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US watchdog's Madoff links probed
But she added that "it would be inappropriate for me to comment on the Inspector General's referral to the Department of Justice". William Baker, an attorney for Mr Becker, said the report confirmed his client had notified at least seven senior
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:04P
Offshore Processing: Malaysia and Australia's 'Boat People'
As former Federal Court Justice Marcus Einfeld explained to an audience at Parliament House in Sydney in May 2001, 'Mandatory sentencing – which I prefer to call compulsory jailing – is a nasty insidious creation of our generation that not even the
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:03P
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | Co-presenter, Preserving the Attorney Client
Represented a former officer and director of a failed bank in an investigation by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and in a bankruptcy adversary proceeding involving a complaint by the Creditors' Committee and Liquidating Trustee
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:03P
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | Co-presenter, Preserving the Attorney Client
Represented a former officer and director of a failed bank in an investigation by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and in a bankruptcy adversary proceeding involving a complaint by the Creditors' Committee and Liquidating Trustee
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:03P
Goldstein, Howe & Russell, P.C. | The uncertain future of the “manifest
He served as senior deputy in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel from 2005 until 2009 and served as an assistant to the Solicitor General from 2002 until 2005. In recent years, arbitration has been one of the Supreme Court's “evergreen”
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:03P
Judge Seeks New System for Juveniles
The change would require a reorganization of the network of city and state agencies in the criminal justice system. The roles of judges, prosecutors, correction and probation officers and many others would change. “I think it's complex but feasible,”
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:03P
PHC directs Malakand high-ups
A two-member bench comprising Justice Dost Muhammad Khan and Justice Waqar Ahmed Seth issued the notices to the commissioner and DIG Malakand in a habeas corpus petition filed by Sabiha, wife of a missing person Syed Adil, who was a clerk in the Khyber
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:03P
DWF | DWF advises First Milk in whey protein venture with Fonterra
Business law firm DWF has advised First Milk in the formation of a strategic joint venture with New Zealand-based food ingredients producer, Fonterra, to share intellectual property and industry expertise. The venture will see First Milk work
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:03P
Fenwick & West LLP | Fenwick Emploment Brief - September 19, 2011
The court of appeal reversed the trial court and directed it to enter judgment in favor of the County. Key to the County's victory was its prompt designation of Roger's leave as CFRA leave, which caused Rogers to be unprotected after she used up her
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:03P
Bryan Cave LLP | New Associate in Bryan Cave's Kansas City Office Enhances
His prior legal experience was with a regional firm in Minnesota, where he was a law clerk. He also worked as an extern for Chief Judge Nancy Dreher of the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota. While in law school, Fisher worked as a
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:03P