Internet mogul Kim Dotcom’s fate as to whether he will be extradited from his adopted home in New Zealand to the US will be decided today. The decision is due this afternoon by a District Court judge in Auckland who has been hearing the case for two months and after years of raids, wrangling and […]
International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced that it partnered with the Alaska Innocence Project and the Alaska Office of Public Advocacy in reaching a settlement with the State of Alaska on December 17 that resulted in the “immediate and unconditional release” from incarceration of the Fairbanks Four – George Frese, Kevin Pease, Marvin
Dorsey And Innocence Project Win Release of Fairbanks Four Read More »
Sparring judges and lawyers are nothing uncommon in court, but actually having the couple actually fight outside after the Judge himself asked the lawyer to “step outside” is taking matters to an extreme, you may think. So too did the Florida Supreme Court has overturned a penalthy imposed by the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission and
The Climate Change Agreement struck in Paris this weekend has not been without law firms who have used the conference to develop their ‘climate change’ practices and lawyers will be loving the agreement. Among the firms attending have been Baker & McKenzie who have been driven to the “COP 21” conference (for ‘Conference of the Parties’
Why Lawyers Will Love the Climate Change Agreement Read More »
LawFuel.com – Money Laundering Scheme Broken – 6 Named in Racketeering Indictment Alleging Money Laundering Schemes Orchestrated by Former President of Orange County Bank LOS ANGELES – Federal authorities today arrested 11 defendants named in a sweeping racketeering indictment that alleges a series of money laundering schemes that revolved around the former head Westminster-based
“Phantom Bank” Operation Targets Former Bank President’s Money Laundering Scheme Read More »
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today the unsealing of a complaint charging KRISTOPHER ROCCHIO with computer fraud, stemming from his repeated unauthorized access of his former supervisor’s
The Former Financial Services Employee Who Accessed Supervisor’s Email Account Charged Read More »
Could Donald Trump be banned from entering the UK. A current petition calling for the presidential candidate to be banned from entering the UK has attracted more than a quarter of a million signatures — more than enough for a committee to consider sending the motion for parliamentary debate, CNN reports. Would THAT pass a
Donald Trump’s mounting rhetoric and the perceived anti-Muslim stance of shutting Muslims off at the border could possibly survive a lawsuit at Supreme Court level according to at least one academic. Gerald L. Neuman, a Harvard Law School professor was reported by the New York Times’ as saying it was far from clear whether the
Trump’s Muslim Ban Might Survive Legal Challenge Read More »
LawFuel.com – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced the arrest of XU JIAQIANG for theft of a trade secret, in connection with XU’s theft of proprietary source
Chinese Software Expert Arrested On Theft of Valuable Source Code Read More »
Starting a law firm is a business fraught with risk and frequently blessed with reward too. But there are traps and the path towards success can be pockmarked by financial, regulatory and lifestyle issues that can imperil the lawyer entrepreneur. Recruiter Harrison Barnes has written of the top 10 reasons why you should NOT start
10 Reasons Why The Solo Lawyer Route Is Not a Good One Read More »
