A New York immigration lawyer has been charged with others in an alleged scheme to obtain illegal visas by submitting fraudulent diplomas in respect of advanced degrees that were not obtained, from schools they did not attend. Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Cheryl Garcia, Special Agent-in-Charge of […]
Baker & McKenzie has overtaken DLA Piper to become the biggest law firm in the world by revenue, surpassing the $2.5bn barrier for the first time. Bakers, which has a June 30 financial year-end, said revenues had risen 5 per cent to $2.54bn, while its equity partners took home $1.29m on average after profits
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Scottish law firm Harper MacLeod has done a deal with a private client specialist Bird Semple that will lead to considerable expansion in turnover for the law firm which will have one of the largest private client practices in Scotland. Bird Semple, which can trace its roots back to 1845 and has its main office
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DLA Piper announced today that former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chief Counsel Elizabeth Ritter has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate and Finance practice. This is the latest in a recent series of additions that have added significant breadth and depth to the practice, particularly regarding regulatory matters. Ritter joins former
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We report and write a lot about law firm marketing here at LawFuel (see here, for instance) and so when Forbes magazine carried their nterview with former White House aide John Corcoran about how he grew his law firm, as well as how he developed his online business site for small businesses, we were all
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New Mexico’s has been one of the first state’s to implement the new ignition interlock law for driving under the influence, and it has reduced DUI cases by 40 percent. “It has reduced repeat offenders by between 40 and 80 percent,” said Carl McDonald, an ignition interlock specialist with Mothers Against Drunk Driving. He said
Pruning trees may not appear the most hazardous of occupations, however for municipal and city authorities there are personal injury implications that can be huge. Take New York City as a case in point. The New York Times reports that two years ago the city more than doubled its $1.45 million budget for pruning trees,
Law firm mergers are tricky business, but the payment to Bingham partners of amounts of up to $4 million to $5 million contributed to the problems for the firm, the departure of partners and other major issues. AmLaw Daily reported the story about the financial guarantees to the former McKee Nelson law firm after its
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By David McAfee Law360, Los Angeles (July 21, 2014, 2:02 PM ET) — Morrison & Foerster LLP, founded in San Francisco in the 1880s, has kept its practice in California thriving through some of the most high-profile technology and life science representations in the state, including recent intellectual property litigation wins on behalf of Apple
