The issues confronting women lawyers and how they can reconcile their work with family life, quite apart from work-life balance generally, was an issue covered in a recent article in the NY Times about a new firm set up by two women who have no permanent offices, take afternoons off for school events and experiment […]
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Dean Skelos Allegedly Used Official Position To Cause More Than $200,000 In Payments To Son Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, Assistant Director-In-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today that New York State Senate Majority Leader
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Marilyn Mosby is a tough lady. At just 35 she is the youngest chief prosecutor in any district and she has just made some tough decisions, having the city of Baltimore charge six police officers with major crimes, including second degree murder and manslaughter. It was a tough call for the young prosecutor, but necessary
LawFuel.com – Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, announced that BNP Paribas S.A. (BNPP), a global financial institution headquartered in Paris, France was sentenced today for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA)
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Is an embryo a “life” or “property” to be fought over in a court of law? The intimate life and legal arguments around actress Sofia Vergara has raised ethical and legal issues relating to the ‘right to life’ of embryos, which her former husband wishes to become children. Ms Vergara does not. The legal
The Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight could have significant repercussions for a sideline party, rap mogul Mrion “Suge” Knight who may be depending upon Mayweather to post the rapper’s bail. Knight’s bail was originally set at $25 million, reduced to $10 million but the judge handling the case refused to drop the bail further to
Latham & Watkins has moved into Number 1 position for top grossing law firms according to a report from the American Lawyer, generating $2.6 billion in revenues. The revenue increase is 14 percent more than the previous year. AmLaw’s rankings look at financial metrics including revenues and profits per partner and it moves Lathams into
Bankruptcy law, as you might expect post-GFC and a few other crises along the way, is big business. And one of the biggest – if not the biggest – attorney handling bankruptcy law is Weil Gotshal partner Harvey Miller. Mr Miller, 82, died recently after acting for such notable bankrupts as Lehman Brothers Holdings. “Harvey
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— LawFuel.com – Attorney General Pam Bondi today filed a complaint against the Obama administration in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida challenging the federal government’s attempt to coerce Florida into expanding Medicaid by withholding Low Income Pool healthcare funding. The complaint was filed on behalf of Governor Rick
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DAVID RILEY, former Chief Information Officer of Foundry Networks, Inc. (“Foundry”), a California-based technology company that was acquired by Brocade Communications, Inc. (“Brocade”), in 2008, was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for his participation in an insider trading
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