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 […]
LawFuel.com – Two New York City Party Leaders and Two Elected Officials in the Village of Spring Valley Also Charged in Bribery Schemes Charges Include Cash Bribes of More Than $100,000 Changing Hands in Connection With Republican Mayoral Ballot, City Council Discretionary Funds, and Spring Valley Development Project Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for
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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
Hardin Brings Top-Tier Pharma, Medical Device & Energy Industry Experience (March 26, 2013, Houston, TX) – LawFuel.com – Law Firm Newswire – Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Julie Hardin as a partner in the Life Sciences Health Industry and Energy and Natural Resources Groups. Julie, who joins from Fulbright & Jaworski, is
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There’s everyone from OJ Simpson’s lawyer Robert Shapiro to General Mills’ General Counsel Roderick Palmore pushing for diversity within the legal profession, from Kamala Harris, California’s attorney general and Wilmer Cutler’s William Lee who won a record $1.05 billion judgment for Apple Inc. It’s the National Law Journal’s 100 most influencing lawyers in America and,
TOKYO, MARCH 25, 2013 – LawFuel.com – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that David E. Case has joined the firm as a partner in its Intellectual Property Group based in the firm’s Tokyo office. Mr. Case is a leading intellectual property litigator in Tokyo. Formerly the head of White & Case’s Japan and
