Lockstep compensation is as much a part of most Big Law firms in Britain and some other jurisdictions as the law firm art and foyers. However mega-firm Clifford Chance is looking at changing all that with a review that is placing more attention on merit-based compensation rather than the lockstep system. Clifford Chance is not […]
Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Caroline D. Ciraolo, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Tax Division, announced that Matthew Libous, an attorney licensed to practice in New York, was found guilty yesterday of three counts of subscribing to false tax returns for
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LawFuel.com – Law News Daily – Spy Ring Attempted to Collect Economic Intelligence and Recruit New York City Residents as Intelligence Sources Evgeny Buryakov, a/k/a “Zhenya,” Worked Under “Non-Official Cover” as a Bank Employee in Manhattan Eric Holder, the Attorney General of the United States, Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for
DLA Piper announced today that a team of three partners has joined the firm in its Corporate Group in Singapore. John Viverito and Myles Hankin are joining from Gibson Dunn, Singapore, and Joseph Bauerschmidt from Jones Day, Singapore. The three have worked together in the past and are reuniting as colleagues at DLA Piper.
FEDERAL CHARGES INCLUDE DISTRIBUTION OF HEROIN RESULTING IN DEATH DENVER – Longmont Police Officers and FBI special agents today dismantled a heroin distribution network centered in Northern Colorado, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, FBI and Longmont Police Department announced today. Ten defendants were arrested based on an either a federal indictment returned by
The world’s largest law firm by lawyer-count is on its way – resulting from the merger between UK-based Dentons and Chinese firm Dacheng who have agreed to form a firm comprising over 6600 lawyers. The merger arises from attempts by the firms to have a legal monolith that provides legal services for Chinese companies seeking
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Allegedly Used Official Position to Obtain $4 Million in Bribes and Kickbacks Concealed as Income From Outside Law Practice Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Richard Frankel, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Criminal Division of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”),
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MICHAEL A. LUCARELLI, the former Director of Market Intelligence at Lippert/Heilshorn& Associates, Inc. (“LHA”), an investor relations firm, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 30 months in prison for insider trading. LUCARELLI repeatedly used material nonpublic information
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ROBERT M. FAIELLA, a/k/a “BTCKing,” an underground Bitcoin exchanger, was sentenced today to four years in prison for his role in knowingly transmitting nearly $1 million in Bitcoins intended to facilitate drug trafficking on “Silk Road,” a black-market
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Attorney’s who need to market their practice online are always looking for the best results on a budget. Just like bigger law firms that have more pedigree, some law firms have a habit of trusting the biggest law firm marketing companies without analyzing their results and methods. As you’re about to learn, that might not
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