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Last Man Standing: Case Against Tax Lawyer Who Worked for KPMG Proceeds
In July, when Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled that prosecutors had bullied KPMG over legal fees, the government's case against the accounting firm imploded, but the case against tax lawyer Raymond "R.J." Ruble may just be heating up. Ruble, a former partner at Brown & Wood (now Sidley Austin), faces trial in October on 43 counts of tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the IRS. He allegedly worked with KPMG to cook up and sell illegal tax shelters, and hid a portion of his earnings from his firm and the feds.
UMDNJ Federal Monitor Describes An Ingrained Culture of Patronage
Last Monday, Herbert Stern offered ample justification for the broad mandate U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie gave him to monitor the scandalized University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Stern gave a vivid account of how the school did business: patronage-based hiring, expense-account abuse and no-bid contracts to politically connected vendors
The Short of It: Thelen Rebrands Itself
Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner had well-laid plans to rechristen itself with the shorter and catchier "Thelen" but was held up by a Korean cybersquatter. The marketing move, which launched Monday, was threatened by the distant owner of the "thelen.com" domain name. But if there's one thing a Web entrepreneur should know, it's this: Don't register a domain name of a 600-lawyer law firm and expect nothing to happen. "We did get pretty heavy-handed with him," says Thelen partner Robert Weikert.Multiple Lawsuits Allege Laxative Causes Kidney Failure
A popular over-the-counter laxative used to flush out patients' bowels before procedures such as colonoscopies has caused serious kidney damage and even death, a series of lawsuits filed across the country alleges. The lawsuits target Fleet Phospho-soda, made by C.B. Fleet Co. Inc. of Lynchburg, Va. More than 50 have already been filed in at least 20 states, Stephen Foley, one of the lawyers involved in the litigation, said Thursday. Nine of them were filed this week in federal court in Minnesota.
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White Collar Crime: Business and Regulatory Offenses
Authors: Otto G. Obermaier, Robert G. Morvillo (deceased), Robert J. Anello, Barry A. Bohrer
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Criminal Charges: The Next Frontier for Libel Tourism
Joel Cohen and Katherine A. Helm examine the potentially perilous terrain of libel tourism, focusing on a New York professor of international law who wound up being prosecuted in France on criminal charges stemming from an unflattering book review.
Commentary: How to Have the Best Interviews
What makes a great interview? Legal recruiter Sadie Madole says that while direct eye contact, a firm handshake and thorough preparation are the basics of strong interviewing skills, another important tool is a working knowledge of the questions the interviewer is likely to ask. Madole offers some of the common questions heard in legal interviews so that interviewing attorneys can prepare themselves with targeted and effective answers and make a lasting and favorable impression.More from ALM
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