The Sony email hacks, which have been released in a WikiLeaks database, shows a variety of interesting reads between Sony’s inhouse counsel and outside attorneys, as well as issues ranging from legal fees to conflict waivers. Hacker-in-Chief Julian Assange pronounced “This archive shows the inner workings of an influential multinational corporation,” said a statement by […]
DENVER – Today, U.S. Marshal John L. Kammerzell is pleased to announce that for the past several weeks the USMS has led a national violent crime reduction initiative, Operation Violence Reduction7 (VR7). The operation ran from March 2 to April 10, 2015. Operation VR7 has strategically focused on reducing violent crime by apprehending
Weintraub Tobin -Scott M. Plamondon – In 2008, former Mayor of Washington, D.C., and then council member Marion Barry became ill with a kidney disease. To survive the illness, Mr. Barry required a kidney transplant, and one of his friends, Ms. Kim Dickens, came to his aid and donated one of her kidneys. Although the
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Who would be attorney for Aaron Hernandez, the former American football tight end who was found guilty of the first-degree murder of Odin Lloyd? Writing in The Huffington Post attorney and TV correspondent Amy Dardashtian reported on how his attorney had sealed his client’s face by making a guilty verdict a “no brainer”. His defense
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A long list of UK law firms have been investigated by the Information Commissioner for likely data breaches last year, according to information from a software technology company. Egress Software Technologies revealed that the Information Commissioner’s Office investigated 173 UK firms for a variety of incidents that may have breached the Data Protection Act. A
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Pro bono law is a key component of many law firm and many lawyers’ contribution to their communities. But when Akin Gump partner Raphael Prober took in a pro bono case involving the co-ordination of over 50 lawyers and other agencies it involved a massive amount on behalf of holocaust victims. Many pro bono lawyers
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.
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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
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”
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
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