LawFuel.com – Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that LENA LASHER, a licensed pharmacist, was found guilty in federal court of misbranding and fraud offenses arising from an Internet pharmacy scheme. LASHER was convicted on Friday, May 15, in Manhattan federal court after a two-week trial before […]
LOS ANGELES – A Georgia man who fraudulently booked airline reservations by pretending to be a flight crew member was sentenced today to six months in federal prison, as well as six months of home detention. Gilbert Myers Jr., 38, of Atlanta, was sentenced this afternoon in Los Angeles by United States District Judge Dean
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It’s unusual for a law firm to make a high-growth startup list, but Cardiff-based firm Greenaway Scott has done it. Making the influencing British Startups 100 2015, the recently launched firm is focused on growth, foucsing on life science and technology companies. With just over two years of solid trading and year on year growth,
Law firm specialisation is the key to success for many lawyers, but having a men-only divorce firm reflects the strong feelings of anti-male discrimination many men feel over divorces. The trend towards men-only divorce originated in America, but now Britain and other jurisdictions are embracing the move, particularly since the 1990s when men have felt
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, announced today that KHALID AL FAWWAZ was sentenced to life in prison for multiple terrorism offenses relating to his participation in al Qaeda’s conspiracy to kill Americans. U.S. District Judge Lewis A.
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NEW YORK, 15 May 2015 – Hogan Lovells hosted its second annual Global Energy Summit: Global Energy Interdependence and Choice: Risks, Rewards, and Realities on Monday May 11 and Tuesday May 12 at the St. Regis Hotel in New York. The exclusive event brought together more than 130 experts on global energy developments including executives
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LawFuel.com – The Manhattan US Attorney office issued a press release relating to insider trading charges against a father and son. 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 today the
Former Head of LASD Criminal Investigation Unit also Accused of Obstructing Justice and Perjuring Himself during Trial Testimony of Co-Conspirators LOS ANGELES – Paul Tanaka, who was the second in command of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, and William Thomas Carey, who oversaw internal criminal investigations at the LASD, have been indicted on obstruction of
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It’s a question many non-lawyers may have known for a long time. There are simply too many lawyers, according to a survey conducted that showed lawyers are simply not busy enough. Ttanslated: too many of them. The Altman Weil survey released on Tuesday was conducted among 320 managing partners and law firm chairmen and probably
The inevitable litigation that will follow the Amtrak derailment has yet to be seen, but attorneys are watching events closely and what the federal investigation discloses as the causes of the accident, which injured over 200 people and killed at least seven. Legal Intelligencer reports that the train traveling from Washington, D.C., to New York
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