Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Mark G. Peters, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation (“DOI”), and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today the arrest of HARRY FLETCHER, an employee of […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Pam Bondi today convened the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking at Stetson University in Tampa. The 15-member council is composed of law enforcement officers, prosecutors, legislators, and experts in fields of health, education, and social services. During the meeting, the council members discussed new human trafficking legislation, victim protection methods and the
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He may say he’s sorry, but Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been formally sentenced to death. The apology and his request for forgiveness came when Tsarnaev, 21, appeared for sentencing after he was found guilty of killing three people and injuring 264 during the bombing at the Boston Marathon in 2013. He was found
Divorce can be a nasty business, we get that. But when it gets to lawyers explaining just how nasty it gets, then it becomes really ISIS-nasty – beyond belief in its insanity and brutality. And so when Reddit requested lawyers to tell their war stories, they got ’em. In spades. And we’ve recounted – courtesy
LOS ANGELES – The former director of finance and accounting at Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation’s Long Beach facility was sentenced today to 135 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $10 million from his employer over a 13-year period. Marvin Jay Caukin, 66, of Calabasas, was sentenced this morning by United States District Judge John
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Haunting photos by photographer Jono Rotman provide a look at the Mongrel Mob gang in New Zealand. After co-ordinating with the gang, Rotman met mob members, gaining unprecedented access. These portraits were taken from inside their homes from 2008 until 2014. The portraits debuterd in the City Gallery, Wellington in 2014 and although criticised for
Weil – Weil was named the best law firm in the Finance: Bank Lending and M&A: Corporate and Commercial: Large Deals ($1 Billion+) categories at the Legal 500 US 2015 awards. Weil was the only firm to win in more than one practice category. The awards follow the recently released 2015 edition of Legal 500
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14 Partners Recognized, Zachary Fasman Inducted Into Hall of Fame (New York) – Fourteen partners from Proskauer’s Labor & Employment Department were named to Human Resource Executive and Lawdragon’s 2015 list of the Nation’s Most Powerful Employment Attorneys. This is the sixth consecutive year that the list recognized more lawyers from Proskauer than from any
Frankfurt, 18 June 2015 –Mayer Brown announced today that Klaus W. Riehmer will join the firm as partner and leader of the Corporate & Securities practice in the firm’s Frankfurt and Düsseldorf offices. Mr. Riehmer will be based in Frankfurt and join in the course of the summer. Mr. Riehmer comes from Cleary
