing to a false tax return. U.S. Attorney Geoffrey […]

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Aussie Celeb Eddie McGuire Takes on Facebook Over False ED Ad

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Ever wondered quite how those Facebook ads featuring famous faces can be legit? We do too. And now Australian media personality Eddie McGuire, whose face was used to market an erectile dysfunction ‘solution’, is taking legal action against Facebook to challenge the practice. The ad, like so many, was a spoof and using a high

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A cross-border guide to corporate criminal liability and enforcement

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Freshfields – Society’s relationship with business has shifted over recent years, bringing corporate conduct firmly into the spotlight. Often in response to calls for greater corporate accountability, governments and enforcement agencies have increasingly been turning to the criminal law to hold companies liable for misconduct occurring within their organisations or for their benefit. Across various

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When #MeToo Means #YouToo: What to do when you’re in the sexual harassment hot seat

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DATE: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 TIME: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time Your Host: Krystle Dahl Click here to Register. The #MeToo movement has many employers uncertain about the best ways to protect themselves from sexual harassment complaints and the right way to respond after a complaint has been made. This seminar will explore how our definitions of sexual harassment have

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Cryptocurrencies Being Phased Out of Online Advertising

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Manatt Phelps & Phillips – Already the target of state and federal regulators, cryptocurrency is now being phased out of online advertising and social media. With three tech giants banning ads, the industry is facing increased hurdles to sustain itself. What happened Beginning in June, Google will block all ads for cryptocurrency with a change

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Barrister Appointed To Investigate SOULS Jelly Wrestling & Other Camp Complaints

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Dunedin lawyer David Sim of Downie Stewart has been appointed as an independent barrister to review complaints about inappropriate behaviour – which means jelly wrestling, nudity, excessive drinking etc – at the university’s second-year law camps. The review is expected to “take months” according to an ODT report and will focus on past camps operated

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Man Pleads Guilty to Making Death Threat Against Congresswoman Maxine Waters

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LOS ANGELES – A San Pedro man who called the Washington, D.C. office of United States Representative Maxine Waters and threatened to kill the congresswoman pleaded guilty today to a federal felony offense stemming from the threat. Anthony Scott Lloyd, 45, pleaded guilty to one count of threatening a United States official. Lloyd entered the

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AFR Best Lawyers List Shows Intense Competition For Legal Talent

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The ‘Best Lawyers in Australia’ list shows the intensity of the competition for legal talent in Australia, with some of the largest offshore firms having heavily indulged in talent poaching over the past year. The AFR annual survey, compiled with the assistance of the US-based ‘Best Lawyers’ group, this year saw those specialist lawyers reached

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Top M&A Cravath Lawyer Poached by Kirkland & Ellis

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Kirkland & Ellis, the world’s highest grossing law firm, continues to poach lawyers with a high profile lateral move from Cravath attorney Sandra Goldstein to K&E. Reuters reported the move and comment that Kirkland & Ellis has been aggressively expanding its client list beyond private equity firms to major US companies, seeking to retain lawyers

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