Washington, DC, 18 March 2014 – Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced that Matthew Rossi has joined the firm in Washington DC as a partner in its Securities Litigation & Enforcement group. Mr. Rossi joins from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Enforcement Division, where he served as Assistant Chief Litigation […]
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There’s no doubt that the extreme majority, if not all, of Americans understand that driving under the influence is against the law. The dangers of such actions have been consistently proven, and there are unfortunately deaths on American streets every day when people choose to engage in this behavior. If there’s one group of people
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LOS ANGELES – The former assistant manager of a Bank of America branch in East Los Angeles and her onetime boyfriend were convicted today of plotting a heist in which the woman wore a fake bomb to simulate a kidnapping to steal approximately $565,000 from the bank. Following a one-week trial in
LawFuel – Law Firm News – Holman Fenwick Willan has boosted its partnership ranks with the announcement of six new Partners across its core sectors of focus, including commodities, insurance and shipping. The announcement highlights the firm’s continued commitment to the expansion of its offering in support of its positioning as leader in the market
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in Manhattan federal court alleging that RELATED COMPANIES, INC. (“RELATED”), a major real estate developer based in New York City, has engaged in a pattern and practice of developing rental
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By Lawfuel editors – Google+ for lawyers is important. Indeed it’s vital and has been the social media network that snuck right up, powered by Daddy Google in a manner that will ensure it succeeds totally (after an initial slip-up by Google in the social media stakes). Google+ is a social site that you have
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A Manhattan federal judge has ruled that the case agaisnst an adviser to Osama bin Laden is more than sufficient to permit the case to go before a jury, after lawyers for the defendant, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, argued the burden of proof had not been met. Abu Ghaith, 48, is a Kuwaiti cleric who married
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Rulefinder Marketing Restrictions (RMR) is a sophisticated service which provides detailed information on the restrictions applicable where an offshore financial institution (OFI) markets or sells a wide range of financial products and services on a cross-border basis. It also covers the provision of advice, research and pre-M&A advice cross-border on such financial products and services.
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LawFuel.com – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that SONG LUO, ZEYUAN WANG, and YONG ZHANG were sentenced in Manhattan federal court in connection with their roles in a scheme to commit immigration fraud by creating and submitting applications for political asylum on behalf of
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The Oscar Pistorius trial in South Africa has taken on an increasingly CSI flavor with the forensic evidence now being displayed in the case that has transfixed much of the ‘trial watching’ world. In its second week, the trial of the paraolympian for the alleged murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp has involved all manner of
