[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A former Justice Department lawyer and Akin Gump partner who wore a wig and used a fake name when trying to sell a sealed whistleblower complaint to a company being investigated by the government has blown his career with the Big Law firm. Jeffrey Wertkin was intending to collect over $300,000 in the sale
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”95454″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Having grown up playing video games and following competitive gaming since high school, Blum continued his interest in eSports throughout studying law. He has worked in the community handling cases for over three years. While many were supportive of his work, he noticed that at his previous firm, certain peers and co-workers
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1, 2017 — The Scali Law Firm today announced that it has opened an Ontario office – its fourth in California – to give clients in the Inland Empire better access to the firm’s automotive law experts. The office, located at 3200 Guasti Road, Suite 100, will be led by Partner Robert Mizar, who
SANTA ANA, California – A Corona woman who embezzled more than $500,000 from her employer, an Irvine-based property management company, has been sentenced to serve 27 months in federal prison. Kristina Hosea, 46, of Corona, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Cormac J. Carney, who also ordered the defendant to pay $515,619
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SAN FRANCISCO (February 7, 2017) – Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Paul R. Mohun as a partner in the firm’s global Real Estate Group in San Francisco. Mohun was most recently associate general counsel for real estate at The Gap Inc. in San Francisco. He was previously a real estate partner
Flinging iced coffee at opposing counsel is not necessarily the most appropriate way of silencing their continued interjection and, for California lawyer Valeria Healy it resulted in a $250 sanction. The sanction was compensation for coffee-staining opposing lawyer Thomas Wallerstein’s clothes after Ms Healy was twice told to “be quiet”. The coffee break occurred when
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“Grits with that?” It may be the calling-card for successful women lawyers according to research undertaken by The Grit Project. The Grit Project was prepared by the ABA’s Commission on Women in the law profession and is to be published in a book later this year. However a Miami meeting last week showed that there
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A student who once sought to be president of the Cambridge Union and was an Allen & Overy trainee solicitor has been sacked over an article he wrote that reportedly plagiarised a Financial Times article. Sachin Parathalingham had written an article for The Tab which was a substantial copy of an FT article leading to
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Today (Friday 3 February), marks 50 years since the hanging of Ronald Ryan at Pentridge Prison in Melbourne. To mark the event, the Law Council of Australia is holding a national symposium on Australia’s Contribution to the Abolition of the Death Penalty with leading jurists, domestic and foreign policy experts and political decision makers. When:
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Pittsburgh, PA – Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that James J. Barnes has joined the Firm as a Partner in the Corporate, M&A, and Securities group and has been appointed Partner of Strategic Development for the Pittsburgh office and co-chair of the Firm’s Family Office practice. Mr. Barnes joins Blank Rome from Pepper
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