Same-sex marriages and related sexual equality issues may have occupied the thinking for US courts in recent times, but for the first time an openly gay judge, Todd M Hughes, has become the first such judge on the federal circuit in American history. Hughes, one of President Obama’s nominess for the US Court of Appeals […]
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To be eligible for a discharge from your overwhelming debt obligations under Chapter 7 bankruptcy, it is absolutely necessary for you to meet the basic guidelines mentioned in the country’s bankruptcy code. [wp_ad_camp_2] So, if you are still in the dark about the nitty-gritty of this ultimate debt relief process, then it is advisable that
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Legal aid cuts in Britain have had a devastating effect upon thousands of lawyers who used to work in legally-aided areas. One of the highest profile of them is the leading, left wing barrister Michael Mansfield QC, who is closing his chambers nt he wake of the cutbacks. The highly-criticised legal aid cuts have been
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LawFuel.com – Best Law Newswire – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that EVERETTE L. SCOTT, JR., a New Jersey attorney, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 30 months in prison for engaging in securities and wire fraud in connection with two separate schemes. In
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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that Elaine C. Greenberg, the inaugural Chief of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Municipal Securities and Public Pensions Enforcement Unit and former Associate Director of the Division of Enforcement at the SEC, has joined the firm as a partner, resident in Washington, D.C. During her 25-year tenure
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Law firm blogs are an increasingly important marketing tool, but one, simple thing can trip up a successful blog – who authors it. In a post from Real Lawyers Have Blogs, Kevin O’Keefe looks at the issue, which is reported in the LawFuel blog post here. He provided seven good reasons why the individuals should
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Geoffrey Lean is Britain’s longest-serving environmental correspondent, having pioneered reporting on the subject almost 40 years ago and wrote this column for The Telegraph You’ve got to hand it to the climate sceptics. Over the last years they seem to have been winning the battle for public opinion. A new survey shows that the proportion
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Lawyer and politician Jim Palmer used to work at Texaco, until he became bored and heard about an opening with lawyers Burnet Duckworth. The move was highly successful, as was the firm. The firm survived and grew into one of the main homegrown legal players in Calgary. When Mr. Campbell joined in 1973, it had 12
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In 1994 a lawsuit filed by a 79-year-old woman who was severely burned by a hot cup of McDonald’s coffee became a turning point for tort reform. The case, Stella Liebeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants, et al. a jury in New Mexico awarded Stella Liebeck $2.9 million in damages, but the judge reduced the award to $640,000,
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LawFuel.com – The Detroit bankruptcy disaster might herald massive legal fees but it would be better served in a deal between the beleaguered city’s creditors, according to Eastern Michigan chief federal judge Gerald Rosen. The judge opened the first formal round of mediation by giving a pep talk and introducing other experts who will work
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