A New York lawyer jumped 12 storeys to his death today after reeling from the deaths of his parents and separation from his wife. Leonard Morton was 45. He suffered from bi-polar disorder and landed on scaffolding at the scene at 255 Broadway. “He was going through a terrible,errible depression,” said close friend Linda March, […]
March 5, 2014, Chicago, IL – Reed Smith LLP today announced that Michael O’Neil has joined the firm as a partner in its Chicago office, where he will be a member of the firm’s Global Regulatory Enforcement Group. O’Neil joins Reed Smith from DLA Piper, where he was Chair of the Privacy Litigation Group
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the appointments of Brendan McGuire as Co-Chief of the Terrorism & International Narcotics Unit and Arlo Devlin-Brown as Chief of the Public Corruption Unit. Mr. McGuire joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 2005. Prior to being named Co-Chief of
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So who is Oscar Pistorius paying a rumoured £3,500 to defend himself? Barry Roux is a big name lawyer in South Africa and regarded as a master of cross examination. His witness demolition has been compared to clubbing baby seals to death. Roux already showed his abilities in court when he discredited police detective Hiilton
It may have been no great surprise about Matthew McConaughey’s Oscar win for Dallas Buyers Club, but our favourite here at LawFuel remains his outing in The Lincoln Lawyer. The 44 year old was always the on-the-money guy to scoop the best actor nod this time around and his aw-shucks Texas style conceals a sharp actor
RIVERSIDE, California – A deputy public defender for Riverside County pleaded guilty today to two felony counts of stealing social security benefits. Audrey Owens, 60, of Upland, pleaded guilty to two counts of theft of government property before United States District Judge Virginia A. Phillips. Owens pleaded guilty one week before
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Two major law firms have announced positions involving women taking senior roles. It’s 125 years old, but Scotland’s Balfour & Mason is not slowing down. The firm has announced a shakeup designed to raise the profile of the firm. Elaine Motion, the firm’s head of litigation is to replace Fred Tyler. She will be succeeded
A Chicago University employee has been awarded $2.5 million in back pay and damages in an employment law dispute that could see the employee, fired for whistleblowing, receive even more money. The whistleblowing verdict is the first filed under the ethics act enacted in 2003 which set out guidelines for behaviour by state employees and
What does a famed immigration attorney do when he wants to educate his wide audience on his area of special interest? He “does a Grisham” and writes a book. Shah Peerally is a well known legal commentator and immigration attorney, but he is also a humanitarian and activist keen to educate people on immigration and
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