A $12 million class actin has been filed over the plane crash at Halifax airport, filed by injury and insurance law firm MacGillivray. The claim alleges passengers had suffered physical and psychological injuries as a result of the accident, including anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, insomnia and others that arose from the crash that occurred on […]
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Overcoming difficulties in its selected business sector of shipping and transport, a Yorkshire law firm has focused and succeeded. It is now also moving into new offices after meeting its growth targets. Myton Law is based in Hull and is now moving into its new offices at Victoria Pier despite the shipping sector suffering a
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Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. Lifshitz & Miller announces investigation into possible breaches of fiduciary duties by the board of Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ACAD). Specifically, on March 11, 2015, ACAD delayed the submission of a U.S. application to market its lead drug, nuplazid, and that its chief executive was retiring. For more information about our investigation, please
Brooks Pierce – By Edward C Winslow, a banking and corporate law specialist who is a frequent speaker and writer on topics involving financial services law and authors a blog on law practice management, called MidLaw and Divers Items. @stephenfshaw points to a Wall Street Journal blog post entitled “Is Your Job ‘Routine’? If So,
The Sony email hacks, which have been released in a WikiLeaks database, shows a variety of interesting reads between Sony’s inhouse counsel and outside attorneys, as well as issues ranging from legal fees to conflict waivers. Hacker-in-Chief Julian Assange pronounced “This archive shows the inner workings of an influential multinational corporation,” said a statement by
New York/Tokyo – Orrick announced Friday 17th April that Hiroshi Sarumida has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in its M&A and Private Equity Group and the U.S. Chair of its Japan Transactional Practice. Mr. Sarumida joins the firm from Skadden Arps, where he served as a leader of its U.S.-based
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Jodi Arias may have received a life sentence without parole, but she remains “chatty and smiley” according to her lawyer. Jennifer Willmott is one of two lawyers who has worked for Arias during the trial of her boyfriend Travis Alexander Wilmott said that in spite of her plea to the court on Monday, where Arias
Aaron Hernandez may have copped a life sentence for first degree murder, but there are complexities around the remaining cases against him, according to a top criminal lawyer. Top Boston defense lawyer Jeffrey Denner was reported by the Boston Globe talking about the Hernandez cases, noting that the former New England Patriots star’s conviction “may
LawFuel.com – Skadden is advising 58.com Inc., China’s leading online marketplace serving local merchants and consumers, on its acquisition of a stake in Falcon View Technology Limited, the holding company of the PRC entities operating Ganji.com, a major online local services marketplace platform in China, announced April 17. [table id=10 /]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— LawFuel.com – More than a million dollars worth of methamphetamine is off the streets and 22 people are behind bars after a joint investigation by Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Office of Statewide Prosecution, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, the Florida Highway
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