The massive Ponzi scheme masterminded by former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford has lead to ramfications everywhere, but now the US Supreme Court has sanctioned class action lawsuits from investors in Stanford’s scam. Class action law suits relating to securities law must be filed at federal level, bu the federal appeals court has held that […]
CHICAGO, ILL. (February 27, 2014) — The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that Paul L. Langer has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Commercial Litigation Practice Group and Insurance Coverage Litigation Team. “We are delighted to welcome Paul to the firm,” said Jeff Davis, chair of the Insurance Recovery litigation subgroup, which specializes in
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Why have law schools fallen out of favor to the extent that they have in the US? And elsewhere, too, many would argue. What is it about the surge of law school graduates that leads to this feeling of hatred towards the schools – even the litigation that has pursued several of them? More importantly,
Another law firm merger is on the cards with the Washington law and lobbying firm Patton Boggs discussing a union with Squire Sanders, creating a firm with 1700 lawyers across 22 countries. The talks follow the collapse of a proposed merger between Patton Boggs and Locke Lord, based in Texas. The Wall Street Journal says
Legal secretaries have been around lawyers as long as lawyers have been around lawyers. But times are a-changing, it seems and once again the culprit is the “T” word: technology. Take law firm Arnold & Porter who are working towards fewer staff with greater productivity – much the same as just about every other law
The Oscar Pistorious trial will screen globally, albeit with limitations, with the judge saying there would be three cameras filming the trial of the paralympian accused of shooting girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The filming was agreed to after South African media requested a live audio recording and video footage of the opening and closing arguments and
Life is full of everyday heroes. They don’t get medals or prizes and sometimes they don’t even get noticed. However, good Samaritans save lives all over the country by intervening in the aftermath of accidents, alerting authorities, moving injured people out of the wreckage, and administering first aid. Sometimes even offering a cell phone to
LawFuel.com – Clifford Chance corporate partners have elected Guy Norman as global leader of the Firm’s Corporate practice, following an uncontested election. Guy will commence his four year term on 1 May, 2014. Guy has been a partner in the Corporate practice since 1998 and has recently returned from leading the corporate practice in
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A man convicted for the 1989 abduction, rape and killing of a teenager has been executed in Missouri, offering no final statement and refused a last minute appeal. Michael Taylor was 47. His attorney argued for his life on the basis that the drug used to kill him could have caused Taylor inhuman pain and
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In the old mystery movies it was always the butler who committed the crime. It became so cliché that even now, fifty years after the “butler” movies, people still refer to them. In the hotel industry, when a crime such as theft has been committed, it is always the maid who is blamed for
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