SAN DIEGO – Attorney Gino Paul Pietro appeared in two federal courthouses this week, where he was collectively sentenced to serve 30 months in prison for participating in separate fraud schemes in Orange and San Diego counties. On July 20, 2015, U.S. District Judge Andrew Guilford in Santa Ana ordered Pietro to serve 24 months […]
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No Damages Paid; Settlement Prohibits Future Anti-Trust Claims New York, NY (July 23, 2015) – SESAC, Inc., a leader and innovator in music licensing that serves music creators, publishers, as well as users of music, today announced that the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC) has voluntarily dismissed the last antitrust lawsuit remaining
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Defendants Operated a Federal Credit Union as a Captive Bank for Their Unlawful Business Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Diego Rodriguez, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and Robert Sica, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office
By Paul McKenzie and Wei Zhang On July 6, 2015, China’s legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), circulated for comment two pieces of draft legislation with significant potential implications for data privacy and data security in China. Comments can be posted via the NPC’s website www.npc.gov.cn by August 5, 2015. The key provisions of these
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Fisher & Phillips – When an employee resigns to join a competitor, it is important to respond promptly. Odds are that the employee has been orchestrating his or her departure for weeks or months. The security of your trade secrets and/or customer relationships may have already been compromised. It is important to act quickly. Here
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Law firm technology issues are a huge expense very often, yet they also provide equally large efficiences. But what are the best ways for a small law firm to start going about changing technology and better organising your law practice? A checklist was recently provided in an AbovetheLaw article by Jeff Bennion which looked at
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The passing of the same-sex legislation has seen the first LGBT divorce practise with a Philadelphia lawyer claiming that pioneering legal role. Conor Corcoran says he is ready to serve gay and lesbian couples who will need divorces, realizing that not all such marriages “would end in bliss”. “The whole thing about the sanctity of straight
Lisa Sotto is the go-to lawyer on privacy issues. At least that’s what Computerworld magazine have said – and the Department of Homeland Security presumably agree too because Ms Sotto chairs their Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee. She is managing partner at Hunton & Williams’ New York office and has advised on some of
LOS ANGELES – A San Fernando Valley man who hacked into e-mail accounts to steal nude photos that were later posted on a notorious “revenge porn” website has pleaded guilty to federal computer crime and identity theft charges. Charles Evens, 26, of Studio City, pleaded guilty late Wednesday afternoon to one count of
The key to a firm’s international success is strong client relationships, believes Robert West, Partner at multinational law firm Baker & McKenzie. Speaking earlier this month to an audience of law students for London School of Business and Finance’s (LSBF) Great Minds Live series, Mr West said: “We follow our clients around the world, practicing
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