Half-Strength Fluoride Supplements Result in $39 Million Fraud Settlement
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Scott J. Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Regional Office for the Office of Inspector General for the...
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View Article6 Ways to Shake Up Law Firm Business Development in 2016
Matt Thompson* – A recent survey of law firm business development and marketing professionals suggests the strategies and tactics law firms use to generate new business is changing. According to the...
View ArticlePersonal Injury Lawyer Arrested For Failing To Pay More Than $3 Million to...
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
View ArticleCosby’s Legal Woes Now Include Harassed Lawyers
The Bill Cosby defamation/sex assault legal mess just got messier. And now the lawyers are being deposed and allegedly “harassed” in the ongoing litigation. Lawyers for the comedian, who has filed...
View ArticleClifford Chance Advises China Energy on US$1.8 Billion IPO
Clifford Chance – Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised China Energy Engineering Corporation Limited (CEEC) on its US$1.8 billion IPO. CEEC is one of the largest comprehensive...
View ArticleFormer ICE Special Agent Pleads Guilty To Taking Bribes In Human Trafficking...
LOS ANGELES – A former special agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) pleaded guilty this afternoon to accepting thousands of dollars...
View Article5 Telemedicine Trends Changing Healthcare in 2016
Foley & Lardner – Telemedicine is a key component in the health care industry shift to value-based care as a way to generate additional revenue, cut costs and enhance patient satisfaction. One of...
View ArticleCongress’s Sick Annual Tradition: Passing Unpopular Laws
Josh Silver and Mansur Gidfar* – Congress has officially approved the latest omnibus budget deal, which now heads to President Obama’s desk. The bill is essentially guaranteed to be signed into law,...
View ArticleElectrolux Deal Abandoned after Opposition from US Anti-trust Authorities
CMS Legal – General Electric (GE) has walked away from the $3.3bn sale of its home appliances arm to Stockholm-based Electrolux following opposition from the Department of Justice. The deal, which was...
View ArticlePreet Bharara Statement Regarding Non-Compliant NYC Department of Education
STATEMENT OF U.S. ATTORNEY PREET BHARARA ON LETTER TO NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ABOUT NONCOMPLIANCE WITH ADA “This morning, my Office issued a letter to the New York City Department of...
View ArticleDentons Announces Merger with Colombia and Mexican Firms
Dentons – Global law firm Dentons, Colombia’s Cárdenas & Cárdenas, and Mexico’s López Velarde, Heftye y Soria (LVHS), today announced that the partners of each firm have approved the combination...
View ArticleJudicial Punch-Up Leads To Judicial Firing
Sparring judges and lawyers are nothing uncommon in court, but actually having the couple actually fight outside after the Judge himself asked the lawyer to “step outside” is taking matters to an...
View ArticleFormer Law Firm Administrator Stole $3.3 Million and Jailed for 5 Years
LOS ANGELES – A former administrator of a Los Angeles law firm was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $3.3 million from her employer. Esterlina Santos, 53,...
View ArticleFluid Trademarks: The Risks and Rewards
Davis Wright Tremain – Fluid trademarks are a good strategy to capture the attention of millennials, but certain steps should be taken Confident, self-expressive, diverse, technologically savvy,...
View ArticleDorsey And Innocence Project Win Release of Fairbanks Four
International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced that it partnered with the Alaska Innocence Project and the Alaska Office of Public Advocacy in reaching a settlement with the State of Alaska...
View ArticleKim Dotcom’s Big Day
Internet mogul Kim Dotcom’s fate as to whether he will be extradited from his adopted home in New Zealand to the US will be decided today. The decision is due this afternoon by a District Court judge...
View ArticleSlater + Gordon’s Most Ironic Twist of All
Will class action lawsuit specialists Slater + Gordon face their own lawsuit, shortly? In an ironic twist of fate if ever there was one, the world’s first publicly listed law firm is potentially facing...
View ArticleThree Who Preyed Upon Distressed Homeowners Charged
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Diego Rodriguez, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
View Article“Blockbuster” Email Hack Sees Celebrity Email Content Sold For Profit
LawFuel.com – FBI and others charge a 23 year old with hacking celebrity emails Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Glenn Sorge, acting Special Agent in...
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