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Deputy Public Defender Taken into Custody Over Defrauding Social Security Administration

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RIVERSIDE, California – An Upland attorney surrendered this morning after being charged with stealing approximately $129,795 in social security benefits. Audrey Owens, 60, a deputy public defender for Riverside County, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in federal court on June 10 with theft of government property in a scheme that spanned 12 years.

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Lawyer’s “Ridiculous” Billing Practises Result in Reversal of Fortune

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Manhattan lawyer Ronny Buni attempted to collect fees from his client, but received a major reversal of fortunes when the fees, described as “frivolous”, were not only overlooked by the Court but Buni was ordered to pay his clients $21,000. Buni’s fees for “legal research” amounted more to Law 101 said Manhattan civil court judge

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Six Marketing Mistakes Law Marketers Cannot Afford To Make

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  Most people still picture an authoritative individual pointing directly at the camera when they think of legal marketing, but the truth is that the internet and social media have upended the traditional client path. With this in mind, Legal Marketing Advantage has put together six marketing mistakes that all law firms should strive to

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International Law Firm Freshfields Appoints Co-Head of Firm’s India Law Group

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International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed Arun Balasubramanian to become co-head of the firm’s India group, working alongside Pratap Amin, Chairman of Freshfields’ India group. Most recently a partner at Linklaters in Singapore with active involvement in the India capital markets practice and its US law practice in Southeast Asia, Arun is a

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Skadden Arps Secures Dismissal of Derivative Claim Against UBS Financial Services

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LawFuel.com – Law Firm News – Skadden secured the dismissal of remanded shareholder derivative claims brought against UBS Financial Services Incorporated of Puerto Rico, UBS Trust Company of Puerto Rico and directors of UBS-managed mutual funds alleging violations of federal securities and Puerto Rico laws. On July 9, Judge Aida M. Delgado-Colon of the U.S.

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Clifford Chance announces solid results despite difficult global markets

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  Clifford Chance today announced its results for the year ended 30 April 2013.   Revenues were £1,271 million (USD1,995 million; EUR1,551 million), broadly flat year on year excluding the effect of exchange rate movements (in Sterling, down 2%) Partnership profit was £404 million (USD634 million; EUR493 million), 6% lower than the previous financial year

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Lady Gaga Court Case Sees Poker Face Wanting Personal Information Kept Quiet

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Lady Gaga is in court in respect of a three-year-old lawsuit relating to a claim from a former collaborator of the flamboyant entertainer, Wendy Starland and her boyfriend Rob Fusari, who claim she is owed money by the singer for discovering her. And Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne-Angelina Germanotta, is wanting certain

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Akerman Senterfitt’s Samantha Feuer Receives Florida Association of Women Lawyers’ Justice Barbara Pariente Award

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LawFuel.com – Women in Law – Akerman Senterfitt today announced that Samantha Feuer, a lawyer with the firm’s Labor and Employment and Litigation Practice Groups in West Palm Beach has been honored with the Florida Association of Women Lawyers (FAWL) 2013 Annual Justice Barbara Pariente Award for her support in advancing women in the legal

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