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DLA Piper’s Corporate Practice in Hong Kong Strengthened with New Partner

Law Firms / February 23, 2015

LawFuel.com – Melody He-Chen has joined DLA Piper as a partner in the Corporate practice in Hong Kong, adding further strength to the firm’s award-winning Capital Markets Group. He-Chen advises investment banks and corporations on capital markets and corporate matters in Asia and the United States, where she has also practiced. She focuses on […]

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The Fear of Deportation is Very Similar to the Fear of Torture

Briefings, Law Firms / February 23, 2015

Shah Peerally, Esq. Shah Peerally is principal in Immigration law firm The Shah Peerally Law Group Lately, the news has been filled with immigration matters especially since president Obama has set out his famous “Executive Orders” allowing millions of immigrants to get a work permit and stay in the United States on a deferred action

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The Law 100: White & Case Rule

Law Firms / February 20, 2015

Raking up $1.5 billion in gross revenues is no mean achievement. Nor is $2 million in profits per partner. Nor is $800,000 in revenues per lawyer. Those are the figures that Am Law Daily is reporting in the Am Law 100/200 review. For the first time, the firm reached $1.5 billion in gross revenue, $2

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“Sex and the Law Professor” – From His Student

Law Firms / February 20, 2015

Sex and the law is always a somewhat tantalizing topic, but for the issue of teacher-student relationships there has always been a somewhat conflicted attitude in the academe it seems. Whilst frowned upon, it is seen by some in the professorial class as being something akin to a fringe benefit. We remember – don’t we?

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M&A Analyst Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading

Law Firms / February 20, 2015

LawFuel.com – Law News, Law Marketing – Zachary Zwerko Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading Charges Involving Trading in at Least Three Different Pharmaceutical Acquisitions Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ZACHARY ZWERKO pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to one count of conspiracy to commit

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Freshfields’ Legal Landscape 2015 Report

Law Firms / February 19, 2015

Running a major law firm these days is fraught with both risk and opportunity – perhaps in equal measure. And who better to provide some insight into both – and many other issues – than Freshfields Bruckaus Deringer? Included in their report are details on: Financial & geopolitical risk Tax reform issues Directors’ personal liability

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Why This Man Thinks Lawyers Should Abandon The Partnership Structure

Law Firm Management, Law Firms / February 19, 2015

We know the whole business of law is changing – greater competition, fees pressures, alternative billing arrangements – but should the entire partnership structure be abandoned? It is already happening in some jurisdictions, but the move by Australian and UK law regulators to free up the law business and permit the introduction of outside capital

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Compassionate Care Hospice Fraudulently Billed Medicaid

Law Firms / February 19, 2015

LawFuel.com – law news daily – CCH Admits to Misconduct and Agrees to Pay $4.9 Million to the U.S. and $1.6 Million to the State of New York Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Scott Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and

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The eHarmony 15-Step Reasons for Dating Lawyers

Law Firms / February 19, 2015

Dating and lawyers go together like briefs and . . well, brief cases. But what are the rules for lawyer-dating? Online dating and relationship site eHarmony outlined their 15 reasons to date a lawyer. Some are pretty lame, we have to admit, but some – well, one or two – might make sense. Fantastic dressers?

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Revenge Porn Site Operator Pleads Guilty

Law Firms / February 18, 2015

LawFuel.com – US Attorney, Central District of California – Hunter Moore, 28, who operated a well-known “revenge porn” website, has agreed to plead guilty to federal computer hacking and identity theft charges. The United States Attorney’s Office just a few minutes ago filed the attached plea agreement. For your reference, the original press release in

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