James Holmes, the man accused of thje Colorado theater shootings that killed 12 people and injured 70, is to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity. Holmes’ lawyers said they would be filing papers to formerly change the plea when he appears on May 13. The evidence against Holmes is overwhelming […]
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Two Former Employees of the Debt Settlement Company Have Already Pled Guilty Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Philip R. Bartlett, the Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging MISSION SETTLEMENT AGENCY (“MISSION”),
AbovetheLaw is not used to towing the line when it comes to conventional law reportage, which is not a bad thing. Nor are the blog’s law school rankings, which looks at prioritizing outcomes in terms of the prestige (and pay packet) of any law job before deciding which law school to attend or – indeed
Rudnicki and Temple Bring Oil & Gas Industry and Labor & Employment Experience to Firm’s Fast-Growing Texas Presenc (May 2, 2013, Houston) – Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of two partners to its rapidly growing Houston office. Mark D. Temple and Leah T. Rudnicki bring the total number of partners in the
Des Moines, LawFuel.com – Many Americans do not realize that declaring bankruptcy may affect their home insurance rates. Once personal bankruptcy has been filed, all of a debtor’s property and assets come under the purview of a court assigned trustee. This individual closely watches spending and keeps track of assets, to protect the
For most of us, filing our taxes is a stressful process. But for those who filed bankruptcy in the past year, they may be confused about the affect it had on their taxes and how it changes the way they file their taxes. Which forms do you file and who files your taxes for you?
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A career flame-out is not necessarily the end of everything for once high fliers like former New York governor and New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who has created another career out of the ashes of the one that went before. Spitzer was forced from office and the governor’s mansion by a sex scandal, but
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NEW YORK – LawFuel.com – Morrison & Foerster has appointed new co-chairs to lead the firm’s Corporate and Finance Departments. The Corporate Department co-chairs are San Francisco partner Brandon Parris and Tokyo partner Randy Laxer. The Finance Department co-chairs are New York partner Gary Lee and Tokyo partner Dale Caldwell. Pamela Reed, former Morrison &
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LawFuel.com – Australia trail-blazed the way for listed law firms with the listing six years ago of personal injury law firm Slater & Gordon and is now set to list another law firm, the recently-established Rockwell Olivier. Rockwell Olivier is owned by the listed company Integrated Legal Holdings and is a newly formed combination of
LawFuel.com – Slaughter and May is advising Standard Chartered PLC (the ‘Company’) on the implementation of a partial two-way fungibility programme enabling the redemption of Indian Depository Receipts (‘IDRs’) issued by the Company into ordinary shares of the Company (‘Shares’) and the conversion of Shares into IDRs. The Shares to be released on redemption
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