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Fraud allegations cannot reopen voluntarily dismissed foreclosure cases

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday found that voluntarily dismissed foreclosure cases cant be reopened when there are allegations of fraud, an important ruling in a state that saw a lot of foreclosures during the housing crisis.
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International Edition

39 Essex Street silk convicted of £600,000 tax fraud

39 Essex Street Chambers Rohan Pershad QC was today (11 February) found guilty of tax fraud worth more than £600,000 at Blackfriars Crown Court. Investigators at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) found that Pershad failed to declare or pay £627,839 of VAT over a period of 12 years, instead spending the cash on luxury homes and private school fees for his children.
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International Edition

Rules of the game - the lawyers making their mark in the sports sector

For decades, sport has continued to confound the laws of economic gravity that seem to so often drag other industries back down to earth. Year after year, broadcasting rights escalate – as do sponsorship deals – and ticket prices jauntily rise upwards while the financial fortunes of the millions of fans and spectators that turn out in sunshine and rain have generally stagnated or slumped during the recession. In short, sport is big business, and lawyers agree that it is a profitable segment of the legal services market to be involved in.
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Inside Counsel

Birth control exemptions fail to stop lawsuits

Last week, the Obama administration introduced some additional exemptions for employers that object to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Acts controversial contraceptive mandate.
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Inside Counsel

5 notable GCs in the news

General counsel sound off on gun control, rope swings, traffic tickets and more
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International Edition

Fifteen Hong Kong lawyers win higher rights to appear in court

Fifteen lawyers have been granted approval to appear in Hong Kong courts with exemption from litigation training, as the region moves to broaden the scope of work law firms are permitted to handle. Some of Hong Kong's top dispute resolution partners - including top-ranked Skadden disputes partner Paul Mitchard QC and Ashurst senior associate and former barrister Sanjay Sakhrani - are among the line-up receiving Higher Rights of Audience (HRA).
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Inside Counsel

Applying risk tools to a strategic technology plan

In last month’s column, I discussed how to apply analytics to a Strategic Technology Plan. This month I discuss the next layer of technology planning—addressing…
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Inside Counsel

Proposed gender discrimination class action against KPMG can proceed

A federal judge in Manhattan has ruled that a proposed gender discrimination class action against accounting firm KPMG can proceed.
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Inside Counsel

NCAA wants Pennsylvania’s suit over Sandusky dropped

Last month, the governor of Pennsylvania filed suit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), claiming the $60 million sanctions against the Pennsylvania State University over the Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal will devastate the states economy
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Inside Counsel

News Corp. settles with celebs; faces 100 more hacking suits

Even though News Corp. settled a handful of claims today related to its notorious hacking scandal, more lawsuits are on the way.
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