The DLA Piper partner who accused colleague and DLA Piper partner Louis Lehot of sexually assaulting her has been placed on leave herself. The firm said that it was placing Vanina Guerrero on paid leave while it investigates “serious issues” with her conduct that it called unrelated to her accusations against Lehot. Guerrero had earlier […]
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(October 17, 2019, Ft. Lauderdale, FL) — Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP (KDV), a leading national law firm, today announced that it is expanding in Florida with the opening of an Orlando office and adding litigation Partner Abbye E. Alexander and Associates Andrew L. Burnstine and Christopher J. Perini. The firm opened its first Florida office in
Esteemed Foreign Legal Consultant Bolsters Firm’s International Capabilities MIAMI (Oct. 17, 2019) – Foley & Lardner LLP is pleased to announce that attorney Pedro Romano Fragoso Pires, a veteran foreign legal consultant, has joined the firm as a member of its Business Law Department. With more than 25 years of legal experience, Fragoso Pires advises U.S. and foreign
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Today, a Sherman Oaks, California native, Robert Shapiro, 61, was sentenced to a total of a total of twenty-five years in in prison by U.S. District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga in Miami, Florida after previously pleading guilty to orchestrating and leading a massive investment fraud scheme, in which more than 7,000 victims suffered financial losses, as
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Glaister Ennor have joined the class action arena, joining with Australian-based litigation funder IMF Bentham to launch an action on behalf of CBL Corp shareholders on the basis of alleged failure to observe disclosure rules from the time of the initial public offering in September 2015. CBL’s shares were suspended from trading on both the
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Can someone be made redundant when they are on parental leave? This article looks at when this can occur, the obligations of employers, and what is considered fair process during restructuring when an employee is on parental leave. Sometimes the needs of a business change and therefore restructuring must occur. This restructuring often includes making
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Orewa lawyer Murray Bryce Lawes has been suspended by the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal from practising for three months from 8 October 2019. In a decision on liability on 19 July 2019 the Tribunal had found him guilty of two charges of misconduct. The first related to management of his trust account
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‘We may be closer to restoring a missing element of common sense to our judicial system’ Powered By LawFuel –HOUSTON, Oct. 13, 2019 — Based on several court decisions during the past nine months, we may be closer to restoring a missing element of common sense to our judicial system and protecting the rights of victims
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Mike Hammell* When we last looked at the growth areas for law in 2019, we featured some challenging areas of growth in the law, like cannabis law and IP law areas. But the COVID-19 pandemic has provided some key changes to what the emerging legal growth areas may be in 2021 and beyond. And so
Amid the #Metoo era and major efforts by the law profession to stamp out the culture issues that come with sexist, gender-offensive activity a major law firm is reportedly investigating a “highly offensive” text messaging group about female trainee solicitors. The Independent said it had received a statement from the big law firm confirming the
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