A money-laundering scheme described by the Acting US Attorney for the Southern District of New York as “audacious” has resulted in artworks acquired by Edemar Ferreira, former Banco Santos president, being returned. The full press release – Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, andMatthew Etre, Special Agent […]
A “notoriously untidy” barrister died in his London flat when it caught fire, a coroners court has heard. Ian Paton, 66, who sat as a crown court recorder, was found unconscious in his £1.2m Thames flat on 20 December following evidence of a small blaze around his stove. In a written statement to Southwark coroner’s court, […]
Am Law 100 firm Ballard Spahr and Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz (LSKS)—the preeminent First Amendment and media law boutique in the United States—announced today that they have agreed to merge effective October 1, 2017. The powerhouse combination, which will retain the name Ballard Spahr, brings together two nationally renowned media law practices and creates […]
First Two Years of a Business Are Critical By now, it is more or less common knowledge that more businesses fail within the first two years of launching than at any other period in the company’s existence. There are good reasons for this dramatic failure rate. Why is the new business failure rate so […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Queenstown law firm Todd Walker ‘go local’ when it comes to employing staff – as shown by the recent female recruits to the burgeoning law firm. And the booming town continues to provide more opportunities for lawyers and other professionals as firms like Todd & Walker Law continue to grow. Established by legal identity […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARC HENRY JOHNSON was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for helping cover up a drug dealer’s narcotics offense by moving a woman’s body out of a Manhattan apartment where she had suffered […]