George Leef is director of research for the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy and wrote this piece for Forbes. He holds a bachelor of arts degree from Carroll College (Waukesha, WI) and a juris doctor from Duke University School of Law. One of the Bard’s often-quoted lines is Dick the Butcher’s admonition […]
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Blakes is pleased to announce that our Tax group has been awarded the 2014 “Canada Tax Firm of the Year” for the sixth time in the last seven years. Blakes also received 2014 “Tax Court of Canada Firm of the Year” and an additional award for a private equity transaction. The awards were presented at
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Al Mirsal – Global cyber-attack threats stand at the highest ever recorded level, jumping 14 percent from 2012 to 2013 (Cisco 2014 Annual Security Report). Furthermore, a recent Microsoft Security Intelligence Report found that operating system infection rates in the GCC countries were almost twice the worldwide average, with up to 13 computers out of
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Brain injury law is a highly specialized area of law, for good reason. A couple who have developed one of America’s leading brain injury law practices, Michael Kaplen and Shana De Caro developed their area of specialty when they found few lawyers who had the necessary expertise. De Caro, of the firm De Caro and
Hobnobbing and associating with A-Listers is always good for the ego, but it can also be good for business. Problem for lawyer Svitlana Sangary, an LA Attorney, is she photoshopped herself into parties that she never attended, rubbing shoulders with George Cooney, Donald Trump and others. Result: A six month suspension form the State Bar
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SAN DIEGO – James (“Jim”) Miller, a Manhattan Beach attorney and corporate executive, appeared in magistrate court in Los Angeles County yesterday to face allegations that he embezzled over a quarter-million dollars from his former employer, MWRC Internet Sales LLC (“MWRC”). As alleged in a five-count Indictment, Miller – an attorney who worked for Body
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Limitless opportunities for lawyers? Sound too good to be true? The reality is that lawyers are front and center of the privacy law issues in the wake of scandals and crises like the Edward Snowden hacking issue. And so lawyers who are smartly entering the privacy arena are cleaning up. Take Baker + McKenzie lawyer
According to The Madison-St. Clair Record, a California woman filed a lawsuit against Pfizer Inc., Greenstone LLC and Pfizer R&D Cortex District alleging that her daughter was born with congenital birth defects as a result of using Zoloft during her pregnancy.* The Zoloft birth defect lawsuit was filed in St. Clair County Circuit Court (Case
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Conflict of interest issues and lawyer/client relationships are one thing, but when a prisoner is found with a bikini-clad image of his favorite prosecutor on his cell wall it has lead to all sorts of trouble, including the loss of the prosecutor’s $83,000 a year job. The picture of Marriya Wright has lead to an
Celebrity athlete Oscar Pistorius faces judgement day today for the Valentines Day killing of his girlfriend following a six month long trial. The 27-year-old celebrity athlete faces life behind bars and notoriety that would eclipse his athletic achievements, if found guilty of deliberately killing lover Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day 2013. Grisly photos from the
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