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Poster Girls For Workplace Flexibility Become Top Tier Refugees
Flexible work hours are one of the keys towards getting women to achieve more in their legal careers. Another example of how the practice of law is changing comes from two Australian lawyers with five...
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Bakers Win . . For Now. Overtaking DLA in Big Firm Stakes
Baker & McKenzie has overtaken DLA Piper to become the biggest law firm in the world by revenue, surpassing the $2.5bn barrier for the first time. Bakers, which has a June 30 financial year-end,...
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Immigration Lawyer Faces Visa Fraud Charges
A New York immigration lawyer has been charged with others in an alleged scheme to obtain illegal visas by submitting fraudulent diplomas in respect of advanced degrees that were not obtained, from...
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Robin Williams Death: The Investigation Begins
The death of comedian Robin Williams, from apparent suicide, has prompted an investigation by the Coroner Division of the Marin County Sheriff’s Office who are expected to complete a comprehensive...
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Class Action Against Westpac and ANZ Bank Credit Card Fees
A class action has been launched against Australian lenders including Westpac Banking Corp. (WBC) and Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ) face a wider class action law suit on late...
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Deadline Approaches for Consumers to File a Claim in Penny Auction Settlement
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Attorney General Pam Bondi is encouraging customers of Arrow Outlet, LLC, a penny auction website, to file a claim before Aug. 16. Earlier this summer, Attorney General Bondi’s...
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San Diego Campaign Finance Indictment Adds Guns, Bribery and Other Charges
San Diego – A federal grand jury issued a new indictment this morning against Mexican businessman Jose Susumo Asana Matsura and alleged co-conspirators Ravneet Singh, his Washington, D.C.-based...
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ABA Joins Rocket Lawyer’s Ship
The ABA have joined forces with low-cost legal services provider Rocket Lawyer in a ‘if you can’t beat ‘em join ‘em’ move. The idea is to expand the ability to offer opportunities for online legal...
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Factory Processes and the UK Personal Injury Business
Personal injury lawyer Alan Bacon runs personal injury claims for UK law firm BTMK Solicitors and writes about the ‘factory processes’ controlling the personal injury business, which has undermined...
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Law Firm Investigates RadiSys Corp For Possible Class Action Claim
Levi & Korsinsky, LLP is investigating RadiSys Corporation RSYS -2.05% in connection with possible claims of breaches of fiduciary duty by certain members of the board of directors of the Company....
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The Law Grad Who Wants To Sue Obama
Ben Shapiro is your pretty normal, 30 year old Harvard grad, except that he has founded a major website, edits another, has written five books that hit the New York Times best seller list and has a...
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Justin Bieber’s Anger Management for DUI
Justin Bieber isn’t going to jail, but he is going to anger management and has made a $50,000 donation to charity in respect of his DUI and misdemeanour charges. The pop star pled guilty to...
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Dechert Opens Office in Singapore
Global specialist law firm Dechert LLP announced today that it has opened an office in Singapore. The new office will initially focus on investment fund formation, advising investment funds, their...
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Cliff Richard Latest in Sex Claim Investigations
Family friendly pop star Sir Cliff Richard is the latest high profile entertainer to fall under the attention of the Operation Yewtree police swoop that has ensnared a number of British entertainers in...
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Chinese Indicted for Hacking Trade Secrets from US Defense Contractors
LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury has indicted a Chinese national on five felony offenses stemming from a computer hacking scheme that involved the theft of trade secrets from American...
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California Doctor Accused of Laundering Proceeds of Drug Dealing
LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles-area doctor has been found guilty of federal drug trafficking charges for illegally distributing the powerful painkillers, such as Vicodin and Norco, and...
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Morrison & Foerster Get “Working Mother” Award for Women in Law
SAN FRANCISCO – Morrison & Foerster once again has been recognized as one of the best U.S. law firms for women to work, in an annual survey conducted by Working Mother magazine in partnership with...
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Sweeping Executive Order Increases Government Contractors’ Labor Law...
Gibson Dunn – In July 31, 2014, President Obama issued the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order (E.O. 13,673). The most recent in a series of Presidential actions aimed at federal contractors,...
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Outfitter Pleads Guilty Over Illegal Mountain Lion and Bobcat Hunting
WASHINGTON – Christopher W. Loncarich, 55, of Mack, Colorado, pleaded guilty in federal court in Denver to a felony conspiracy charge stemming from his sale of outfitting services for illegal mountain...
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Law Firms Starts Space Business Practice
New York—Dentons announced today the expansion of its global Aviation Finance practice and the creation of a Space Business sector team, enhancing its client service capabilities in the Aviation and...
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