Another day, another atrocity committed by ISIS with the beheading of UK aid worker David Henning, with the release of a video purporting to show the terror group’s murder-by-social media war crime. Once again it was a picture of a man in a Guantanamo-style orange jump suit kneeling in a bland landscape. The killer’s voice
Olympic champion Michael Phelps is having a further brush with the DUI law after being arrested for the second time on DUI charges in Baltimore, his home town. The top swimmer is hoping to make the Rio Olympics, but the further DWI setback could create issues for that aim. He issued an apology that sounded
WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced today the issuance of a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) that imposes additional reporting and recordkeeping obligations on certain trades and businesses located within the Los Angeles Fashion District. The GTO will enhance law enforcement’s ongoing efforts to identify and pursue cases against persons and businesses
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Professional insurance cover for lawyers or any other professional is expensive. Yet having liability cover that can protect lawyers and help avoid defense costs for errors, omissions or negligence is essential. Are there steps that a professional can take to ensure they are getting the bet quote? Some of the more recent insurance policies now
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What makes a happy lawyer? Its a question many lawyers probably ask themselves equally many times, but for a university lecturer at Duke University who teaches on well being and related issues he believes a happy lawyer conforms to certain standards. Dan Bowling, who also teaches at the University of Pennsylvania, provides six ways that
Another accounting giant has entered the legal market with KPMG confirming that it has its “law licence” under the alternative buisness tructure system form the Solicitors Regulation Authority in Britain. The KPMG Legal team already has 50 people and is readying itself to make £10m of revenues this year. “We are in recruitment mode: we
The global law firm Jones Day has been ranked among the “Fearsome Foursome” — the law firms that clients would least like to see on the other side of the table — for the third consecutive time according to the BTI Litigation Outlook 2015 report, published this month by the BTI Consulting Group, Inc. Jones
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Washington, D.C. – Akin Gump is pleased to announce it has been named one of Law360’s Pro Bono Firms of 2014. This is the second straight year Akin Gump has received this honor, which recognizes law firms that “went above and beyond for their pro bono clients” during the past 12 months. As part of
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Skadden Arps – This Hong Kong regulatory update is intended to provide a brief overview of the principal Hong Kong regulatory developments in the preceding three months relevant to companies listed or proposed to be listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the HKEx) and their advisers, including HKEx announcements and rule changes,
A brand new course to help freelance writers – or anyone wanting to make money as a freelance writer – working from home, has been launched. Called Freelance Fast Track it provides a quick-start program for those wanting to make money at home writing. The Freelance Fast Track course is designed to help both
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