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Goldman Sachs Is Said to Try to Avoid Pleading Guilty in 1MDB Scandal

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Lawyers for the bank have asked Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to review demands by some federal prosecutors that Goldman pay more than $2 billion in fines and plead guilty to a felony charge.

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Philip Morris Hires Ex-U.S. Steel General Counsel as Legal Chief

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Philip Morris International Inc. announced Thursday its hire of Suzanne Rich Folsom to head its legal, ethics, and compliance functions as of July 1.

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Lawyer Accused of Shooting Driver Said to be ‘Inching Forward’ into Protesters

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A 49-year-old Canon City man remains hospitalized after being shot during a downtown protest by an Alamosa attorney.

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McCarter & English, LLP Partner Matt Wright Joins International Association of Defense Counsel

McCarter & English, LLP Partner Matt Wright Joins International Association of Defense Counsel

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Matt Wright, a partner at McCarter & English, LLP, in Washington, D.C., has accepted an invitation to join the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), the preeminent invitation-only global legal organization for attorneys who represent corporate and insurance interests.

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Legal Experts are Made at Drexel

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Drexel University’s online LLM programs from the Thomas R. Kline School of Law help you gain the expertise you need to establish yourself as a specialist in either cybersecurity and data privacy or health care and pharmaceutical compliance.

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Eversheds Sutherland Launches Konexo in the US – Providing Alternative Legal and Compliance Services

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 Eversheds Sutherland today announced the further global expansion of Konexo to provide alternative legal and compliance services in the US, under the leadership of Carmen L. Brun, who previously practiced in Eversheds Sutherland’s Securities Enforcement and Litigation practice.

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Houston Trial Icon Gets Chambers Nod

Houston Trial Icon Gets Chambers Nod

SmileDirectClub Sues NBC for $2.85 Billion

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SmileDirectClub is suing NBC seeking more than $2.85 billion. The teledentistry company claims the network made more than 40 false and misleading statements in a February 2020 broadcast of NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt.

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USC Names Beong-Soo Kim as New General Counsel

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Beong-Soo Kim, a leading attorney with over two decades of experience in the private and public sectors, including the better part of a decade at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in L.A., has been named senior vice president and general counsel of USC, President Carol L. Folt announced Tuesday.

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HP Scores $439 Million Win on Quanta’s Factories, Patents

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HP Inc. will get to keep all the cash, factories and patents Quanta Storage Inc. was ordered to turn over to satisfy a $439 million antitrust judgment from 2019, a federal appeals court ruled.

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Lawyer Arrested In Bar Brawl

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Ralph R. Storto, 33, of Addison, was arrested about 7:30 p.m. on two counts of battery and one count of criminal trespass to property.

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The 2020 Buyer’s Guide to Contract Management Software

The 2020 Buyer’s Guide to Contract Management Software

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A guide to help you identify the best type of solution to solve your specific contract management needs and goals.

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Hanzo Webinar: Effective Internal Investigations In The Age Of Collaboration And Remote Work

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Enterprise collaboration applications present unforeseen challenges for ediscovery, data management, and risk. Join this webinar as industry leaders from IBM, Coinbase, Juniper Networks, and Hanzo discuss the challenges of internal investigations leveraging Slack.

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Robert Mercer Launches New Bankruptcy and Insolvency Boutique Law Firm, Mercer Law LLC.

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Robert Mercer is pleased to announce the launch of Mercer Law LLC, a bankruptcy and insolvency boutique law firm in Atlanta serving clients in a wide range of industries nationwide.

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Amazon Faces Lawsuit from Workers For Neglecting Guidelines on Coronavirus

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Three Amazon.com Inc. employees at its Staten Island facility have sued the company for the lack of safety measures against the novel coronavirus.

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Judge Says Apple Must Face Shareholder Lawsuit

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Apple will have to face a lawsuit claiming the tech giant fraudulently concealed decreased demand for iPhones, leading to tens of billions of dollars in shareholder losses.

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Two Chamberlain Hrdlicka Attorneys Named to the Legal Intelligencer 2020 Professional Excellence List

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Chamberlain Hrdlicka is pleased to announce that Philadelphia-based Shareholder Philip Karter was named a Lifetime Achievement honoree and Shareholder Kevin F. Sweeney was named a Lawyer on the Fast Track nominee in the 2020 Professional Excellence Awards by The Legal Intelligencer.

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Fears Nachawati Recognized Among Most Active Product Liability Plaintiff Firms Nationwide

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The trial lawyers of Dallas-based Fears Nachawati Law Firm, known for its long track record of litigation on behalf of consumers, are being recognized by the legal analytics organization Lex Machina as one of the most active product liability plaintiff teams in the country.

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Seven Bradley Attorneys Named to 2019 North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society

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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP attorneys named to the North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society for 2019 are Robert A. Cox Jr., Matthew S. DeAntonio, Dexter C. Hobbs Jr., Erin Jane Illman, Dana Lumsden, Steve Snyder and Bridget V. Warren.

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$5 Billion Lawsuit Claims Google’s Incognito Mode Spies on You

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A $5B lawsuit accuses Google parent company Alphabet Inc. of quietly amassing data about what people do online and what sites they visit while in the private browser mode.

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