US Attorney News – Founder of Cryptocurrency Payment Company Charged

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Evading Sanctions and Export Controls, Defrauding Financial Institutions, and Violating the Bank Secrecy Act  Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, a 22-count indictment was unsealed charging Iurii Gugnin with wire and bank fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States, violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), operating an unlicensed money transmitting […]

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Sunny Days Ahead As Baker McKenzie Names New Global Chair

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Sunny Mann Takes the Helm at Baker McKenzie International trade, compliance, and investigations guru Sunny Mann is stepping into the role of Global Chair, succeeding Milton Cheng this October. Sunny Mann is a frequent flyer on the international law circuit. Based in London but with stamps in his legal passport from Washington DC, New York,

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AI Firm Implodes—And Law Firms Are on the Creditor List

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“Builder.ai Bankruptcy: Lawyers Left Holding the AI Bag” Builder.ai, a once‑heralded AI-driven app developer backed by Microsoft and the Qatar Investment Authority, has collapsed into bankruptcy. The real shocker isn’t just the firm’s collapse, but that prominent law firm Quinn Emanuel has landed on the creditor list, Reports from the Financial Times reveal the firm

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From Courtroom to Coastlines: The Rich List Journey of Peter Cooper

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Who Is The Gold-Plated Lawyer Peter Cooper? John Bowie, LawFuel publisher In the 1980s when I started the first ‘Rich List’ for the NZ Financial Review there were few lawyers who made the List – perhaps only Michael Friedlander – but as the world changes. The NBR bought the Review and the Rich List and

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Objection Upheld As Auckland Law Faculty Fends Off Business Takeover Attempt

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Auckland Law School Merger Rejected The University of Auckland’s controversial plan to merge its Law and Business faculties is officially dead. >> Your new law job here . . After months of resistance and razor-sharp critiques from legal minds across New Zealand, Vice-Chancellor Dawn Freshwater’s proposed merger has been, in bureaucratic terms, “paused.” In plain

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Debevoise Ditches Equity & Launches Partner Class with Perks, No Price Tag

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Debevoise & Plimpton just joined the ranks of elite Big Law firms reconfiguring partner structures by launching a non-equity partner tier in a move that signals strategic flexibility in today’s tight talent market.

As reported by The Lawyer, this isn’t just a cosmetic title change. The firm’s non-equity tier effectively allows it to separate capital-holding partners from what amounts to income-only partners. It’s a strategic pivot that echoes ongoing industry trends.

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How Piers Morgan’s Badly Behaved Barrister Interview Shows He Has Become The Jerry Springer of News

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Attacking A Barrister Guest Was A New Low Point In Screaming-Match TV ‘News’ When leading public law barrister and international speaker and commentator Natasha Hausdorff (pictured) appeared on Piers Morgan’s YouTube channel to debate the tragedy in Gaza, the diginity of her position was assailed by a screaming-head in the form of ‘new media’s’ hero,

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Asia Law News – Three Partners Establish Boutique Corporate and Commercial Law Firm in Singapore

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Delta Law Corporation, a boutique corporate and commercial law firm, proudly announces its launch in the heart of Singapore’s heritage-rich Keong Saik district. Delta Law’s Partners Cephas Yee, Sean Lee and Joshua Tan set-up office in Keong Saik Founded by long-time friends and former classmates from Singapore Management University — Joshua Tan, Cephas Yee, and

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Fenwick Deepens Regulatory Capabilities with Addition of Government Contracts Counsel Jerzy Piatkowski in Washington, D.C.

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Washington, D.C. — Fenwick today announced that Jerzy Piatkowski has joined the firm as counsel in its government contracts & public sector procurement group. He will be based in Fenwick’s Washington, D.C. office. Piatkowski’s arrival reflects the firm’s continued investment in its regulatory capabilities and sustained growth in the region. Piatkowski joins Fenwick following a

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Mayer Brown bolsters its renowned ERISA Litigation practice with the return of Rick Nowak in Chicago

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Mayer Brown announced today that Rick Nowak has rejoined the firm as a partner in its Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice in Chicago. Rick, an experienced trial lawyer and nationally recognized Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) litigator and former Co-Chair of the ERISA Litigation practice, returns to Mayer Brown from Fidelity Investments. At Fidelity,

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