Janet Reno, the first female Attorney General, has died at age 78. Described by the Wall Street Journal as a ‘polarizing figure’ under the Clinton administration, she died at home in Florida. She was the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general and played an important role in some acrimonious events that occurred under Bill […]
LOS ANGELES – United States Attorney Eileen M. Decker announced today that Assistant United States Attorney Mack E. Jenkins will serve as the District Election Officer during tomorrow’s general election and will lead the local efforts in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program. As District Election Officer, AUSA Jenkins is responsible for
An English Judge furiously berated a paedophile for staring at the mother of his seven-year-old victim, telling him not to “dare look at her.” Judge Denis Watson QC was furious with the rapist, Anthony Taylor when at the Liverpool Crown Court for sentencing following the rape charge where he threatened to kill the victim if
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Minneapolis, November 3, 2016 – The U.S. law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that Michael T. Hatting has joined the firm as a partner in the Commercial Transactions practice in the Minneapolis office. Hatting brings 16 years of experience in private practice and as in-house counsel for privately held
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A treadmill desk? Clear walls? These are some of the design features used in the new offices of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Washington, where the global firm set up shop two years ago. It’s all ‘future proofing’ according to Freshfields, who have also used two-lawyer set-ups, something very rare in DC. The National Law
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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
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Campaign finance issues are a touchy subject at the best of times, but for Boston-based personal injury law firm Thornton Law Firm it has become another hot-button issue in the most bizarre election campaign ever in the United States The issue at stake is the revelation that Thornton Law Firm’s records show paybacks to partners
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Gender diversity is a bit deal in the law – don’t we all know it? – well, the answer is ‘No’, actually. Take the New York bar, for instance. The president of the New York Bar Association John S Kiernan said that progress was “incremental” in terms of gender and ethnic diversity. For the first
LOS ANGELES – Former California State Senator Ronald S. Calderon was sentenced today to 3½ years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a federal corruption charge and admitting that he accepted tens of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for performing official acts as a legislator. Ron Calderon, 59, of Montebello, received the
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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
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