It appears that a new Pacific Rim legal powerhouse may be created with plans by Dentons, the Chinese firm 大成, the Singapore firm Rodyk & Davidson, and the Australian firm Gadens to form a major legal player in the Pacific Rim. A press release today says that the proposed combination would create the major player […]
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LOS ANGELES – LawFuel.com – A Los Angeles company has paid $4 million to resolve civil allegations that it fraudulently overcharged the U.S. military for fresh fruits and vegetables that it supplied to military dining facilities and Navy ships in Southern California. As part of a second agreement with criminal prosecutors, Coast Produce Company
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It looks like California is going to be the first place to enter the hot-fry legal arena over the bacon warning brouhaha. California is looking at placing health warnings on bacon and other meat products in the wake of the stir created by the World Health Organization’s warning in the past week about processed meats
WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice has reached 70 settlements involving 457 hospitals in 43 states for more than $250 million related to cardiac devices that were implanted in Medicare patients in violation of Medicare coverage requirements, the Department of Justice announced today. “While recognizing and respecting physician judgment, the department will hold
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LawFuel.com – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CHARLES A. BENNETT pled guilty in Manhattan federal court today to an Indictment charging him with securities and wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud over 30 investors of more than $5 million over the
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Are some law firms already too late to take advantage of the changes being introduced by technology? According to a new survey from consultants Altman Weil, smart technology is already replacing the ability of lawyers to deliver legal services in the traditional manner, a process that may amount to a “mortal threat” to some law
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It was a trial over the biggest law firm failure in history. And even that has failed. A New York judge has declared a mistrial in respect of three former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP executives in New York. It was always going to be a tough trial and so it proved for the jurors, defendants
The Philippines elections are shaping up with some “evil plans”, according to lawyers representing Senator Grace Poe who has announced her candidacy for president but faces a disqualification case filed against her. The dramatic events were expected according to Senator Poe’s lawyers. Lawyer Estrella Elamparo, who is a former legal counsel of the Government Service
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It was regarded as one of the young, busy and successful law firms that was taking Britain by storm. But no longer. Blavo & Co had a multi-million pound turnover and 20 offices throughout Britain, but the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has closed it down. The SRA said that it decided to intervene because there
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Questionable decisions made by the prosecutor in the investigation into the fatal shooting death of 12 year old Tamir Rice could become reminiscent of the Ferguson Missouri Grand Jury investigation, according to a lawyer for Tamir’s family. “She’s afraid that what will happen to her is what happened in Ferguson,” Subodh Chandra said. “The prosecutor
