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Drowning in Fees – The One-Plus Billion in Contingency Fees for Two Rich Law Firms

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Contingency fees of $1.1 billion made to two law firms are a serious money question that has raised eyebrows in the US Congress, as well as some heat for the firms with the “regrettably excessive” fees paid. The row involves the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) over losses made in the period leading up […]

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7 Things You Didn’t Know About Rachel Lindsey, The Bachelorette and Lawyer

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] America is agog at The Bacherlorette, momentarily even forgetting The Donald.  But while everyone awaits the ultimate gift of ‘The Rose’, it is valuable to learn some lessons from Bacherlorette Rachel Lindsay, the lawyer. Just what ‘legal lessons’ has she taught us – and what did you not know about her legal career and

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Say “Hello” To Donald Trump’s New Legal Team

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Well, just who are President Donald Trump’s new dream legal team? The Robert Mueller investigation of the Trump campaign’s links to the Russians and their moves to closely examine the Trump Organization’s links also has lead the president to push-back against the Mueller legal team, which also has it’s fair share of stars. So

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Who Is Natalia Veselnitskaya, The Lawyer Who Met Donald Trump Jnr Anyway?

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] So who exactly is Natalia Veselnitskya, the Russian lawyer who met Donald Trump Jr to talk about potentially damaging information involving Hillary Clinton and the Democrats during the last US election? The lawyer is perhaps more than she seems – less glamorous Russian show pony lawyer and more Russian power player. Some of the

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Why Retiring Chief Justice Roberts Wished Students “Bad Luck”

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Chief Justice John G Roberts Jr wished bad luck upon school graduates in dispensing some graduation advice that might have taken many by surprise. Speaking at a ninth grade commencement address at an elite school attended by his son, the speech was described by the Washington Post as “personal, understated and popular probably because it touched on

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Could Trump Appear in Court on a Criminal Fraud Case – This Lawyer Thinks So

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Forgetting the ‘Russia problem’ for Donald Trump, the President has continuing trouble over the alleged fraud case that has beleaguered his Trump University seminar program. A plaintiff in the case, which Trump settled, has refused the $25 million settlement leaving open the potential for the President to face a fraud trial. “Yes, that’s right,”

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F Lee Bailey’s IRS Jeopardy – And The TV Show Questions In Which He Features

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Famed attorney F Lee Bailey is rightly renowned for his courtroom exploits, but the renown is now more focused on his second bankruptcy as he fights the IRS. The attorney, best known most recently for his OJ Simpson team membership defense, has also a record of defending and winning some of the toughest cases

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Vault Rankings – ‘And The Most Prestigious Law Firm in America Is . . . Oh, Again!’

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The votes have been counted and the envelope opened – the most prestigious law firm in America is – once again! – Cravath Swaine & Moore. The Vault.com ranking of the 100 US law firms that rank as the most prestigious, based on a survey of 18,000 law firm associates who handle ranking based

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Good Samaritan Lawyer Gains Baker + McKenzie Role After Subway Assault

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The student who assisted a partner at Baker & McKenzie during an assault at a Washington railway station has been both located and thanked – and also offered the ability to gain work experience at the Big Law firm. As Law.com reported, George Washington University law student, Andrew Miller, 23, jumped in to assist

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