Michael Schmidtberger Elected Chair of Sidley’s Executive Committee

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New York – Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Michael J. Schmidtberger has been elected Chair of its Executive Committee, the governing body responsible for exercising general authority over the firm’s policies and affairs, effective January 1, 2018. Mr. Schmidtberger will succeed Carter Phillips in this role. Mr. Phillips will remain a partner

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Did The Paradise Papers And Panama Papers Play A Role In The GOP Tax Plan?

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Ifrah PLLC –  Congress is poised to deliver on tax reform this year. As part of the package, both houses are seeking to encourage the repatriation of trillions of dollars that corporations and wealthy individuals have been stockpiling offshore. For decades, corporations and wealthy individuals have been able to avoid taxes legally by transferring assets

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The Superstar Lawyer Who Faces Major Reputation Damage Over the Weinstein Affairs

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David Boies & Harvey Weinstein

Reputation for lawyers is everything – so what happens when a superstar lawyer like David Boies becomes entangled in a mess like Harvey Weinstein? Can he disentangle? Does it even hurt? According to an article in Bloomberg.com, David Boies is unfazed by the attention being focused on himself as a sometime lawyer for the besieged

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Real Estate Developer In Court For Conspiracy to Corrupt Electoral Process

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Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced that SHALOM LAMM and KENNETH NAKDIMEN were sentenced for conspiracy to corrupt the electoral process, in connection with an election in Bloomingburg, New York. LAMM was sentenced today to 10 months in prison. NAKDIMEN was previously sentenced on

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City law firm acting for Cryptocurrency Innovator Byzen Digital as it Ramps Up in Advance of Initial Coin Offering

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UK commercial law firm, Al Bawardi Critchlow, today announced that its founder and senior partner, Dr Julian Critchlow, has been appointed as a non-executive director by blockchain and cryptocurrency technology company, Byzen Digital Inc. Dr Critchlow joins the Byzen Digital board in preparation for the firm’s initial coin offering, scheduled for 2018. Al Bawardi Critchlow

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Slaughter and May is advising Legal & General on the sale of its Mature Savings business to Swiss Re for £650 million

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Slaughter and May is advising Legal & General on the sale of its Mature Savings business to the ReAssure division of Swiss Re for £650 million. The Mature Savings business, which is largely closed to new business, has around 1 million customers who hold traditional insurance based pensions, savings and investment products. The business includes

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Legislation Proposes Sweeping New Foreign Investment Review Authorities

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Skadden – On November 8, 2017, a bipartisan group of legislators led by U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger, R-N.C., alongside co-sponsors including U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., introduced parallel legislation in both the Senate and House of Representatives to update and strengthen the legal authorities of the Committee on Foreign

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Drug-Trafficking Doctor Guilty of Prescribing Highly Addictive Opioids

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LOS ANGELES – A doctor who operated a medical clinic in Lynwood has been found guilty of drug-trafficking charges after a federal jury found that he issued prescriptions for powerful narcotics and sedatives without a medical purpose for mostly young “patients” who sometimes traveled more than 100 miles to get prescriptions. Dr. Edward Ridgill, 65,

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Australia’s Most Powerful Lawyers

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Among Australia’s most powerful lawyers, a LawFuel Power Selection of some of the most prominent – Allan Fels Professor Allan Herbert Miller Fels AO is  regarded as the country’s leading regulator.  An Australian economist, lawyer and public servant he is best known for his job as chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission from

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Davis Polk Advises Aetna on Its Acquisition by CVS Health

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Davis Polk is advising Aetna on its approximately $77 billion acquisition by CVS Health. The transaction, which is expected to close in the second half of 2018, is subject to approval by Aetna and CVS Health shareholders, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. Aetna is one of the nation’s leading diversified health care benefits

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