LOS ANGELES – The Justice Department has announced the formation of the Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF) that will focus on deterring, detecting, investigating and prosecuting antitrust crimes – such as bid-rigging conspiracies and related fraudulent schemes – which undermine competition in government procurement, grant and program funding. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Central […]

Powered by LawFuel – New York, November 6, 2019 — Stroock has tapped partners Michele Jacobson (below) and Jennifer S. Recine (left) to lead its New York General Litigation and firmwide Real Estate Litigation practices, respectively. Michele is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and a co-chair of its Insurance and Reinsurance Group. Over her more

            LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury has indicted two men in a scheme to obtain lawful permanent resident status for South Korean nationals by submitting fraudulent visa applications that falsely claimed American businesses wanted to hire skilled foreign workers.             The indictment alleges that the defendants exploited the EB-2(a) visa program by submitting bogus Alien