The New York Times editorializes on voter ID laws and the Justice Department’s view on litigation in North Carolina and Texas. The Justice Department on Monday sued North Carolina over the state’s restrictive new voting law, which requires photo identification for in-person voting and cuts back on early voting and same-day registration — all of
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Slaughter and May advised Derwent London plc, a leading London property developer and investor, on its new £550 million, five year, unsecured revolving credit facility. The new facility is being provided by Derwent London’s principal relationship banks, HSBC, RBS, Barclays and Lloyds, with HSBC as agent. It replaces £650 million of secured bank facilities expiring
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In any walk of life there are likely to be disputes. It’s a fact of human nature that from time to time we come into contact with someone who we don’t particularly get on with and this can be a likely cause of disagreements. Whether it’s in our personal life or at work; a legal
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The combative, competitive world of television is tough, which is why bad guys in shows like “The Sopranos”, “Boardwalk Empire” and of course “Breaking Bad” are so popular – it’s their milieu. But can the finale of a hit show have its scripts subject to trade secret law”. Bloombergs asked a professor. The lengths that
Dating a lawyer is one thing, but an odd list of the reasons to do so are typical of an online dating site, you might think. eHarmony have come up with a list of reasons why dating lawyers is good for you (presumably, regardless of whether you’re already a lawyer or not). Among them: “Quoting
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LawFuel.com – Clifford Chance won two awards at the Derivatives Week 2013 Global Derivatives awards: Global Law Firm of the Year – In the Global Derivatives Survey, Clifford Chance ranked highly in all areas of derivatives related regulation in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia Pacific. Officials at the firm
Crimes and accidents occur every single day all over the world, so it is no surprise that the many different types of attorneys that are out there are always being called upon to help sort through these cases; in order to properly represent both the accused and the victim of any type of crime. You
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Same-sex marriages and related sexual equality issues may have occupied the thinking for US courts in recent times, but for the first time an openly gay judge, Todd M Hughes, has become the first such judge on the federal circuit in American history. Hughes, one of President Obama’s nominess for the US Court of Appeals
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To be eligible for a discharge from your overwhelming debt obligations under Chapter 7 bankruptcy, it is absolutely necessary for you to meet the basic guidelines mentioned in the country’s bankruptcy code. [wp_ad_camp_2] So, if you are still in the dark about the nitty-gritty of this ultimate debt relief process, then it is advisable that
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Legal aid cuts in Britain have had a devastating effect upon thousands of lawyers who used to work in legally-aided areas. One of the highest profile of them is the leading, left wing barrister Michael Mansfield QC, who is closing his chambers nt he wake of the cutbacks. The highly-criticised legal aid cuts have been
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