Lawyers’ Billing and The Challenges They Face
Getting clients to pay on time is a major issue for businesses and professionals everywhere. Lawyers are no exception. A LexisNexis survey indicated that almost three-quarters of all firms experienced...
View ArticleThe Class Action Fight That Saw A Tough Company Beat the Plaintiff Lawyers
We know that plaintiff lawyers don’t always receive the greatest press or enjoy big wins every day, or week. But last week the much talked-about class action lawsuit against washing machine company...
View ArticlePass Prop 47!, Says John Legend
John Legend, the recording artist and philanthropist writes about America’s obsession with incarceration. And why it must stop. The right to vote is central to any movement for social change. In the...
View ArticleLittler Receive Judicial Slapping Over Lawsuit
Law firm Littler Mendelson received a judicial slapping when it applied to have legal fees and sanctions imposed upon a plaintiff who lost a bias lawsuit, with the federal judge saying the Littler...
View ArticleNavigating An Entry To The Difficult India Law Market
Breaking into the Indian legal market is notoriously difficult, but UK-based Osborne Clarke have signed a deal that meets the tough Indian regulatory rules permitting the “fly in and fly out”...
View ArticleU.S. News – Best Lawyers® releases 2015 “Best Law Firms” list
WASHINGTON November 3, 2014 — U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers, for the fifth consecutive year, announce the 2015 “Best Law Firms” rankings. Firms included in the 2015 “Best Law Firms”...
View ArticleSending a Message to California Trial Lawyers
Tom Scott, Executive Director of California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse wries about “Voting No on 45 and 46″ Election Day is quickly approaching and the end is near, both for the election cycle and...
View ArticleHigh Profile US Lawyer Helps Arms Trafficker Bout in New Trial Quest
Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout is back in the news again, claiming he has new evidence that should provide him a new trial and he’s using a high profile US lawyer to do the legals for him. Bout...
View ArticleSidley Austin Receives Most First-Tier National Rankings in 2015 U.S. News –...
LawFuel.com – Law News Daily – Sidley also named “Law Firm of the Year” in International Trade and Finance Law and Litigation – Securities New York and Chicago —Sidley Austin LLP announced today...
View ArticleThe Future of Legal Services – What Will They Look Like?
Taking a look into the way in which legal services are delivered is something that has occupied legal academics, lawyers and media for a long time – and with increasing urgency as technology, slipping...
View ArticleFINRA to Intensify Scrutiny of Cybersecurity Practices at Brokerage Firms
By Reginald J. Brown, Zachary I. Schram Reuters recently reported that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) “plans to intensify its scrutiny of cybersecurity practices at brokerage firms...
View ArticlePepper Hamilton Partner Elected to Vice-Chair Taxation Law Section of ABA
Philadelphia – November 5, 2014 – Joan C. Arnold, a partner with Pepper Hamilton LLP and chair of the firm’s Tax Practice Group, has been elected a Vice-Chair (CLE) of the Section of Taxation of the...
View ArticleFormer Studio Money Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Embezzlement
LOS ANGELES – A former finance manager of a television production studio was sentenced this morning to two years in federal prison for embezzling approximately $2.5 million from the Culver City...
View ArticleHenthorn Arrested for Murder Related to Death of Wife in National Park
DENVER – Harold Henthorn, age 58, of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, was arrested without incident this morning by Special Agents with the National Park Service (NPS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
View ArticleSenator-Elect Bob Hertzberg to Join Glaser Weil Law Firm
LOS ANGELES-Los Angeles-based law firm Glaser Weil announced today that Senator-Elect Bob Hertzberg will be joining its Government and Regulatory Law Practice Group. “We are honored to have Bob join...
View ArticleBitcoin Ponzi Scheme Fraud Charges Laid By US Attorney and FBI
Charges Against Trendon Shavers Represent First Federal Criminal Securities Fraud Charges Involving a Bitcoin-Related Scheme LawFuel.com – Law News Daily- Preet Bharara, the United States...
View ArticleMeet the New US Attorney General the “Charming People Person”
President Obama has named Loretta Lynch as Eric Holder’s replacement as US Attorney, noting that despite her tough reputation as a prosecutor, she was also a “charming people person”. She is the...
View ArticleStar Power Draws Diabetes Sufferers to Talk
Diabetes and various diabetes treatments are a major concern for many, but for “Law & Order” actress S. Epatha Merkerson it is a mission that she is encouraging African Americans with diabetes to...
View ArticleWhat Makes a Good Lawyer?
The question of what makes a good lawyer is one raised frequently and often only answered after a lifetime of work experience. But some academics from the University of Missouri have sought out the...
View ArticleWife Scorned By Top Lawyer’s Law Firm Lover
Affairs in the office are tricky matters at the best of times but when they involve lawyers, high powered, high octane, ego driven lawyers, then things can get really messy. Take the successful law...
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