Former Madoff Investment employees were found guilty of assisting Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff build his house of cards after a five month trial in Manhattan. The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara released the following statement regarding the guilty verdicts in respect of the five, former employees, including Daniel Bonventre
There were no survivors on Malaysian Flight MH370, which plummeted into the Indian Ocean, the Malaysian Prime Minister has announced. And now, for the passengers’ families and for the Airline there will be legal issues as to the Airline’s liability. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razar indicated that Flight MH370 ended its flight in a
Saatchis’ chief honcho and marketing expert Kevin Roberts is someone you might well listen to when it comes to marketing – and lawyers especially are those who would want to hear about ‘peak performance for your law firm’. Right? So when Roberts blogs about someone who actually wrote a blog about a peak performing law
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Mega-law firm Skadden Arps has reached a settlement with regard to its representation of former hedge fund manager “Buddy” Fletcher Jr, who ran Fletcher International Ltd, which could have exposed Skaddens to legal claims. Fletcher’s hedge funds are in bankruptcy liquidation and the settlement of $4.25 million removes Skaddens from the sights of the trustee
Same-sex marriages in Michigan have been delayed by a Court of Appeals ruling, issing an order preventing them from occurring after the state’s appeal of a ruling that overturned the consitutional ban on them. Dozens of couples took advantage of the ability of marrying prior to the decision from the 6th US Circuit Court of
Richard Susskind is a voice who is listened to by lawyers with ever-increasing interest – if not intensity. His views on where law and lawyers are going has resonated with increasing volume about the law profession. So what is the future of Big Law, he’s asked (among other things). Forbes’ contributor David Parnell, who is
Who is the glamorous blonde? None other than Crimea’s new Attorney General The 33 year old is the world’s newest-territory’s newest attorney general. The internet (of course) has gone viral with the Attorney General since her first press conference appearance, which did not involve her lounging on a red sofa. There have been fans all
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A religious discrimination lawsuit brought by a family who live ina polygamous community has resulted in a $5.2 million verdict in favor of the family. The lawsuit was started by the Cook family who live in Colorado City, Ariz and Hildale Utah, which are largely polygamous towns and took their action against the town to
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It may be all very well hiring a big name law firm to protect your company secrets. But what sort of risks do the law firms take in supervising that sort of intellectual property, particularly when the internet permits information to be accessed so easily by employees? The risks received highlighted exposure this week with the
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International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has selected six outstanding candidates to join the inaugural year of the Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholarship programme. It will initially run for three years, with the search for the class of 2014 scholars now underway. The aim is to address the under-representation of black men from low-income households in
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