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Savoy Magazine Names Kassem Lucas Among 2015’s Most Influential Black Lawyers

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    Philadelphia, PA – March 17, 2015 – Pepper Hamilton partner Kassem L. Lucas has been named one of 2015’s most influential black lawyers by Savoy magazine.   Lucas, a partner in the Commercial Litigation Practice Group in the Philadelphia office, concentrates his practice in complex commercial litigation, reinsurance law and arbitration, insurance counseling, […]

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Freshfields Advises HKBN Ltd and CVC Capital on US$750m IPO

LawFuel.com -International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised HKBN Ltd. (HKBN) and CVC Capital Partners (CVC) on HKBN’s US$750m IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. HKBN is the parent company of Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited, the largest provider of residential fibre broadband services in Hong Kong by number of residential subscriptions. On

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“Buffy” Actor In Trouble

Nicholas Brendon

“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” actor Nicholas Brendon is in trouble again having been arrested in Florida on charges of criminal mischief and property damage after attending an ALT*Con festival. Evidently Brendon was in a “state of confusion” and drunk. A hotel attendant reportedly noticed his dishevelled state, including toothpaste over his face, torn pants and

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Are Law Firms Making The Same Hiring Mistakes as Always?

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Are law firms refusing or failing to learn the lessons from the slowdown – particularly litigation firms which appear to have largely overlooked the changing marketplace and expectations from clients? The litigation slowdown has once again raised the prospect of more layoffs and restructuring, something the law profession is hardly wanting to repeat. Yet a

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Swedish Prosecutors To Talk To Assange in London

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Swedish prosecutors are to travel to Britain to question the holed-up WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over allegations of sexual assault. Assange has been taking refuge in London’s Ecuadorean Embassy since June 2012, denying police entry and also the allegation against him. The NY Times reports that Swedish officials had previously refused to conduct interviews in London.

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End of La Cosa Nostra? US Attorney Wants to Reduce it To “Movie Myth”

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US Attorney Preet Bharara has announced the potential end of La Cosa Nostra with the guilty plea of former capo Daniel Pagano. The release from the US Attorney: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the guilty plea of DANIEL PAGANO, a Captain of the Genovese Organized

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Polluting Exide Technologies Facility in East LA To Be Closed

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  Facility that has Polluted East L.A. for over 90 Years will be Cleaned Up Pursuant to Agreement Designed to Allow Exide to Emerge from Bankruptcy         LOS ANGELES – LawFuel.com The United States and Exide Technologies have reached an agreement that calls for the battery manufacturing company to immediately and forever close a battery

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Akerman’s Latin America & the Caribbean Practice Recognized by Chambers Global 2015

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  Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced Chambers Global has once again recognized the firm’s Latin America & the Caribbean Practice as among the best in International Arbitration: Latin America-wide. Akerman lawyers continue to be singled out as leaders in their fields of practice. The 2015 edition

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