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Feds Sue Debt Collection Factory
A debt collection “Factory” is being sued by a federal agency over its alleged misleading, deceptive and illegal practices as federal regulators crack down on the ballooning business of collecting...
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Skadden Arps Represents Banco BTG Pactual SA in $1.7 Billion Deal
Skadden is representing Banco BTG Pactual S.A. in its approximately US$1.7 billion acquisition of BSI SA, the Switzerland-based private banking group owned by Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A., announced...
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Russian Gangsters: Is Putin Getting Away with Murder?
All the evidence surrounding the downing of flight MH17 shows it was a Russian missile fired by Russian separatists who acted as “Russian gangsters” according to the families of some of the victims of...
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Weil Acts for Yahoo! on Flurry Deal
Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Flurry, Inc. announced today that they have reached a definitive agreement for Yahoo to acquire Flurry. “Yahoo’s growth in mobile traffic comes from great people and great...
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New Partners Named at Debevoise & Plimpton
New York, May 30, 2014 – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is pleased to announce that Jonathan Adler, Andrew M. Ahern, Michael Bolotin, Alexander R. Cochran, Courtney M. Dankworth, David A. Luigs, Natalie...
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Criminal Law Professor Gunned Down
The shooting of law professor Dan Markel, the founder of the PrawfsBlawg, who opened his door to be shot in the ultimate irony for a man whose death has created shock waves in the US legal academic...
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Is Snowden Bound for Switzerland?
Is Edward Snowden heading for Switzerland? A lawyer’s view – Read more here Related StoriesSkadden Arps Represents Banco BTG Pactual SA in $1.7 Billion DealSullivan & Cromwell on Obama’s...
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Long Term Jail For Bank Heist Using Staged Kidnapping and Fake Bomb
LOS ANGELES – A man who conspired with a former assistant manager of a Bank of America branch in East Los Angeles was sentenced today to 14 years in federal prison for plotting a heist in which his...
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Former Partner Rejoins New Jersey Law Firm
(July 23, 2014, Hackensack, NJ) — Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP (KDV), a leading national law firm, today announced that Iram P. Valentin has rejoined the firm as a partner in its Hackensack, NJ...
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Louis Castoria Joins Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck as Partner in Firm’s San...
(July 23, 2014, San Francisco, CA) — Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP (KDV), a leading national law firm, today announced that Louis (Louie) H. Castoria has joined the firm as a partner in its San...
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Donald Sterling’s New Suit
One major lawsuit is not enough for controversial LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling. He’s now filed another. It appears things are not going according to plan with his With the probate trial against...
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AG Biondi Shuts “Puppy Mill”
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Office obtained a temporary injunction and asset freeze against five Jacksonville residents for the alleged illegal importation, breeding and sale of...
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The Legal System and the Running of the Bulls***
John Bowie – I stepped off the train at Pampalona and contemplated watching the running of the bulls before stepping back on and continuing to San Sebastian where I contemplated eating them instead....
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Dentons Expands China Corporate Practice with Hire of Frank Niu in Beijing
Dentons expands its corporate practice in China with the lateral hire of Frank (Fengguo) Niu to the Beijing office as Partner. Frank has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct...
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Algerian Plane Missing – What Happened?
What has happened to a missing Air Algerie plane that has lost contact en route from Burkina Faso was carrying 110 passengers to Algiers. Contact with the plane was lost just 50 minutes after take-off...
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“I Quit”– One Lawyer’s Cartoon Quit Letter
Quitting a law firm can be an intimidating issue for some lawyers, but not for this one who decided her boring corporate law job should be replaced with something she enjoyed more – art. So how did...
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The BigLaw Sitcom –“Working the Edges”
but taking on Big Law is another issue altogether. AbovetheLaw report on Working the Edges, the NBC show with Jenna Engles, played by Kacey Rohl. They report: She is leading the decidedly...
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Are the Lawyers Slowing Innovation with IBM & Apple?
IBM’s lawyers put the breaks on IBM’s slow innovation processes, according to Forbes columnist Peter Cohan, which is one reason for the stagnating profits coming from both companies and their need for...
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Top 100 Trial Lawyer Joins Georgia Personal Injury Law Firm
Jacqueline Piland joined the Eichholz Law Firm in 2014 and brings with her years of experience practicing personal injury law in both Georgia and Oklahoma. The Eichholz Law Firm is proud to have...
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Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory to Acquire LexisNexis Legal Business in...
ALPHEN AAN DEN RIJN, Netherlands, July 22, 2014 Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire the LexisNexis legal business in Poland from Reed Elsevier....
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