How did the head of one of the world’s largest and richest law firms get caught up in a #Metoo scandal that cost him his job? Latham & Watkins has been reported as being the wealthiest law firm in the world, breaching the $3 billion barrier it was reported last month and it’s managing partner […]
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Rene Febles, Deputy Inspector General for Investigations for the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA-OIG”), announced today that the United States has filed a complaint-in-intervention against Rosicki, Rosicki & Associates, P.C. (“ROSICKI”), a foreclosure law firm in New York, and its
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Simpson Grierson have appointed commercial litigator lawyer Anne Callinan as their new chair. Ms Callinan has previously spent six years on the board and in a statement today the firm said she is well known for her strategic thinking and down to earth approach. The position takes effect immediately.
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The New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal has ordered that Timothy Upton Slack be struck off the roll of barristers and solicitors. He admitted a charge that, having been convicted of an offence punishable by imprisonment, that conviction reflected on his fitness to practise, and/or tended to bring the legal profession into disrepute. The
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Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that PINCUS DAVID CARLEBACH, a bankruptcy attorney, pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to embezzling funds from a client’s bankruptcy estate. From January 2016 through February 2016, CARLEBACH, whose client was in bankruptcy proceedings in the United States Bankruptcy
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Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that EARL SIMMONS, an internationally known recording artist, performer, and actor known professionally as “DMX” and “X,” was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to one year in prison for tax fraud in connection with evading the payment of income
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The former asset manager of a tax-payer funded disability trust has been sentenced to eight months of home detention and ordered to pay reparations of $164,929 for charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office. Saul Brendon Roberts was sentenced today in the Auckland High Court. He had pleaded guilty earlier to all five charges he
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Being asked to give a blood test is a very usual DUI situation, but when you’re an attorney who is requested to give a blood test during a disciplinary hearing then that’s very unusual. But Kansas lawyer Justin Holstin was so requested, complied and was found to be intoxicated. Legal Profession Blog reports that he
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MinterEllisonRuddWatts performance on New Zealand’s most interesting business opportunities and transactions has been recognised in this year’s Australasian Law Awards. The Australasian Law Awards recognise leading law firms and in-house teams for their outstanding achievements. A finalist for New Zealand Deal Firm of the Year and the only national law firm to have two finalists
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Since 2012, I have been defending the United States’ attempt to extradite me to face a criminal prosecution in the United States. I have always argued that the conduct alleged online dissemination of copyright protected works by Megaupload’s users – is not an extradition offence. The High Court correctly found this conduct is not an
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