America’s lawyer population continues to grow – by 17.7 per cent in the last decade to be exact. Texas has a 28 percent growth over the same period, which was always considered the gold standard in attorney growth in the US, but it is in fact outpaced by 10 other states, the ABA Journal report. […]
The latest judicial barracking delivered online is the #BlackLivesMatter lawyer being shut down by one Judge Hurley in respect of a defendant with a holster but no gun. Just what was going on, and what was the defendant’s lawyer trying to say – whatever, he didn’t really get the chance.
Mrs George Clooney, otherwise known as Amal Alamuddin, the London human rights barrister, is creating a furore with neighbours over the restoration – is that the right word for what is happening? – to the house she and George are ‘working on’ in the Berkshire countryside. The home is having a home cinema, as you
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We’ve heard it a thousand times: The lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client”. But it was something New York patent attorney Anthony Zappin had to listen to during his divorce proceeding when the Judge, Justice Matthew Cooper, reprimanded Zappin and fined the ivy league lawyer for his “aggressively hostile” behavior. Zappin is
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Mike Morse is a lawyer on the make – making a difference to underprivileged children whose law firm is to invest over a quarter million dollars to provide school supplies for Detroit’s under privileged. The proposal is for Mike Morse’s firm, which has joined with a not-for-profit group called “Kids in Need Foundation“, to buy
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LawFuel.com – Law News – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging seven defendants with orchestrating multiple schemes to defraud investors of tens of
Carnival Cruise Line has added two of Australia’s leading beauty and style experts to an already strong field of onboard talent during this year’s Melbourne Cup cruise on Carnival Spirit. Stylist to the stars Penny Hunt and Beauticate website founder Sigourney Cantelo – both former Beauty Editors at Vogue – will ensure Carnival Spirit’s 2600
Clifford Chance – Our second annual review of global antitrust trends is now available. This year, we have picked ten themes that reflect the most prominent antitrust risks faced by businesses around the world in 2015, and the most effective strategies for minimising those risks. To request a copy of the report, please contact Nikki
Pullman & Comley – By Jonathan Orleans – When I talk to businesspeople about the legal differences between employees and independent contractors, I often offer the electrician who comes to the office to fix a wiring problem as the paradigmatic independent contractor. She sets her own schedule, supplies her own tools, is engaged in an
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Charges Also Unsealed Against a Geneva-Based Banker, Who Remains at Large Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced the unsealing of an Indictment against BENJAMIN WEY and his Geneva-based
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