Lockstep compensation is as much a part of most Big Law firms in Britain and some other jurisdictions as the law firm art and foyers. However mega-firm Clifford Chance is looking at changing all that with a review that is placing more attention on merit-based compensation rather than the lockstep system. Clifford Chance is not […]
LawFuel.com – Law News Daily – Spy Ring Attempted to Collect Economic Intelligence and Recruit New York City Residents as Intelligence Sources Evgeny Buryakov, a/k/a “Zhenya,” Worked Under “Non-Official Cover” as a Bank Employee in Manhattan Eric Holder, the Attorney General of the United States, Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for
The world’s largest law firm by lawyer-count is on its way – resulting from the merger between UK-based Dentons and Chinese firm Dacheng who have agreed to form a firm comprising over 6600 lawyers. The merger arises from attempts by the firms to have a legal monolith that provides legal services for Chinese companies seeking
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So we’ve all waited – breathless after the breath-taking “Breaking Bad” – to see the prequel to the hit series featuring shameless attorney with the bad shirts and ties, Saul Goodman. So how was it? Let’s check what the media say: First, Mashable, who explain that the series immediately flashes back to 2002, six years
Allegedly Used Official Position to Obtain $4 Million in Bribes and Kickbacks Concealed as Income From Outside Law Practice Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Richard Frankel, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Criminal Division of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”),
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MICHAEL A. LUCARELLI, the former Director of Market Intelligence at Lippert/Heilshorn& Associates, Inc. (“LHA”), an investor relations firm, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 30 months in prison for insider trading. LUCARELLI repeatedly used material nonpublic information
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ROBERT M. FAIELLA, a/k/a “BTCKing,” an underground Bitcoin exchanger, was sentenced today to four years in prison for his role in knowingly transmitting nearly $1 million in Bitcoins intended to facilitate drug trafficking on “Silk Road,” a black-market
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Attorney’s who need to market their practice online are always looking for the best results on a budget. Just like bigger law firms that have more pedigree, some law firms have a habit of trusting the biggest law firm marketing companies without analyzing their results and methods. As you’re about to learn, that might not
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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said in an interview Tuesday that she plans to sue the American network Fox News after it broadcast inaccurate reports on Muslim “no-go zones” in the French capital, in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attacks. TIME reports that FOX retracted and apologized for the reports about the “no go”
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The massive sales of Charlie Hebdo following the Paris terror attacks has also raised a debate about who would permit – or should permit – the publication of such cartoons with issues about free speech and privacy laws raging in the wake of the attacks and the publication of the latest edition once again showing
