» Hogan Lovells Names International Management Committee Members
09/02/10 05:00 from International News - North America - Law.com
Hogan & Hartson and Lovells have named the lawyers who will serve on the 15-lawyer international management committee when the two firms merge in May. The committee will be responsible for Hogan Lovells' strategy decisions, including client..

» ICE Warms Up to Detainees
09/02/10 05:00 from International News - North America - Law.com
A career federal lawyer with experience in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia and the Department of Justice, John Morton took over as head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement nine months ago vowing to give th..

» Linklaters, Allen & Overy Handle $450 Million Settlement in Bribery Probe
09/02/10 05:00 from International News - North America - Law.com
Federal prosecutors have been stepping up their Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement efforts in recent months, and on Friday they landed a big catch they'd been targeting for some time. BAE Systems, the largest military contractor in E..

» Governor Schwarzenegger: Send California Inmates to Mexico
09/02/10 03:05 from FindLaw News - Top Stories
California is still figuring out how to address its prison problems. One part of the plan has been the early release of some inmates. Another way perhaps to ease its over crowded prison system might be to send thousands ..

» Be Tax Savvy! Do Gifts = Income?
09/02/10 03:02 from FindLaw News - Top Stories
Did you know that some of your gifts could be included in your income tax calculation? But only those that the IRS says are "not really" gifts. Let's break this concept down.    Also, keep in mind that there is a ta..

» Michigan Governor Grants Commutations at Record Rate
09/02/10 00:50 from FindLaw News - Top Stories
Many Michigan prisoners may be glad to have their sentences commuted, but some victims' families feel just the opposite. They are unhappy that Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm is granting commutations at a record rate. She has freed..

» Beware the IRS Rat: Tax Cheats and Paid Informants
09/02/10 00:45 from FindLaw News - Top Stories
If you have any tax skeletons in your closet, beware of the IRS rat. They're everywhere, scurrying about our small and large business in search of fodder; running rampant in our accounting departments, our social circles and ..

» 2010 Haiti Relief Contributions: Deductible in 2009!
09/02/10 00:45 from FindLaw News - Top Stories
The Haiti earthquake was in 2010, but lawmakers are allowing charitable tax deductions for Haiti relief contributions in the 2009 income tax calculation. We've already discussed the tax benefits of donating to Haiti relief in..

» Sudden Acceleration: The Lawsuits Filed Against Toyota
08/02/10 23:15 from FindLaw News - Top Stories
As might be expected, the number of lawsuits over Toyota vehicles has grown sharply. According to a Bloomberg news report, several different groups of plaintiffs have filed at least 29 suits in California, Texas and South Carolina.&nbs..

» U.K. Firm Jumps Pond to New Jersey, Snags Five Connell Foley Insurance Lawyers
08/02/10 05:00 from International News - North America - Law.com
Five Connell Foley lawyers well-versed in policies written by offshore insurers have been cherry-picked by Clyde & Co., a London-based law firm, to open a New Jersey office. Daren McNally, who was chair of the insurance coverage practice gr..

» For Venable's Karl Racine, Haiti Fundraising Was Personal
05/02/10 05:00 from International News - North America - Law.com
When an earthquake devastated Haiti on Jan. 12, Big Law quickly began raising money for the long-suffering country in a big way. But for Venable managing partner Karl Racine, the effort was personal. Racine was born in Haiti and moved to th..

» Sidley Tied to African Official Named in Corruption Report
05/02/10 05:00 from International News - North America - Law.com
A Senate report on foreign officials' use of U.S. intermediaries to circumvent money-laundering laws has put the spotlight on Sidley Austin's relationship with Teodoro Nguema Obiang, son of Equatorial Guinea's president and a person the U.S..

» Lawyers Set to Help Haitians With Immigration Status
04/02/10 05:00 from International News - North America - Law.com
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office and Borough President Scott Stringer have announced a program designed to help Haitians who were in the U.S. illegally before the Jan. 12 earthquake by qualifying them for temporary protective status..

» Senate Report: 'Dirty Money' Still Entering U.S.
04/02/10 05:00 from International News - North America - Law.com
Foreign dictators, high-living bureaucrats and arms dealers are still able to funnel millions of dollars in potentially corrupt money into the United States despite post-Sept. 11 laws cracking down on money laundering, according to a Senate..

» Lawyers Raise Funds to Rebuild Haiti's Palais de Justice
03/02/10 05:00 from International News - North America - Law.com
As the response to Haiti's earthquake turns from rescue to recovery, the legal community in South Florida and nationally is focusing on rebuilding Haiti's legal system. The Haitian Lawyers Association and the international section of The Fl..