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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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that KAREN ALAMEDDINE, a/k/a “Karen Dean,” the former controller of a New York-based non-profit organization whose core mission is to cure genetic illnesses by supporting biomedical research (the “Non-Profit”), pled guilty in Manhattan federal court to embezzling more than $1.8
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Pam Bondi warns Floridians to be aware of charity scams in the wake of Nepal’s destructive earthquake. On April 25, a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck Nepal devastating the region and killing more than 5,000 people. Relief efforts are underway to assist victims of this tragedy. Some of these emergent relief charities could
Latham & Watkins has moved into Number 1 position for top grossing law firms according to a report from the American Lawyer, generating $2.6 billion in revenues. The revenue increase is 14 percent more than the previous year. AmLaw’s rankings look at financial metrics including revenues and profits per partner and it moves Lathams into
Hong Kong, 28 April 2015 – LawFuel.com – Mayer Brown JSM today announced that Thomas Kollar has joined as a partner in the Corporate & Securities practice group in Hong Kong. “Tom is a great technical lawyer with a wealth of experience in regional cross-border capital markets matters,” said Jason T. Elder, Mayer Brown
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– Sullivan & Cromwell represented Baker Bros. Advisors, LLC (U.S.) in connection with their funds role as lead investor, along with several co-investors, in the purchase of a newly authorized class of Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Shares of BeiGene, Ltd. (China), collectively representing 23.55% of BeiGene’s total capital shares on a fully diluted basis, for
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LOS ANGELES –– The leader of the Oxnard-based Colonia Chiques street gang was sentenced this afternoon to life without parole in federal prison, plus an additional 55-year consecutive term, for his conviction on a host of narcotics and weapons offenses, including leading a continuing criminal enterprise (CCE). Luis Manuel Tapia, 39, of
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