Animals can be victims too, even in the eye of the law in a ruling from the Oregon Supreme Court that recognizes the obvious: that animals also have rights. The case involved a man convicted of starving his horses and goats. The judge’s decision allotted a separate count of second-degree animal neglect for each animal,
Divorce getting more unfair because of poker effect says lawyer – Fear of soaring legal bills has turned divorce into a game of poker in which too many wives are forced to “fold” and accept unfair settlements to keep – Click here
Amy Screamer is a writer who frequently blogs on law marketing and other law firm issues and writes for law directory site AttorneyHunt on finding litigation lawyers in your area. This article discusses the use of accurate searching for lawyers and strategies to find the best lawyer for your case. Need an accurate search of
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Are law firms doing encourage to encourage diversity? The issue continues as more students from diverse socio-economic backgrounds find it a struggle to make it to the boardroom table in law firms. But maybe things are changing on the diversity front. The data collected by law firms in terms of the lawyers employed who come
SAN DIEGO, California – Anyone who has ever had a brush with the legal system knows how stressful these types of proceedings can be. Going to court and dealing with attorneys, discovery and depositions can be one of the most stressful and heart-wrenching things a person can endure. If you foresee this type of battle
Lying on the stand is a major “no, no” for lawyers. And it is something that has gotten one of the criminal law’s rising stars a major problem when he was indicted for allegedly doing just that. Beau Brindley (pictured) was regarded as someone with a brilliant career as a criminal lawyer, represented drug dealer
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Slaughter and May advised Ocado Group plc (Ocado) on a new £100 million unsecured three year revolving credit facility with Abbey National Treasury Services Plc, Barclays Bank PLC, HSBC Bank plc and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. The purpose of the new facility is to enhance Ocado’s flexibility to support its UK expansion.
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The massive Bank of America settlement announced today is something of a drop in the ocean for the beleagored bank, which has lost more than $50 billion since the Charlotte bank bought Countrywide Financial for $2.5 billion, and more losses and legal fees are coming according to reports. The Bank of America’s slow fall to
Law firm scams – run by non-lawyer scam artists – are being set up to fleece “clients” using websites stolen from legitimate law firms. The picture above purports to be a London, UK law firm – Dovernor – but it is in fact an image taken from a legitimate US law firm using a picture
