LOS ANGELES — Two Mexican nationals were found guilty today of federal charges related to the death of a Coast Guard officer who was fatally injured in late 2012 when he was thrown from a Coast Guard vessel that was rammed by a “panga” boat operated by defendants. Following a seven-day trial, a federal […]
Large law firms are taking on partners. The issue is that they come from other firms and the trend is growing rapidly, according to figures released by the American Lawyer magazine this week. Corporate lawyers represent 17 percent of all the partner moves for the 12 month period ending on September 30 2013, which is
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Marketing a law firm has traditionally relied – to a large extent anyway – upon the legal accomplishments of the law practise. But that’s not the way you need to approach the development of a good law firm marketing strategy. Micah Solomon is an author, entrepreneur and speaker who consults on customer service issues, among
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Fired Swansee manager Michael Laudrop will receive a handsome payoff after being dumped by his team, but legal issues in Holland prevented him making the journey to see the Swansea City youth team play at The Hague after a former Dutch Club advertised for his whereabouts over an allegedly unpaid tax bill. The unusual action
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2014 LawFuel.com — The Mesothelioma Compensation Center says, “The most costly mistake a diagnosed victim of mesothelioma, or their family members can make, is thinking a local personal injury law firm can do a great job on a mesothelioma compensation claim—or assuming that a mesothelioma middleman marketing law firm is really going
Silk Road Was Used by More than 100,000 Users to Buy and Sell Hundreds of Kilograms of Illegal Drugs and Other Unlawful Goods and Services LawFuel.c0m – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the indictment in Manhattan federal court of ROSS WILLIAM ULBRICHT, a/k/a “Dread Pirate
LawFuel.com – International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised the underwriters on the global offering and listing of HK Electric Investments on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, which commenced trading today. The firm also advised lenders on the provision of two syndicated loans (worth a cumulative total of approximately US$4.8bn) in connection with the
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The question of who sold Philip Seymour Hoffman his drugs, of which there were almost 50 envelopes of heroin beside the body, is being followed up with an extensive NYPD search of the city to find his dealer. The actor, 46, died on Sunday from an apparent drug overdose, with a syringe in his arm
LawFuel.com – The Defendant Recruited Drivers and Passengers to Crash Vehicles Into Cars Being Driven by Innocent Victims In Order to Submit Bogus Insurance Claims Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
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LawFuel.com – Davis Polk is advising the special committee of the board of directors of SWS Group, Inc. in connection with an unsolicited acquisition proposal from Hilltop Holdings Inc. to acquire the outstanding common stock that Hilltop does not already own for $7.00 per share. The special committee will carefully evaluate Hilltop’s unsolicited proposal and
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