By Ed Siddons, Simon Lock – City law firms are “completely outgunning” the UK’s only complex fraud agency, raising concerns that an “imbalance of arms” is allowing some oligarchs and powerful corporations to “buy impunity”. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism can reveal that some companies under investigation have spent up to 10 times more than […]
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David Boies is one of the most powerful lawyers in America and best known recently for pursuing legal action against Prince Andrew over sexual assault allegations. The chairman of law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner he became most famous for the cases where he lead the successful prosecution of Microsoft in United States v.
Clifford Chance – Our report – ‘Our Relationship with AI: Friend or Foe – A Global Study‘ – analyses the responses to a YouGov survey put to 1,000 tech policy experts and influencers across France, Germany, UK, and US, covering a range of technology and AI regulation issues. Developed in conjunction with Milltown Partners, the report explores
The High Court decision of Justice Hinton awarding $400,000 in damages by the High Court after she was defamed by former employer, former Conservative Party leader Colin Craig in the long-running defamation cases. Justice Hinton found both parties defamed each other in certain respects – and that MacGregor had been sexually harassed by Craig. Justice
So How Did The High Court Come To The Colin Craig Costs Decision? Read More »
November 15, 2021 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Individual voters joined with civil rights and faith groups today to file a pair of lawsuits in federal court challenging Alabama’s newly drawn political maps for state legislative and congressional districts. The cases were brought on behalf of Greater Birmingham Ministries, Alabama State Conference of the NAACP, and
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The Law Council of Australia welcomes the decision by Australia’s State Attorneys-General to support development of a proposal to increase the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) from 10 to 12 years of age, but believes an opportunity to bring Australia into step with international human rights standards has been missed. “We, along with other
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GettyImages Claire Breen, University of Waikato and Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato For workers in the health and disability and education sectors, midnight last night was the deadline to receive at least their first vaccine dose under a government mandate that now extends to about 40% of New Zealand’s workforce. With the potential for this
Has The Law Got The Balance Right On Vaccine Mandates? Read More »
The US Big Law firms breaching the $200,000 salary scale for associates has been the subject of a new Big Law salary scale survey in an AboveTheLaw report that follows the $200k limit breached by Millbank in June 2021. Millbank fired the first shot in the associate salary scale war as we have reported and
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Samantha Hogan, ProPublica – This story was originally published by ProPublica – Amid mounting criticism of his management of attorneys, finances and the quality of legal services for Maine’s poor, John Pelletier stepped down as executive director of the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services. His last day will be Dec. 11. The head of
Following Investigation the Director of Maine’s Public Defense Agency Resigns Read More »
Steve Bannon, a former political strategist for former US President Donald Trump, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for contempt of Congress. Bannon had been refusing to comply with subpoenas issued by the US House of Representatives committee investigating the 2021 US Capitol attack. This comes after the House voted to refer the matter to the Department of Justice last month for consideration. Bannon is
Steve Bannon Indictment – But A Hard One To Litigate Read More »
