Gay Judge in Lone Star State
. . the first openly gay US Attorney in Texas will now be the first openly gay federal Judge in the Lone Star State – Click Here
Too Many Lawyers? The UK’s Lawyer Surplus Problem
Too many lawyers? It’s a question that’s asked with increasing frequency and in the UK, where there are around 200,000 lawyers, being one in 300 in the population, there are surplus lawyers in numbers that may number tens of thousands. The Guardian reports on a legal recruiter, Samuel Clague, who has set up a legal
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Introducing the Wine Lawyers
There are as many, varied law practices and specialties as there are lawyers, so why shouldn’t an enterprising lawyer turn her love of wine into a specialist practice, too? Durham (NC) lawyer Laura Collier always wanted a wine, cheese and carcuterie shop and has combined her love of wine into a practice called The Spirited
Lawyer-Radio Host in $2.3m Scam
. . a former lawyer and radio host pleads guilty to $2.3 million scam See more LawFuel Briefs below
DA’s Racy Text Messages Subject of Harassment Lawsuit
Racy text messages, gropiing and pestering for dates are all allegations made in a lawsuit by a former prosecutor who worked for a North Carolina DA who proclaims his conservative values and beliefs. The lawsuit was filed in federal court by Whitney Nicole Shaffer, who worked as one of Gaither’s assistant district attorneys from February
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Shia LaBeouf: Hollywood’s Latest Troublemaker
The celebrity court appearance de jour comes – once again – courtesy of actor Shia LaBeouf, the “Transformers” actor who has created a series of bad deeds, the latest of which is being disruptive at a showing of “Cabaret” at a New York theater. CNN report that a tired-looking LaBeouf was silent as he left
The Limits of Presidential Powers
Gridlock, embittered factions, the ongoing issues of the US lawmakers have entered a new era now with a brand new debate over the limits of presidential power. The decision of the Supreme Court on Thursday to limit the President’s ability to make recess appointments was the trigger point for the new argument. The New York
Former Jenkens & Gilchrist Lawyer Sentenced to Jail over Criminal Tax Fraud
Paul M. Daugerdas Personally Received More than $95 Million in Fees from Tax Shelter Scheme that Generated of Over $7 Billion of Fraudulent Tax Deductions Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Ronald A. Cimino, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division of the Department of Justice,
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How do recent Hong Kong trust law changes affect bond trustees? A comparative analysis with Singapore and English law
More than four years in the making, Hong Kong has finally implemented much needed reforms to modernise its trust law in December 2013. These reforms are seen as pivotal to strengthening the competitiveness and attractiveness of Hong Kong’s trust services industry, and follow a similar exercise in England (2001) and in Singapore (2004). Whilst most
Cell Phone Privacy Upheld by Supreme Court
Searching the cellphones of those arrested is available only after a search warrant, the US Supreme Court has ruled in a decision welcomed by those concerned about privacy in the age of digital communication. The Chief Justice, John Roberts referred to the power of cell phones, saying because they contain so much information the police