The “hobby lobby” decision of the US Supreme Court who decided by a majority decision to limit its decision to contraception and to closely held businesses, it nevertheless could lead to a dangerous precedent, identified by Jusstice Ginsburg in her dissent. Adjunct law professor Jessica Pieklo believes that there are now likely to be legal […]
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Orrick announced today that Michael Crosby will join the firm as a partner to head up Orrick’s English Law Banking and Finance Practice Group, resident in London. Mr. Crosby will further strengthen Orrick’s English law finance capability to support its global finance practices. Mr. Crosby was formerly head of Proskauer’s English law finance practice; he
– You can say what you like about our newest caped crusader, the roving prosecuteer Graeme McCready, fighting against injustice and upholding the Rule of Law, but lets not be too harsh. Mr McCready doesn’t altogether fit the super hero image from popular culture, but I can picture him donning a cape in his
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Australian-born entertainer Rolf Harris faces the rest of his life in prison following his conviction on 12 counts of indecently assaulting four girls in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s in a dramatic trial that showed how the entertainer used his celebrity status to protect himself from action over his often brazen sexual assaults. One of the victims was
. . 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? 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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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
. . a former lawyer and radio host pleads guilty to $2.3 million scam See more LawFuel Briefs below
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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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
