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$22 Million Dollar Settlement Over Model Company Talent Case

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Pam Bondi today announced a multimillion dollar settlement with entities doing business as InterFACE Talent and the entities’ president and CEO, Roman Vintfeld. The Attorney General’s Office obtained a stipulated permanent injunction and a final consent judgment against the defendants, resolving allegations of unfair and deceptive business practices in selling talent marketing

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What Employers Need To Know About Supreme Court Issues After The Passing Of Justice Scalia

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Seyfath Shaw – Make no mistake, the role of Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court profoundly impacts the balance of power among the branches of our government. Now, with the untimely passing of Justice Antonin Scalia on February 13, the void created in the balance within the Supreme Court itself cannot be overstated. President Obama’s

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Attorney and Another Charged Over 700% Payday Loan Racket

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  Defendants Exploited Over 4.5 Million Financially Struggling Americans Through Unlawful Scheme to Evade State Usury Laws   Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Karl Stiften, Special Agent-in-Charge of the St. Louis Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), and Diego Rodriguez, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New

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The Disgraced Judge and The Finger-Lickin’ Retirement Plan

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What do most former judges do?  Lawn bowls? Bridge parties? Perhaps Thai cooking classes?  Well for Angela Stokes, the former Cleveland Municipal Court judge, you go work at Chick-fil-A. Chick-what, you say? Chick-fil-A is where former Judge Stokes now works who was recently retired in order to resolve a legal complaint against her, which involved

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$470 Million Settlement Reached with HSBC

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Pam Bondi today announced a $470 million joint state-federal settlement with HSBC to address mortgage origination, servicing and foreclosure abuses. The settlement with the mortgage lender and servicer provides direct payments to Florida borrowers for past foreclosure abuses and requires the company to provide loan modifications and other consumer relief. In addition

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The Father and Son Who Preyed on Thousands with “Business Opportunity” Scheme

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  Scheme Victimized More Than 1,000 Individuals Throughout the United States   LawFuel.com – Lawyer and Law Firm News – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Benjamin C. Mizer, the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Civil Division, announced that KENNETH LEVIN, the owner

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3 Steps To Ensure Enforceability of Your Website’s Terms of Use

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Morrison & Foerster – Aaron P. Rubin and Daniel A. Zlatnik Operators of social media platforms and other websites typically manage their risks by imposing terms of use or terms of service for the sites. As we previously wrote, websites must implement such terms properly to ensure that they are enforceable. Specifically, users must be

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