Jeffrey Rasansky Makes Lawdragon 500 List of Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers
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Trial lawyer Jeffrey Rasansky of Rasansky Law Firm in Dallas has been recognized as one of the 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers in the country.
ICE Affidavit Says Plant ‘Knowlingly’ Hired Illegal Workers — No Charges for Company
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The sworn statements supported the search warrants that led a judge to authorize the raids, and aren’t official charges.
Business Lobby Prods 9th Circuit to Revisit Decision Curbing Consumer Arbitration
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The briefs come in the wake of the 9th Circuit’s June 28 rulings in which plaintiffs claimed they couldn’t be forced into arbitration because they sought injunctions against corporate defendants.
Texas Lawyer Charged in Vast Criminal Conspiracy Case
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Jeffrey Stern is charged with conspiring to defraud the government, willfully filing multiple false tax returns and aiding in the preparation of those returns.
Ethics Beyond Compliance: Diversity & Inclusion Master Class
Webinar, Sept. 10, 2019
Diversity and inclusion are common buzzwords when discussing corporate priorities with your board, executives and employees.
LIBOR Phase-Out: Considerations for Oil & Gas Companies
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Oil and gas companies are encouraged to consider the impact of the phase-out to their organization and take steps to assess existing agreements and carefully monitor the execution of new agreements.
Perkins Coie Adds Environmental and Natural Resources Partner Thomas Jensen
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Environmental and natural resources law attorney Thomas Jensen has joined Perkins Coie’s Washington, D.C. office.
Stroock Adds Litigation Partner James Serritella
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Commercial litigator James R. Serritella has joined Stroock as a partner in its New York office.
The Best Law Schools in the World
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Six of the top 10 law schools are in the United States: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Columbia and New York University.
Feds Say East Coast Lawyer Used His Learjet to Ship Pot, Hash Oil Across the Country
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Manish Patel, an attorney licensed in New York and New Jersey, is named in a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday morning in federal court.
Water: The Hot Commodity in the Permian and Elsewhere
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Operators should be proactive in addressing water ownership issues, writes Charles Sartain of Gray Reed & McGraw. A simple contract negotiation at the front-end could save future headaches as disputes over groundwater escalate.
Third-Party Contract Due Diligence in Outsourcing Agreements
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The due diligence review of existing third-party contracts is a critical component of any outsourcing deal, according to Morgan Lewis.
Private Equity: The Little-Regarded Confidentiality Agreement
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Global Private Equity Watch discusses a case that distinguishes between affiliates entitled by the non-disclosure agreement that are entitled to receive confidential information and affiliates actually bound by the agreement.
Ambiguous Limitation-of-Liability Clause Did Not Clearly Restrict Owner’s Claims
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A Mississippi federal court denied a defendant’s motion for partial summary judgment in connection with a limitation-of-liability clause, according to a Pepepr Hamilton post .
Uber GC Reveals How the CEO Persuaded Him to Join the Company He’d Said He Would Avoid
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“Man, I’m glad I’m not the GC of that company, they’ve got some real problems,” Tony West once said of Uber.
Fears Nachawati Co-Founders Honored Among Top Attorneys in the Country
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Trial attorneys Bryan Fears and Majed Nachawati, co-founding partners of Fears Nachawati Law Firm, have earned selection to the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
Bailey Brauer Co-Founders Recognized by Best Lawyers in America
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Dallas litigation boutique Bailey Brauer co-founders Clayton Bailey and Alex Brauer have earned selection to the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
Documents: Mississippi Plant Owners ‘Willfully’ Used Ineligible Workers
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There have historically been few criminal convictions for hiring people without documents because prosecutors must prove employers knowingly hired someone without legal work authorization.
Whistleblower Alleges General Electric Shielding Losses: ‘Bigger Fraud Than Enron’
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GE chief executive Lawrence Culp responded that the allegation is “market manipulation — pure and simple.”
Ten Farrell Fritz Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2020
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Farrell Fritz announced that 10 attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2020.
