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Miami Herald
April 21, 2018
During the 1980s, his future wife, Jane, prosecuted organized crime cases for the Justice Department in Boston and became first assistant U.S. attorney in the District of Massachusetts. The Raskins met at an American Bar Association Conference in New Orleans, where Jane Raskin was delivering a lectureÃâà...
Crime Report
April 21, 2018
The FBI inspector general said former deputy director Andrew McCabe had misled investigators or director James Comey on four occasions. McCabe disputes the findings . . . Want to read more? Please subscribe to The Crime Report! TCR's WEEKLY Criminal Justice Newsletter is FREE! Subscribe HereÃâà...
Law.com
April 21, 2018
Only four months ago, Kirkland hired away Eric Schiele, a corporate partner, from the 500-lawyer Wall Street firm. ... for the first quarter of 2018 showed Cravath ahead by volume globally and in the United States, but Kirkland bested Cravath globally and in the United States in Mergermarket's 2017 rankingsÃâà...
NBCNews.com
April 21, 2018
Daniels and Avenatti have commanded almost nonstop media attention since January when The Wall Street Journal reported that President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, had arranged for Daniels to receive $130,000. Daniels has claimed that the money was in exchange for her silenceÃâà...
CNN
April 20, 2018
"Doctors are trusted medical professionals and, in the midst of our opioid crisis, they must be part of the solution," said US Attorney Greg Brooker. "As licensed professionals, doctors are held to a high level of accountability in their prescribing practices, especially when it comes to highly addictive painkillers.
CNN
April 20, 2018
When exactly the referral was made to the US attorney's office was not immediately clear, and prosecutors there may decline to prosecute. Last week, the IG issued a report finding that McCabe "lacked candor" on four occasions with internal investigators when discussing a Wall Street Journal article aboutÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
April 4, 2018
Arkansas' attorney general says she and her husband are expecting their first child this summer. April 4, 2018 ... The Republican became Arkansas' first female attorney general when she was elected in 2014. ... Rutledge also serves as chairwoman of the national Republican Attorneys General Association.
Law.com
April 4, 2018
Dashboard reports reflect collections, accounts receivable and work in progress, by lawyer, so leadership focuses on individual lawyers as the key performance indicators. Restructuring your firm around your clients means measuring outputs like client satisfaction, matter outcomes and retention rates.
Rewire.News
April 4, 2018
A Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney specializing in the prosecution of white supremacists for hate crimes is present at a regional Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. Attorney's office that has assembled a grand jury to examine the deadly Unite the Right Rally last August, Rewire.News has confirmed.
U.S. News & World Report
April 4, 2018
There are not enough attorney visitation rooms and the ones that exist are inadequate, the lawsuit says, with physical barriers that make it tough for attorneys and clients to establish a relationship and exchange documents. Lawyers can't bring phones or computers and the rooms don't have landlines,Ãâà...
ABC News
April 3, 2018
The census has not asked whether members of American households are U.S. citizens since 1950 but planned to in 2020 at the request of the Justice Department, which said it's needed to properly enforce the Voting Rights Act. The plaintiffs, led by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, saw anÃâà...
Law.com
April 3, 2018
The firm's lawyer headcount for 2017 was 188 lawyers on a full-time-equivalent basis, down 3.6 percent when compared with 195 in 2016. Butcher said the firm lost a number of lawyers to in-house positions in 2017 and saw some other departures as well. But but he noted that the firm also made severalÃâà...
The Detroit News
April 3, 2018
U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider joined local law enforcement officials Tuesday in promising to pursue and prosecute students and others who make threats against schools. “Law enforcement is united in this effort,” Schneider said Tuesday during a news conference at his office in downtown Detroit, whereÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
April 3, 2018
While Van der Zwaan's lawyers hoped to settle the case with a fine and an immediate expulsion from the US, District Judge Amy Burman deemed the incarceration more fitting so as to deter others from lying in investigations of such importance. The 33-year-old admitted to lying to federal agents earlier inÃâà...
