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Donald Trump’s ‘Non Law Graduate’ Wedding Planner Power Player

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What is the Trump family’s wedding planner, claiming an alleged law degree, doing handling a multi-billion dollar portfolio? Lynne Patton may have organized Trump weddings and celebrity golf tournaments, but the claimed J.D. from Quinnipiac University law school with the only problem being – she doesn’t have the degree. School registrar Jim Benson said […]

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3 Lawyers Who Know and Understand North Korea and How It Operates

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] North Korea’s hermit status and belligerent behavior has created an almost vacuum when it comes to Westerners or ‘West-leaning’ lawyers who know anything about the country.  But at least three key “Western” lawyers know the country more than others. There are – to the best of our knowledge – only three or four law

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7 Reasons To Believe Robert Mueller May Finally End the Russia-Trump Scandal

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A highly accomplished lawyer who has a lifetime of legal and prosecutorial experience behind him, makes Robert Mueller an ideal candidate to investigate the allegations of Russian involvement with Donald Trump’s election campaign. For Mueller, former WilmerHale partner (who represent Ivanka and Jared Kushner, incidentally)  among other things, credibility is everything. “You are only as

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Former Senior USTR, OIRA, and Commerce Official Joins Venable’s International Trade Practice in Washington

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]  Experienced trade lawyer and policy advisor in two administrations; focused on strengthening U.S. port and supply chain logistics and infrastructure, trade negotiations, domestic regulation, standards, and other economic policy matters Washington, DC (March 21, 2017) – Venable LLP announced today that Jeff Weiss has joined the firm’s International Trade and Logistics practice as a

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Operator of Unlawful Bitcoin Exchange Found Guilty of Fraud and Bribery

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]               Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TREVON GROSS, the former Chairman and CEO of Helping Other People Excel Federal Credit Union (“HOPE FCU”), located in Lakewood, New Jersey, and YURI LEBEDEV, a former member of HOPE FCU’s Board of Directors and

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Junior Criminal Lawyers Upset Over UK Criminal Pay Rate Changes

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] UK junior lawyers have expressed their serious concern over proposed pay rates to be made at criminal court level by the Ministry of Justice. A Ministry consultation into pay rates has posed a serious threat to young lawyers, the Junior Lawyers Division (JLD) have said in a statement (shown below). The fear is that

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3 Ways You Can Love Your Life – And Your Law Job

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Getting into a  happy situation with your law job is easier said than done – deadlines, anxious clients, billing targets – and getting some undersanding of quite how that can be accomplished is no easy feat. The Lawyer’s “systemic coach”, Zita Tulyahikayo and QC James Pereira run their ‘Loving Legal Life’ series who discussed

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