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Federal prosecutors have indicted lawyer Ifeanyichukwu Eric Abakporo and his employee for allegedly swindling an elderly woman out of a multimillion-dollar property. A newly unsealed indictment shows Abakporo allegedly befriended the wheelchair-bound retired teacher and offered to help manage the large apartment building. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

Daily Beast As Dewey Turmoil Deepens, Top M&A Lawyer DefectsWall Street JournalBy ASHBY JONES and JENNIFER SMITH One of the captains of New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP is departing for a rival, a signal of further deterioration at a firm struggling to keep afloat amid partner defections and a heavy debt load.Key [...]

Daily Beast Dewey Loses Prominent M&A LawyerWall Street JournalBy ASHBY JONES And JENNIFER SMITH One of the captains of New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP is departing for a rival, a signal of further deterioration at a firm struggling to keep afloat amid partner defections and a heavy debt load.Key partner at law [...]

Another lawyer in Faegre Baker Daniels’s Fort Wayne, Ind., office has been the target of an attack at home. Two bullets were fired through a window in the home of associate Jeffrey Goeglein on Tuesday. The incident follows a late March shooting outside the home of Faegre partner David Kuker. View full post on Law.com [...]

Spain lawyer denies plea bargain for royal in-lawFox NewsMADRID – A lawyer for the king of Spain's son-in-law denied media reports that he is negotiating a plea bargain for his client with prosecutors over a corruption case that is making the monarchy look terrible at a time when everyday people are enduring …and more » View [...]

Forbes FINRA Fines And Suspends Lawyer For Practicing LawForbesMerrill Lynch's written procedures prohibited representatives from practicing law unless an exception is granted. At some point during his employment with Merrill Lynch, Sirois allegedly requested permission to practice law outside the scope of his …and more » View full post on law – Google News

Appellate lawyer Ruth Piller has filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against her former employer, Houston’s Hays, McConn, Rice & Pickering, alleging the firm discriminated against her on the basis of her gender and her neurological disorder-related disability. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

Jeffrey Squitieri, who was caught on tape urging his “client” — actually an undercover agent posing as an accident victim — to boost the value of his insurance claims by having multiple MRIs and unnecessary medical procedures, pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to defraud a health care benefit provider. View full post on Law.com – [...]

Adina Broome Parson, an attorney for the Georgia Department of Public Health, remained in critical condition at an Atlanta hospital on Tuesday, four days after being shot eight times outside her suburban apartment complex just before midnight Friday, according to police. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

Telegraph.co.uk Ofcom legal chief leads investigation into hacking at Sky NewsThe LawyerOfcom general counsel Polly Weitzman and her in-house legal team will advise the watchdog on its investigation into Sky News email hacking. The body's content and standards department will lead the probe, acting on instructions from its lawyers.UK regulator investigating Sky News email hacking [...]