New York Times
March 4, 2018
But several immigration lawyers rebuffed those questions, saying the requirements for the EB-1 immigrant visa leave far more room for interpretation than its ... The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services first must determine whether a candidate has presented evidence to satisfy three out of 10Ãâà...
MLive.com
March 4, 2018
BAY CITY, MI -- As the newly appointed U.S. attorney for Michigan's Eastern District, Saginaw County native Matthew J. Schneider has four priorities ... Schneider oversees a staff of 117 assistant U.S. attorneys handling both criminal and civil cases. The Bay City office has three assistant U.S. attorneys.
The Japan Times
March 2, 2018
Trials in Japan and the United States over an alleged ÃâÃÂ¥130 billion ($1.2 billion) Ponzi scheme — in which Las Vegas-based investment firm MRI International Inc. targeted thousands of Japanese — are set to be settled out of court, a lawyers' group representing the victims said Thursday. A total of ÃâÃÂ¥5 billionÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 2, 2018
Ghoneim had posted online his suspicions over the interview with the daughter, saying that it seemed implausible that although Mohammed with the help of rights lawyers could not find her for months, she suddenly emerged when it became convenient to support an official narrative of police innocence.
U.S. News & World Report
March 2, 2018
A former employee of a district attorney's office in north Louisiana has pleaded guilty to stealing office money for her personal use. ... U.S. Attorney Alexander Van Hook's office says in a news release that Barber, a 36-year-old resident of Converse, worked for the district attorney's office from April 2002 untilÃâà...
Philly.com
March 2, 2018
N.J.'s Gurbir Grewal, the nation's first Sikh attorney general, says American dream is alive and well ... Typically, lawyers and judges administer the oath of office for newly minted attorneys, but Grewal said he wanted to do the honors and “send a positive message about the value of Dreamers in this country.
Yale Daily News (blog)
March 2, 2018
John Durham has been sworn in as Connecticut's United States attorney, after receiving the nomination from President Donald Trump in November. ... Durham will oversee an office with 68 attorneys, responsible for the prosecution of federal criminal charges in Connecticut and for representing the federalÃâà...
Allentown Morning Call
March 2, 2018
The head of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia that prosecuted Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski said Friday that the mayor's conviction on corruption charges shows that he is unfit for office and should resign. Whether Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski could go to jail before his sentencing on corruptionÃâà...
NECN
March 1, 2018
US Attorney: Massachusetts Man Arrested for Hoax Letter to Donald Trump Jr., Wife. Published 2 hours ago | Updated 3 minutes ago ... U.S. Attorney Andrew E. Lelling will release further details at a press conference at 11 a.m.. The name of the man who was arrested and what he's accused of doing wereÃâà...
Crain's Detroit Business
February 28, 2018
The U.S. attorney's office in Detroit is investigating possible federal civil violations of anti-kickback, false claims and self-referral laws at Detroit Medical Center, ... that would lead to paying doctors for patient admissions or diagnostic services performed by the hospital, health care lawyers have told Crain's.
Law.com
February 27, 2018
As it turns out, a growing number of firms in the United States and the United Kingdom are eschewing historical partnership norms in favor of more ... on new laptops for lawyers would require a vote, says Frank D'Amore of Attorney Career Catalysts, who handles lateral and group moves as well as mergers.
CNN
December 31, 1999
Huber, who has served in both Democratic and Republican administrations as a career prosecutor, nearly had his tenure as US attorney cut short last year. In March 2017, shortly after he took charge of the Justice Department, Sessions asked for the resignations of 46 US attorneys who were previousÃâà...
Law.com
December 31, 1999
A Pittsburgh environmental lawyer is facing criminal charges for allegedly having sex with a dog, as well as drug charges. Ivan DeVoren, a solo practitioner at DeVoren Law, faces 10 counts of aggravated cruelty to animals and 10 counts of sexual intercourse with an animal, as well as drug charges, after aÃâà...
Law.com
December 31, 1999
There's consistent market feedback that indirectly corroborates this perspective: clients object most to the billing rates of junior lawyers. ... This underlying failure to delegate is a disservice to clients (by not letting the work flow to the lowest-priced lawyer capable of doing it), to associates (who are left bereftÃâà...
