Mintz Levin recognized for its strong industrial focus
In an interesting find, the Corporate Board magazine has declared Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C, as the top corporate law firms in Boston. The results were brought out by the publication's seventh annual Legal Industry Research Survey. The directors serving on the board of publicly traded companies, and the in-house counsel were made part of the survey carried out by Corporate Board. The magazine accorded fourth rank to Mintz Levin this year. The magazine's July/August issue will carry the complete coverage of the survey results. Corporate Board Member's annual study covers top 20 national corporate law firms in America and the top five corporate law firms in 25 major metropolitan areas. To be counted among top 20 regional law firms, each firm not only had to compulsorily practice business, corporate or commercial laws but even had to be big in size when it comes to attorney numbers.
Resources Global Professionals launches new office in Chicago and New York
Resources Global Professionals is all set to spread its wings at newer locations. The renowned professional services provider has appointed two senior legal service directors to cater to the growing legal service requirements of Chicago and the Tri-State areas (New York, New Jersey and Connecticut) markets. Head quartered in Costa Mesa, CA, Resources Global has apparently joined hands with leading companies of U.S. to provide for, finance and accounting, human capital, information management, internal audit, legal and supply chain management services. Now with new seasoned attorneys on board, Luke A. Palese and Joan A. Lieberman, it is said, that Resources Global will be able to aid its clients in reducing the bandwidth, costs, and drive result. Mounting costs for outside counsel, and efforts to reduce corporate legal budget are said to be the other two crucial aspects which goaded the firm in seeking expert services. Resources Global has currently employed 30 legal professionals, with an average of 16 years of experience. These skilled professionals offer their expertise to major law firms and corporate legal departments in the U.S. and internationally, managing varied assignments be it class action litigation or complex commercial transactions.
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Man prohibited from having girlfriend
A 24-year-old Canadian man has been banned from having a girlfriend for the next three years. The unusual, rather amusing judgment came as Steven Cranley pleaded guilty to a number of charges after he attacked his former girlfriend. Cranley, now diagnosed by doctors with a dependent personality disorder, punched and kicked his girlfriend on an argument after a break-up. He also tried to stop her from calling the police by cutting the phone cord. However, when the police arrived he stabled himself with a butcher knife, which damaged his aorta. Doctors say that the man has difficulty handling rejection, which puts him at high risk to re-offend.
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