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Law Firm Advises Karoon on US$800 Million Sale of Western Australia Browse...
Perth – Global law firm K&L Gates acted for Karoon Gas Australia Limited (Karoon) in the sale of its 40% equity interest in Browse Basin exploration permits WA-315-P and WA-398-P to a subsidiary of...
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Attorney General Bondi’s Office Reaches Agreement with Education Groups
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Pam Bondi today announced that her office has entered an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (AVC) with Kaplan Higher Education, Kaplan Higher Education Campuses, and...
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Over 1300 FBI and LAPD Officers Arrest Broadway Crips Street Gang Members
LOS ANGELES – More than 1,300 FBI agents and LAPD officers this morning arrested 50 people associated with the Five Deuce Broadway Gangster Crips, a street gang that claims control of a South Los...
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Casey Kasem and The Elder Abuse Issue
The death of DJ Casey Kasem has unleashed a potential elder abuse lawsuit by his daughter against her estranged stepmother in an area of law that continues to grow in importance, for lawyers and...
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Money Laundering and the Long Arm of the IRS
Money laundering has always been big business, but now it is also big politically and financial writer Terry Savage is the author of four books on personal finance, including the recent The Savage...
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More U.S. Taxpayers Expected to Report Undisclosed Foreign Bank Accounts
IRS Streamlines Efforts to Collect Billions in Taxes from Offshore Tax Evaders JUNE 18, 2014, St. Louis, Missouri… The law firm Capes, Sokol, Goodman & Sarachan, P.C. in St. Louis reports that a...
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Shaken or Stirred? The Lawyers are Both Over Scottish Independence
Scottish Independence? Yes, or No? That’s the big question for both Scotsmen and others, but many of London’s Magic Circle law firms are concerned that their Scottish counterparts are not saying...
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So Who Is The Most Prestigious of Them All?
Prestige and white-shoe law firms has always gone together like cheese and crackers, but who comes out as Number One in the Prestige Rankings – at least so far as law firm associates are concerned?...
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Law Jobs Not Getting Easier
It’s been a tough law jobs market for some years and the situation in the US affects not just big law firms but also public law jobs, in house counsel positions and others have been badly hit....
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The Hollywood-Handsome Mug Shot That Has Gone Viral
It’s not often that mug shots – even of the oft-arrested celebrity – go viral, but less so when the alleged felon is unknown to everyone except the police. But in the case of Californian Jeremy Meeks,...
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California Man Found Guilty of $3 Million False Promises Scam Relating to...
SANTA ANA, California – An Irvine man was found guilty today of running a fraud scheme that raised about $3.3 million from victims who thought they were investing in products that would treat childhood...
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Backcountry Outfitter Sentenced Over Lack of Permit on National Forest Lands
DENVER – Chris Burandt of Kremmling, Colorado, was fined $1,000, assessed $5,000 in restitution and sentenced to 10 hours of community service as well as two years’ probation for operating an illegal...
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Uber App Class Action Lawsuit
Uber, the super-app that is taking the car-use and transport network business by storm, has been chastised by a US District Court Judge over its failure to provide drivers with a chance to ignore a...
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Shareholder Rights Law Firm Takes Class Action Suit Over PowerSecure...
Shareholder rights law firm Johnson & Weaver, LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina on behalf of...
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Baker & McKenzie Advises The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company on USD5.7...
Tokyo, Japan, 5 June 2014 – Baker & McKenzie recently advised The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited (“Dai-ichi Life”) on its acquisition of 100 percent of the outstanding shares of...
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Law Firm Reaches Women in Law Gold Standard for Fourth Year
MILWAUKEE, WIS. (June 19, 2014) — The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that it has achieved Gold Standard Re-Certification by the Women in Law Empowerment Forum for the...
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FCC Slams Record-Breaking Fine on Chinese Retailer
The FCC has fined a Chinese manufacturer and online retailer with a record-breaking fine of almost $35 million for selling signal jammers to US customers, including “unvercover operators”. The fine was...
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One Woman’s Journey to the Top of the Law
What lessons does Jami McKeon, who is about to take over the chair of law firm Morgan Lewis, a mother of four, offer to other women who want to reach the top of the law profession? There are “no...
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Slaugher and May Advise Ladbrokes on Public Offer
Slaughter and May advised Ladbrokes plc (Ladbrokes) on the public offer and issuance by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ladbrokes Group Finance plc, of £100 million 5.125% retail bonds due 2022 (the...
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Skadden Wins “Innovation in Finance Law” Award at FT’s Asia-Pacific...
At the Financial Times’ inaugural Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers awards ceremony on June 10, Skadden won the “Innovation in Finance Law” award for international firms in recognition of our...
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