LOS ANGELES – A West Covina man was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison for laundering more than $900,000 in drug money over a two-year period via a “Black Market Peso Exchange” for Mexico-based drug traffickers. Oscar Sanchez, 52, was sentenced by United States District Judge Virginia A. Phillips. Sanchez pleaded guilty in
While bankruptcy is commonly understood in the general sense, many people fail to understand the several different types of bankruptcy and what those differences are. And what difference do different jurisdictions mean for bankruptcy chapters and terminology? The ‘chapters’ spoken about in this context is the section of the Bankruptcy Code that deals with bankruptcy
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US Big Law giant Quinn Emanuel’s UK chief Richard East has fired up – and fired back – at reports in UK legal media about recent departures from the firm, recently named as leader of the ‘Fearsome Four’ pack of the most feared law firms in the world. The row over departures related principally to
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9 October 2021 – LawFuel.com – To mark World Day Against the Death Penalty (10 October 2021), the Law Council of Australia has released its revised Policy Statement on the Death Penalty and reaffirmed its absolute opposition to the imposition or execution of the death penalty. “No person – irrespective of their nationality, the nature
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Ron Pol – When the solutions to Panama, Paradise, and Pandora papers prevent better anti-crime outcomes. The latest round of coordinated outrage from a carefully manicured document leak – dubbed the Pandora Papers – provoked the usual storm of readymade “solutions” this week to “fix” the anti-money laundering system. But when perceptions (no
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands (October 7, 2021) – The British Virgin Islands International Arbitration Centre (BVI IAC) is proud to host attendees for BVI Arbitration Week 2021, bringing together industry thought leaders from around the world to discuss pressing industry issues. The virtual conference, “A Little Big World,” will examine the interconnectivity of international arbitration within the scope of a
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Christchurch barrister Jonathan Eaton QC has been appointed a High Court judge, sitting in Christchurch. He sat this year at number 27 on the LawFuel Power List of the country’s most powerful and influential lawyers. Attorney‑General David Parker announced the appointment this week, when he also announced that Auckland lawyer Clive Taylor was an associate
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Grier and His Co-Conspirators Allegedly Defrauded Victims of $2.275 Million as Part of an Advance Fee Scheme Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today the
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“We don’t do business with disreputable characters . . ” Baker McKenzie It’s one of the biggest law firms in the world with a regular win as the top law firm brand – but the publicity Baker McKenzie has received over its role in various cases identified in the just-released 12 million document Pandora
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The issues over the the alleged bullying behavour of Napier Family Court Judge Peter Callinicos has lead to complaints to the Judicial Complaints Commission and an unseemly scrap among the brethren in the judiciary. The complaints surround two cases in particular, one involving the custody of a Maori child and one a domestic abuse case
