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By City News Service
Feb 18, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A Los Angeles venture capitalist who obstructed a federal investigation into donations to former President Donald Trump s inaugural committee faces sentencing today.
Imaad Zuberi, 51, of Arcadia pleaded guilty two years ago to separate charges brought by Los Angeles prosecutors arising from earlier campaign donations, federal lobbying and tax violations. He pleaded guilty in June to the obstruction charge, and both matters were consolidated for sentencing before U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips.
Prosecutors are asking Phillips to sentence Zuberi to more than 10 years in prison and a $10 million fine. Probation officials have recommended several years less, while Zuberi s defense recommend an unspecified shorter sentence.
Jan 29, 2021 By Gary Blankenship Senior Editor Top Stories
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Recognizing his efforts both in Florida and nationally, Hallandale Beach attorney Anthony C. Musto received the 2021 Tobias Simon Public Service Award, the state’s highest award for pro bono service.
Chief Justice Charles Canady presented the award in an online ceremony that also included presentation of The Florida Bar President’s Pro Bono Awards to circuit and out-of-state lawyers. Also honored were winners of the Young Lawyers Division Pro Bono Service Award, the Chief Justice’s Distinguished Judicial Service Award, the Chief Justice’s Distinguished Federal Judicial Service Award, the Chief Justice’s Law Firm Commendation, and the Voluntary Bar Association Pro Bono Award.
Marie Fulle was ordered to spend nearly three and a half years in federal prison and pay $1.09 million in restitution for stealing money from an elderly customer with dementia.
January 15, 2021 at 1:01 PM
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As we know all too well, 2020 was a challenging year for us as individuals, for the legal profession, and for the nation. But the year was not without its positive developments. In my view, the most significant positive change within Biglaw last year was an increased commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
In fact, I would describe 2020 as the year that Biglaw got serious about diversity. At Lateral Link, in practically every meeting we took with firms to discuss their talent needs, diversity was a central focus. And it wasn’t just all talk and no action, with firms boasting about their commitment to diversity but not doing anything differently. I saw many situations where firms really