Her name is Judy Clarke and she has been a gentle advisor, confidante – and lawyer – for Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. But can she now save his life?Many would argue that she should not, but for Judy Clarke defending the perpetrators of the most horrific crimes is what she does for a living. She […]
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Global law firm Dentons is to merge with Atlanta-based law firm McKenna Long & Aldridge, which will give the world’s largest law firm an even bigger legal clout.The merger would provide added presence in key US markets including not just Atlanta, but LA, San Francisco and Washington DC.Like DLA Piper, Dentons has grown through strategic
Taking on the big guns in Silicon Valley – some of the most powerful businessmen and women in the world – is not necessarily for everyone.But for class action litigator Jay Edelson they are the people he has in his sights, having sued all the big names from “A” (Amazon and Apple) to “G” (you
LOS ANGELES – Seven defendants have been charged in a scheme to pay kickbacks to a procurement official at a subsidiary of the Boeing Company that supplies satellites and satellite parts to federal government entities, including NASA. A series of cases related to the kickback scheme were announced today after prosecutors learned that a
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Shakeup and mergers in the Australian legal market have been a consistent pattern in recent years. Now UK-based Hogan Lovells is to set up in Australia, taking two Allens partners to commence Aussie operations in July.The two former Allens parters are Nicky Lester and Tim Lester.The firm says that rather than trying to set up
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Martin Schweiger of Schweiger & Partners is a German patent lawyer who moved to Singapore literally hours before the 9/11 attacks were launched. He searched over 30 countries before deciding to settle in Sinapore where he established the Asian branch of his patent law firm.But Mr Schweiger is more than just a patent lawyer, he
The proposed $45.2 billion merger between Comcast and Time-Warner will produce some challenges for Comcast’s legal team as the deal faces criticism from various quarters, not the least being the lack of satisfaction with the low customer satisfaction rating the providers “enjoy”.The NYC public advocate Letitia James has requested some tough positions be placed on
The Bank of New York Mellon Admits to Conduct Alleged In Federal and State Lawsuits, Including that Bank Offered “Best” Rates to Clients, But Actually Gave “Worst” RatesBank Agrees to Terminate Employment Relationship with Responsible ExecutivesPreet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Eric T. Schneiderman, the Attorney General for
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Gaston Kroub is a founding partner of Kroub, Silbersher & Kolmykov PLLC, an intellectual property litigation boutique. You can reach him at gkroub@kskiplaw.com. This column appeared in AbovetheLaw.Anyone reading this knows that law is a competitive industry. And it’s very hard to take business from an incumbent law firm, especially when law firms have been
