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Largest Appointment of Assistant US Attorney Positions in Decades – 311 New AUSAs

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Largest Increase in AUSAs in Decades Allocates Prosecutors to Focus on Violent Crime, Civil Enforcement, and Immigration Cases DENVER – On the 500th day of the Trump Administration, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado, Bob Troyer, announced that the Department of Justice is taking a dramatic step to increase […]

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Women Lawyer’s Castigate Law Society Response Over Sex Harassment Survey

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The Law Society has been castigated by womens’ law groups and vocal spokeswomen in their response to the sexual harassment survey. The response from womens’ law groups was harsh – with  a release from Wellington Womens’ Law Association signed by Steph Dryberg castigating the NZLS for effectively ignoring other reports citing the sexual harassment issue

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Art Consultant Who Hid Millions in Swiss Bank Account Pleads Guilty

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Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that LACY DOYLE pled guilty today in connection with her maintenance of a secret, undeclared bank account in Switzerland. DOYLE pled guilty before United States District Judge Andrew L. Carter to subscribing to a false tax return. U.S. Attorney Geoffrey

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Aussie Celeb Eddie McGuire Takes on Facebook Over False ED Ad

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Ever wondered quite how those Facebook ads featuring famous faces can be legit? We do too. And now Australian media personality Eddie McGuire, whose face was used to market an erectile dysfunction ‘solution’, is taking legal action against Facebook to challenge the practice. The ad, like so many, was a spoof and using a high

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A cross-border guide to corporate criminal liability and enforcement

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Freshfields – Society’s relationship with business has shifted over recent years, bringing corporate conduct firmly into the spotlight. Often in response to calls for greater corporate accountability, governments and enforcement agencies have increasingly been turning to the criminal law to hold companies liable for misconduct occurring within their organisations or for their benefit. Across various

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When #MeToo Means #YouToo: What to do when you’re in the sexual harassment hot seat

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DATE: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 TIME: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time Your Host: Krystle Dahl Click here to Register. The #MeToo movement has many employers uncertain about the best ways to protect themselves from sexual harassment complaints and the right way to respond after a complaint has been made. This seminar will explore how our definitions of sexual harassment have

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Cryptocurrencies Being Phased Out of Online Advertising

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Manatt Phelps & Phillips – Already the target of state and federal regulators, cryptocurrency is now being phased out of online advertising and social media. With three tech giants banning ads, the industry is facing increased hurdles to sustain itself. What happened Beginning in June, Google will block all ads for cryptocurrency with a change

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Barrister Appointed To Investigate SOULS Jelly Wrestling & Other Camp Complaints

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Dunedin lawyer David Sim of Downie Stewart has been appointed as an independent barrister to review complaints about inappropriate behaviour – which means jelly wrestling, nudity, excessive drinking etc – at the university’s second-year law camps. The review is expected to “take months” according to an ODT report and will focus on past camps operated

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Man Pleads Guilty to Making Death Threat Against Congresswoman Maxine Waters

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LOS ANGELES – A San Pedro man who called the Washington, D.C. office of United States Representative Maxine Waters and threatened to kill the congresswoman pleaded guilty today to a federal felony offense stemming from the threat. Anthony Scott Lloyd, 45, pleaded guilty to one count of threatening a United States official. Lloyd entered the

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