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New York Law Journal

Former NYLAG Attorney-in-Charge Settles in Fund Diversion Investigation

Yisroel Schulman, who departed the legal services provider in 2015, diverted millions from NYLAG in what AG Schneiderman's office said was a breach of fiduciary duty.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Pashman Stein Chairman Joins Murphy Transition Team

Michael Stein, the chairman and managing partner of Hackensack's Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, has been named to Democratic New Jersey Gov.-elect Phil Murphy's transition team.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

HHS Adopts New Transplant Policy After Patient Desperate for Lung Sues

The move came after the plaintiff in the suit filed an emergency appeal to the Second Circuit, pleading for a stay on the geography-based process used to allocate the organ transplants.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

'Blue Slip' Drama Clouds Senate Hearing for 5th and 8th Circuit Nominees

Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee squabbled over the history of blue slip use and obstruction of judicial nominees in their hearing Wednesday.
11 minute read

Daily Business Review

Contractor Fails to Deliver Puerto Rico Hurricane Maria Aid

After Hurricane Maria damaged tens of thousands of homes in Puerto Rico, a newly created Florida company with an unproven record won more than $30 million in contracts from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide emergency tarps and plastic sheeting for repairs.
12 minute read

National Law Journal

Don't Call It the 'Rosenstein Memo,' but DOJ Just Revised Its FCPA Guidance. Here's What to Know.

Five things to know about new guidance from the U.S. Department of Justice on enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
11 minute read

Daily Business Review

Constitution Revision Proposal Could Require E-Verify in Florida

A panel of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission unanimously backed a proposal that would require all employers in Florida to use the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Employment Authorization Program to determine the eligibility of new employees.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Hospital Illegally Charged Victims for Rape Kits, Settles With NY AG

The Brooklyn Hospital Center has agreed to pay $15,000 and make full restitution with interest to dozens of women to settle allegations by the New York Attorney's General's Office that it illegally billed sexual assault victims for forensic rape exams.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Sidley Snags Five Laterals on Two Continents

The Am Law 100 firm has added a former national security adviser to the Obama administration in Washington, D.C., and recruited two private equity lawyers from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in London.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Greenspoon Marder Continues to Expand, Opens Office in Phoenix

The firm continues its strategy of finding lawyers with experience in legal work for the cannabis industry in a particular state and then building out other compatible practices.
6 minute read

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