LawFuel.com – Global Law Newswire Service Leading international legal practice Norton Rose has today announced 33 partner promotions globally including, in South Africa, six promotions to director. For the second consecutive year, female partners accounted for a strong percentage of all promotions (42% this year and 44% last year). 25 promotions were made across Norton […]
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LawFuel.com – New York (April 16, 2013) – Morrison & Foerster has been recognized for its leadership in financial regulatory matters and named Law Firm of the Year by Operational Risk & Regulation magazine. The firm was recognized for the breadth of its financial services and regulatory expertise. The firm’s ability to assist North American,
LawFuel.com – Are there likely to be a further growth in US law firms seeking more exposure to the Middle East, following Baker & McKenzie’s recently announced tie-up with the Dubai-based Habib Al Mulla law firm? The Baker & McKenzie merger, which takes effect on 1 July, creates the fifth office for the mega-firm in
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RAYMOND BITAR, the former Chief Executive Officer of Full Tilt Poker, pled guilty today to unlawful internet gambling and to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud and was sentenced to time served by U.S. District Judge Loretta A.
LawFuel – US Law Firm News – Davis Polk partner Ronan Harty and associate Jesse Solomon have been awarded a 2013 Antitrust Writing Award by The Institute of Competition Law and The George Washington University Law School. The awards recognize the best articles published in the antitrust law and law and economics fields in the
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Lawfuel.com – Law News Daily – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Eric T. Schneiderman, the New York State Attorney General, announced that PHILLIP SMITH was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 10 years in prison for running a large-scale identity theft scheme in which he
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After a two year Chapter 11 proceeding, failed Washington-based law firm Howreys has reached a settlement with an insurance provider and is still negotiating with over 50 law firms attempting to recover millions of dollars for Howrey creditors. The Washington Post reports Houston attorney Allan Diamond, whose role as trustee is to recover as much
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New York – Sidley announced today that a group of 11 lawyers – ten partners and one counsel – will be joining the firm in multiple offices including New York and Washington, DC. The group is widely regarded as one of the most experienced and prominent securities enforcement and regulatory teams in the country. “We
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Sidley Austin continues its expansion mood in 2013 with 11 senior lawyers joining the firm from Bingham McCutchen. Last month the firm hired a tax partner from Vinson & Elkins, a technology partner from Cooleys and an M&A partner from King & Spalding. The firm has recruited 11 lawyers from Bingham McCutchen, including Bingham’s securities
SAN DIEGO (April 1, 2013) – LawFuel.com – US Law Firm News – Morrison & Foerster today announced that leading privacy and consumer protection lawyer Andrew B. Serwin has joined the firm as a partner, along with of counsel Peter F. McLaughlin and associate Daniel Muto. The additions enhance a group widely lauded as one
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