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White & Case Lawyer Sano Named a Top Litigator of Intellectual Property in...
LawFuel.com – White & Case partner Jeannine Yoo Sano was named a “Top Litigator of Intellectual Property” in California by the Daily Journal, a California legal publication. The Daily Journal...
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GM Ignition Switch Cited in Houston Car Crash Lawsuit
HOUSTON, April 9, 2014 LawFuel.com – A Texas woman who suffered critical injuries in a terrifying car accident last December has filed a state district court lawsuit against General Motors and other...
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Insider Trading Sentencing in Manhattan Court for SAC Capital Management...
Guilty Plea of SAC Capital Management Companies Accepted Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that S.A.C. CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.P. (“SAC...
View ArticlePistorius Prosecutor Told to ‘Restrain Himself’
The vigorous cross examination of Oscar Pistorius resulted in prosecutor Gerrie Nel being reprimanded by the trial judge for laughing “scornfully” at Pistorius during cross examination on Thursday....
View ArticleThree Charged in Defrauding Telephone Subsidy for Low Income Americans
WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) – By Alina Selyukh – Three men have been indicted on charges that they defrauded a federal telephone subsidy for low-income Americans of $32 million, the first such...
View ArticleIRS Issues New Examples of Valid Rollover Diligence Procedures
Sidley Austin – On April 3, 2014, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released an advance copy of Revenue Ruling 2014-9 providing two new examples of rollover due diligence procedures which, if...
View ArticleAttorney General Pam Bondi Thanks the House of Representatives for Passing...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Pam Bondi today praised the House of Representatives for passing the Controlled Substances Bill, House Bill 697. This legislative proposal would add six additional...
View ArticleKatherine Heigl’s $6 Million Lawsuit
Katherine Heigl (cautiously pictured here) is on the legal warpath, issuing a $6 million lawsuit for the use of her image without permission. The picture included here is purely for identification...
View ArticleDo Facebook, Google and Others Really Care About NSA Surveillance Limits?
Do Google and Facebook really care about NSA surveillance limits? VICE writer Elise Ackerman writes that some of the companies affected want reform, but only on the basis that it doesn’t affect...
View ArticleCity of London’s Legal Pre-Eminence Under Threat
London has been the long-time favoured destination for international business to settle dispute, but according to the FT that coveted position is now under threat as Britain’s new system of ‘contract...
View ArticleLack of Federal Regulation in Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Leads to...
LawFuel.com -April 2014 In recent years, consumers have become more focused on the potential for health risks associated with the use of chemicals and other ingredients in cosmetics and personal care...
View Article“Like us” on Social Media! An Endorsement Under Advertising Laws?
Stites & Harbison – By Amy Sullivan Cahill, Stites & Harbison - The Federal Trade Commission has eliminated any question of whether liability can arise in connection with consumer endorsements...
View ArticlePistorius Story Changes Again Under Nel’s Ferocious Cross Examination
The Oscar Pistorius trial continues to take its toll on the athlete as he collapsed in tears again while prosecutor Gerrie Nel pressed him for the fourth day about his shooting of girlfriend Reeva...
View ArticleVenezuelan Bankers Charged with Allegedly Receiving Over $5 Million in Bribes
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, David O’Neil, the Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the United States Department of...
View ArticleLoeb & Loeb Attorney Brittany Adkins Schaffer In Nashville’s Top 30 Under 30...
Loeb & Loeb attorney Brittany Adkins Schaffer has been selected by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation as one of Nashville’s Top 30 Under 30. Now in its sixth year, the Top 30 Under 30 program honors...
View ArticleAsking The Big Question About Law Firm Mergers: Do They Work?
There are more law firm mergers than ever in the US but an important – if not leading question – has arisen: Do they work? Law firm consultants Altman Weil has been tracking the legal marketplace for...
View ArticleMars Inc To Buy Part of Procter & Gamble’s Pet Food Business
LawFuel.com – Skadden is representing Mars, Incorporated in its acquisition from The Procter & Gamble Company of the Iams, Eukanuba and Natura brands in major markets for $2.9 billion in cash,...
View ArticleA “Thoroughly Contemptible” Lawsuit – The Sex Slaves Lawsuit
A lawsuit filed on behalf of two Japanese-American former Japanese sex slaves is one of the most controversial lawsuits filed in the United States. Forbes contributor Eamonn Fingelton writes about the...
View ArticleGood Ways to Deal With Bad Lawyers
The New York Times has taken aim at the lawyers – or more correctly, those who administer lawyers – to determine that at least in the highly lawyer-populated New York, the way in which bad lawyers are...
View ArticleLawyers Concocted Stories of Persecution to Obtain Asylum Status for Clients
A jury trial in Manhattan has found lawyers guilty of assisting clients from China to obtain asylum status in the US after fabricating stories of persecution. In a press release from Preet Bharara, the...
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