Innovation in the law firm business is a growing trend as profits are trimmed with increased competition and the market for law services has slumped in many areas. And so firms look increasingly to ways they can increase their innovation to drive profitability and service levels. For small Canadian law firm Conduit Law their efforts […]
Sony faces a class action lawsuit over its nightmare phone hacking scandal where employee information has been disclosed online and comments about and alternate identifies of stars. Since it’s not hard to come up with a new alias, the alias identities used include: Tom Hanks: “Harry Lauder” and “Johnny Madrid” Sarah Michelle Gellar: “Neely O’Hara”
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—LawFuel.com – Attorney General Pam Bondi announced today that more than 14,000 Floridians will receive checks totaling more than $16 million this week as a result of the national Ocwen mortgage settlement. The checks, in the amount of approximately $1,150 per claim, are being distributed to eligible consumers who lost their homes to foreclosure
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Hong Kong, LawFuel.com – Dentons advised Feiyu Technology International Company Ltd., a developer and operator of mobile and web games in China, on its initial public offering and the related listing of its shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The offering consisted of a Hong Kong public offering and a concurrent Rule 144A/Reg
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We received an item for a New York attorney concerned at the Victoria Secrets’ fashion show and providing reasons why it should be – tongue kind-of in cheek – regarded as illegal or at least disregarded by normal people who don’t have girlfriends or wives who wear skimpy lingerie and wings. This is not meant
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Professional negligence claims in the UK are on the rise – in a big way according to reports. Legal Business reports that High Court cases against firms have tripled since last year, showing an increase of 192 per cent. City litigators say the sharp increase is primarily a result of the time limit looming for
See the Diabetes Destroyed Video – Click Here Pharmaceutical giants Merck have agreed to pay $8.4 billion for Cubist Pharmaceuticals in a major deal that sees the giant drug company move more deeply into the antibiotic area, including its focus upon diseases like diabetes. The move has been a response to more interest in some
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LawFuel.com – Global law firm Shearman & Sterling has elected 13 counsel and associates to the partnership across its worldwide platform. The new partners practice in six offices—Hong Kong, London, New York, Paris, Singapore and Washington, DC—and in the capital markets, international arbitration, investment funds, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, project development and finance, and tax
LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles-area physician whose referrals led to more than $1.7 million in fraudulent Medicare billings was sentenced this afternoon to 24 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud Medicare related to medically unnecessary power wheelchairs and other durable medical equipment. Charles Okoye, a
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NEW YORK — Dec. 4, 2014 — Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced the formation of its Restaurant Industry Group, one of the most comprehensive, multidisciplinary legal teams devoted exclusively to the restaurant industry to be established by a national law firm. The team was formed
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