Losing a case is one thing for a lawyer. Losing your head though, is quite another. Former Pakistan military ruler Pervez Musharraf is being charged with a major treason case and his lawyers said this week that they had been threatened with beheading and called for a new trial. The lawyers also asked the court to allow their […]
The British police face a major blow over a 700 page report that is considered to have a negative impact on modern policing in the UK. A police spying allegation in has seen the former and discreted Scotland Yard undercover unit, the SDS, condemned in respect of its spying in respect of murdered teenager Stephen
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that KRISTIN DAVIS, a former candidate for New York City Comptroller, pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to illegally distributing prescription pills. DAVIS, who was arrested in August 2013, entered her plea today before U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos.
SANTA ANA, California – An Irvine woman was sentenced today to 37 months in federal prison for defrauding a group of Roman Catholic Sisters out of $285,000, which she misappropriated and spent for her own use after promising to use the money to help the nuns purchase a retirement home. Linda Rose
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has convicted Germain Katanga, a rebel leader from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for his part in a vicious attack on a village in eastern Congo where civilians were massacred. “The verdict will provide victims with a measure of some justice and we hope that this will spur the
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It’s as if its the final ignomy for failed Big Law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf who have this week seen criminal charges laid by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and the SEC against three of the firm’s former bosses. The charges were filed on Thursday against Dewey’s former chairman, executive director and chief financial officer,
What sort of kid sues her parents? And – perhaps more interestingly – what sort of lawyer acts for her? It depends on the circumstances? Okay. It does, but when a Superior Court judge in New Jersey ruled that the plaintiff’s parents should not be order to pay private school and college tuition for
Justin Bieber’s DUI arrest in Miami, along with additional charges, was one thing. His penis video is to follow up his peeing video, which is a follow up to his push-up video which was, as TMZ announced, that Bieber’s a “hard mofo”, but now he’s also showing his badass tats, to quote TMZ again. But now a
Law firm branding has become a more important issue for law firms in a post-recession environment. But according to one branding agency, law firm branding is in regression. Why? Because for some reason brand awareness and related issues are dropping along with the quality and quantity of law firm branding. Greenfield Belser decided to poll
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