When an investor and entrepreneur like PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel speaks people listen and when he spoke to Oxford University recently about the “rules” for business success he spoke about a number of things that many people might find unconventional. Whether you’re a lawyer, businessman, entrepreneur or investor, the “Thiel Rules” make interesting reading because […]
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The title “Fight of the Century” has OJ Simpson’s lawyer Robert Shapiro in ‘PacMan’s’ corner as the celebrities come out to pay. The fight has been the most celebrated and richest in years, packing in enough money to cure several country’s economic ills. It will be the highest grossing fight ever with Pacquiao likely to
Marilyn Mosby is a tough lady. At just 35 she is the youngest chief prosecutor in any district and she has just made some tough decisions, having the city of Baltimore charge six police officers with major crimes, including second degree murder and manslaughter. It was a tough call for the young prosecutor, but necessary
LawFuel.com – Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, announced that BNP Paribas S.A. (BNPP), a global financial institution headquartered in Paris, France was sentenced today for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA)
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U.S. Also Elects to Intervene Against Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation In Claims that Novartis Gave Kickbacks to Accredo in Exchange for Increased Refills of Exjade Drug, and Understated Exjade’s Serious and Potentially Life-Threatening Side Effects to Patients Accredo Admits to Conduct Regarding Its Distribution of Exjade Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney
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Quitting a law partnership is not something that’s easily done, but when it does happen how does a well paid partner explain why he left for an in-house job? So-called “lawyer whisperer” Julie Brush was asked the question These days, the life of a law firm lawyer is no walk in the park. And it’s especially
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Is an embryo a “life” or “property” to be fought over in a court of law? The intimate life and legal arguments around actress Sofia Vergara has raised ethical and legal issues relating to the ‘right to life’ of embryos, which her former husband wishes to become children. Ms Vergara does not. The legal
The Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight could have significant repercussions for a sideline party, rap mogul Mrion “Suge” Knight who may be depending upon Mayweather to post the rapper’s bail. Knight’s bail was originally set at $25 million, reduced to $10 million but the judge handling the case refused to drop the bail further to
Jury selection services are services more common in the United States jurisdictions than other, common law countries. However as social media and other digital activity makes the ability to ascertain the suitability of potential jurors the demand for such services has increased. In New Zealand a barrister and private investigator have this week launched a
LOS ANGELES – A Hawthorne woman who ran a company that submitted more than $7 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare – primarily for power wheelchairs that were not needed by patients – and caused the government health insurance program to lose nearly $3.5 million has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison. Adeline
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