Sanford Millar* Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager for president Donald Trump was sentenced to a term of 47 months in prison this week and ordered to pay millions of dollars in restitution. He will also be assessed a 75% tax fraud penalty. Some have argued that his prison term was far to short and […]
Mark Donovan* It’s a big deal if it’s correct, but according to reports from CNN, Cohen dangled the prospect of a pardon in ‘evidence’ that may actually be supported. Cohen is not known as being the most reliable of witnesses, given his self-declared ability to tell lies, but on this occasion it appears that an
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Rachel Croyden* We here good and bad coffee reports almost monthly. Is it good? Is it bad? Will it fight disease? Will it help hasten your demise? However, for coffee lovers – like those hard-working lawyers, business people, professionals and others who need their once- twice- or more daily coffees, there is some good news.
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Law Rocks 2019, the nonprofit organisation running a ‘battle of the bands’ series kicks off it U.S. Tour: Lawyers by Day, Rock Stars by Night Nonprofit organization hosts legal professionals in a “battle of the bands” concert series to raise donations and gifts for local charities LOS ANGELES (March 6, 2019) – Law Rocks USA., the
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An actor-turned-attorney has developed a starring role in the #Metoo movement in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment revelations. An entertainment lawyer of the year in 2015 she is a former actress, singer and dancer she told ‘Variety’ that she attributed her success in the area by remaining ‘cool and credible’. A partner
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Diminutive music lawyer Farrah Usmani is stepping into a new world. The 5 foot, 3 inch , 135 lb Loeb & Loeb music lawyer, Farrah “H-Town Hustler” Usmani, will enter the ring tonight to take on Jenny Sciullo to raise money for the Nashville-area charity, The Charley Foundation. As the headline fight, the women have already raised
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced that STANISLAV VITALIYEVICH LISOV, a/k/a “Black,” a/k/a “Blackf” (“LISOV”), pled guilty today to conspiring to deploy and use a type of
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Winston & Strawn partner Neely Agin lost her daughter to cancer the antitrust lawyer decided she would do something to help find a cure for the disease that took her daughter. “My daughter, Alexis, battled a form of brain cancer called DIPG. She was a sweet and stubborn 4 year old who enjoyed art projects,
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Proposals can be fraught affairs, but this Palm Beach lawyers went so far as to stage a fake trial, complete with defense attorney and client – not to mention Judge – to get to the high point: where he dropped to his knees to deliver his opening address. Brandon Ross Dinetz spent five months planning
Big Bucks From Big Law = Toxic Work Environment Say, Junior Lawyers Tom Bowker – ‘Toxic’ work environments in law firms have been the subject of a contentious letter written by junior UK lawyers, following young laywers struck off after working in difficult conditions. The letter was sent to the UK Junior Solicitors Regulation Authority
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