LawFuel.com – Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division, announced that HAROON ASWAT was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Katherine B. Forrest to 20 years in prison for terrorism offenses relating to ASWAT’s efforts to establish […]
It was regarded as one of the young, busy and successful law firms that was taking Britain by storm. But no longer. Blavo & Co had a multi-million pound turnover and 20 offices throughout Britain, but the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has closed it down. The SRA said that it decided to intervene because there
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Questionable decisions made by the prosecutor in the investigation into the fatal shooting death of 12 year old Tamir Rice could become reminiscent of the Ferguson Missouri Grand Jury investigation, according to a lawyer for Tamir’s family. “She’s afraid that what will happen to her is what happened in Ferguson,” Subodh Chandra said. “The prosecutor
WASHINGTON – LawFuel.com – The Boeing Company has paid the United States $18 million to settle allegations that the company submitted false claims for labor charges on maintenance contracts with the U.S. Air Force for the C-17 Globemaster aircraft, the Justice Department announced today. Boeing, an aerospace and defense industry giant, is headquartered in
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Despite being in a remunerative and prestigious profession, lawyers often fall victim of depression. According to a 2014 pool, “52 percent of practicing lawyers describe themselves as dissatisfied.” The problem, certainly, is not financial. After all this is a profession where the median compensation for a fresh New York University grad is around $160,000, according
The marathon Dewey & LeBoeuf trial has resulted in a partial verdict this week, as the wearying trial takes its toll on defendants, lawyers and jurors. Jurors have reported ill – vertico and muscle spasms being two claimed illnesses – while one of the four assistant district attorney’s, Gregory Weiss, suffered a fall and bruising
LawFuel.com – The Original Law News Site – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that DENNIS SICA was sentenced today in White Plains federal court to 35 years in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl, the use of which resulted
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An enraged Saudi wife who recorded her husband sexually assaulting a servant and who posted the video clip online, is now facing significant legal penalties herself, in the true spirit of what life is like in Saudi Arabia. The man forces himself upon the domestic worker, who is seen struggling and crying out. His wife’s
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Of all the thing a law firm can do to publicise itself, being labelled a “Hate Group” is not exactly number one on the marketing list. However, for law firm representing Kim Davis, Liberty Counsel, has been so-labelled by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a job the group has been doing since the 1980s
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LawFuel.com – US Attorney Preet Bharara announces that Deputy United Nations Ambassador for the Dominican Republic Among Those Charged on Corruption Charges Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Diego Rodriguez, Assistant Director-In-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and Thomas E.
