Federal prosecutors in New York have opened a criminal investigation into whether Wells Fargo violated federal laws by conducting sham interviews of minority and female job candidates, according to two people with knowledge of the inquiry. The investigation is being conducted by members of a newly created civil rights unit […]
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Dallas Federal Criminal Defense Lawyer John Helms, a
Dallas, TX , May 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Last Friday, Dallas Federal Criminal Defense Lawyer John Helms, who once served as a Federal Criminal Prosecutor for The Northern District Of Texas was interviewed by Fox4news.com regarding Thursday’s May 19th indictment of 18 people criminally charged in a federal Paycheck […]
Federal Court cracks down on legal privilege claims – An operational hazard for the multi-disciplinary firms?
A multi-disciplinary firm has used legal privilege to shield documents from the ATO during an audit of its multinational clients, a judge has found, in a ruling that has put multi-disciplinary firms on notice. In Commissioner of Taxation v PricewaterhouseCoopers [2022] FCA 278 Federal Court Justice Moshinsky ruled that a legitimate relationship […]
German Federal Lawyers’ Act: don’t miss the deadline for bar admission
Last year, I wrote about the upcoming changes to the German Federal Lawyers’ Act (BRAO). The changes come into force on 1 August 2022 and mostly affect law firms (individual lawyers, of which there are many in Germany, are virtually unaffected). Foreign law firms with a branch office in Germany […]
Addressing the Lack of Latinos on the Federal Bench
In the words of U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi Judge Carlton W. Reeves: “To find truth, we need all angles, all distances and all perspectives.” Yet the composition of the federal judiciary does not reflect the various perspectives and experiences of those who are served by […]