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  October 31, 2016 – DLA Piper is pleased to announce that Jim Halpert, Washington, DC based co-chair of the firm’s US Cybersecurity and Global Data Protection, Privacy and Security practices, has been named toThe National Law Journal’s list of Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Trailblazers. The annual list recognizes professionals who have made significant contributions […]

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), announced the arrest and filing of charges against DASHAWN HAWKINS, a/k/a “Jhonny Cash,” for narcotics dealing that resulted in the overdose death of a 29-year-old man. On October

              SANTA ANA, California – An Orange County man was sentenced this afternoon to 30 years in federal prison for conspiring with another man to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Muhanad Elfatih M.A. Badawi, 25, of Anaheim, was sentenced by United

Hong Kong partner and Global Head of Arbitration, Matt Gearing QC has been elected as the new Chairperson of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC). He will take on the role in 2017, succeeding Ms Teresa Cheng SC, who has served as HKIAC Chair since 2014. Matt has been actively involved with the HKIAC

              LOS ANGELES – A Compton man has been sentenced to more than ten years in federal prison for illegal methamphetamine and firearms sales. Luis Rodriguez Jr., 29, was sentenced on Monday to 121 months in federal prison by United States District Judge R. Gary Klausner. Rodriguez pled guilty earlier this year to