Disbarred Lawyer Found Guilty of Stealing Settlement Monies & Cheating on Taxes

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LOS ANGELES – A disbarred personal-injury lawyer was found guilty by a federal jury today of 22 felonies for stealing the majority of a multimillion-dollar settlement that should have been paid to a car accident victim, as well as cheating on his federal income taxes.           Philip James Layfield, a.k.a. “Philip Samuel Pesin,” 48, of Las

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Former In-House Legal Counsel Vice President Appointed As General Counsel to Cigna New Zealand

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Jeremy Valentine has 25 years of experience in financial services and joins Cigna from The Co-operative Bank where he was Risk, Legal and Governance general manager. He’s also held key positions with the ANZ and National Bank, as well as practising in two major New Zealand law firms. Cigna New Zealand chief executive Gail Costa says

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Bar Association calls for protection of Afghan women judges

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The New Zealand Bar Association is backing calls from the International Association of Women  Judges (IAWJ) President, Justice Susan Glazebrook, for the New Zealand Government to help secure  safe passage and refuge for Afghan women judges and their families. The judges are facing grave  danger following the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.   Bar Association President, Paul

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New York Attorneys & Doctors Involved in Defrauding Businesses For $31 Million Through Trip-and-Fall Fraud Scheme

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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 Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging GEORGE CONSTANTINE, MARC ELEFANT, ANDREW DOWD, and SADY RIBEIRO with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, mail fraud,

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Russell McVeagh In Largest Sustainability Linked Loan in 2021

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Russell McVeagh has assisted Summerset to complete a loan facility refinance for approximately $1.2 billion, incorporating a $700 million Sustainability Linked Loan (SLL) component, which takes effect 1 October 2021. This is one of the largest SLLs in the market to date, and the second SLL of significance that the firm has advised on so

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Littler Survey: Employers Increasingly Consider Vaccine Mandates as COVID-19 Delta Variant Spreads

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Survey of more than 1,600 employers reveals key concerns and strategies surrounding mandating and encouraging vaccination  (August 23, 2021) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practicerepresenting management, has released the results of its COVID-19 Vaccine Employer Survey Report: Delta Variant Update, completed by 1,630 in-house lawyers, C-suite executives and human resources professionals across the

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On A Scale of 1-5 – Where Does Your Law Firm Sit for Law Firm Job Satisfaction?

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The American Lawyer midlevel associate rankings show the ‘most satisfying’ law firms to work for . . but law firm jobs satisfaction was just one factor that featured The latest American Lawyer midlevel associate rankings have McDermott Will & Emory taking the top spot in the rankings, completed by 3700 mid-level associates – being associates

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