Retiring US Attorney General Eric Holder, interviewed by ABC, outlined his best and worst days on the job. Holder, 64, has had his ups and downs, and his share of controversies. WORST DAY ON THE JOB – The Sandy Hook shootings – Dec. 14, 2012: The day a 20-year-old opened fire inside Sandy Hook Elementary […]
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“As a unanimous jury has found, for nearly a decade, Khaled al Fawwaz played a critical role for al Qaeda in its murderous conspiracy against America. Dedicating himself to al Qaeda in the early 1990s, Fawwaz was one of Osama bin Laden’s original and most trusted lieutenants, serving first as the leader of an
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RIVERSIDE, California – Two men with ties to the Inland Empire were each sentenced today to 300 months in federal prison for participating in plots to provide material support to terrorists and to kill American personnel. The two men sentenced today by United States District Judge Virginia A. Phillips are: • Sohiel Omar Kabir, 37,
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Lawyers Hogan Lovells have put in place what may be the first pro bono program for AMLaw 100 firms that involve not just their lawyers, but non-lawyers as well, to engage in community service work. Hogan Lovells employee over 5000 staff iin 25 countries and their proposal involves handling community service of 25 hours a
LOS ANGELES – The owner of a Glendora egg donation and surrogacy company pleaded guilty late this afternoon to a federal wire fraud charge and admitted defrauding would-be parents, egg donors and surrogates over the course of more than three years. Allison Layton, a 38-year-old resident of Star, Idaho, pleaded guilty before United States District
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So how is poster Justin Bieber faring with his various legal issues, including his “egging” vandalism case? Were you wondering? Probably not, but for those who were Bieber’s attempts to complete his sentence have tripped up over an ankle injury he sustained during a soccer game, which delaye for owhich he An ankle injury has
It will be the third legal challenge to Obamacare and in an article in The Economist, there are some clear explanations as to the competing issues for those arguing about Obamacare. The issue as to the principle that the law is what is stated by the words themselves rather than what politicians think it should
Law firms get founded for all sorts of reasons and to deal with any number of niche areas, ranging from cruise liner accidents to dog bites. But revenge porn issues is a new one on us, however a new law firm project has been set up precisely to deal with this emerging and nasty form
The Lawyer has pulled out all stops to list their 100 top barristers in Britain – the Bar’s “A List” with an assemblage of legal talent ranting from those who have helped with the development of an Ebola vaccine to holding the government to account for pollution problems. First up is Richard Boulton QC of
A media shy British Columbia lawyer has donated $30 million to help promote human rights and social justice, along with fighting corruption globally. Peter Allard is a philanthropist and businessman as well as a lawyer, who has already donated many millions to social justice causes. Peter Allard, a UBC law school grad, has donated $30-million
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