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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Los Angeles- Zvi Sperling, of Beverly Hills, pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to defraud the IRS in the collection of income tax before U.S. District Court Judge John F. Walter on Friday. Zvi Sperling, 62, formerly of Tel Aviv, Israel, admitted he opened and maintained foreign bank accounts, using nominee entities
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Owner of Nine Marijuana Stores in Orange and Los Angeles Counties Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking and Tax Evasion Charges SANTA ANA, California – A San Clemente man pleaded guilty this morning to federal drug trafficking and tax offenses in relation to a string of nine illegal marijuana storefronts that generated millions of
On March 28, The American Lawyer named two Skadden partners — global corporate finance practice co-head Stacy Kanter and mergers and acquisitions attorney Nancy Lieberman (pictured) — among the publication’s “Dealmakers of the Year.” Ms. Kanter was profiled for her advising Realogy Holding Corp. in its $1.2 billion initial public offering, which was the largest private
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International lawyers DLA Piper have been caught in the middle of the billable hour grinder in a publicity nightmare that has seen the firm blame a client for over-billing before having to confront the demon of over-charging itself – a deer in the headlights that is now embarrassed over an unseemingly site and one that
