Lying on the stand is a major “no, no” for lawyers. And it is something that has gotten one of the criminal law’s rising stars a major problem when he was indicted for allegedly doing just that. Beau Brindley (pictured) was regarded as someone with a brilliant career as a criminal lawyer, represented drug dealer […]
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The massive Bank of America settlement announced today is something of a drop in the ocean for the beleagored bank, which has lost more than $50 billion since the Charlotte bank bought Countrywide Financial for $2.5 billion, and more losses and legal fees are coming according to reports. The Bank of America’s slow fall to
Law firm scams – run by non-lawyer scam artists – are being set up to fleece “clients” using websites stolen from legitimate law firms. The picture above purports to be a London, UK law firm – Dovernor – but it is in fact an image taken from a legitimate US law firm using a picture
The Rosenberg atomic spy trial happened a long time ago – over 60 years, in fact – but for a 98 year old retired teacher from New Jersey that hasn’t prevented her now taking legal action to have her conviction overturned. (Picture shows Julius (center) and Ethel Rosenberg, executed for espionage in 1953) Miriam Moskowitz
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There are plenty of problems that can arise during litigation, but whether lawyers handling a client to make an illegal sex video gave rise to an action against them would, some argued, lead to a permit for lawyers to “lie, cheat, steal, rape and kidnap”. Really? All that? It’s like ISIS at the bar. The
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Baker & McKenzie has overtaken DLA Piper to become the biggest law firm in the world by revenue, surpassing the $2.5bn barrier for the first time. Bakers, which has a June 30 financial year-end, said revenues had risen 5 per cent to $2.54bn, while its equity partners took home $1.29m on average after profits
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The murder mystery involving the shooting death of law professor and law blogger Dan Markel continues to arouse intrigue with numerous scenarios presenting themselves. Professor Markel, a professor at Florida State University, was shot in his garage on July 18 and speculation has ranged from the professor’s writings to his representation of a rabbi. There
The largest ever Justice Department settlement is pending with a $16 – $17 billion settlement pending over the Bank of America’s sale of mortgage-backed securities prior to the 2008 global financial crisis. The deal is yet to be finalised but would be the biggest for the DoJ since the GFC, which lead to massive failures
There is glamour, tragedy and a certain black-and-white irony in the Oscar Pistorius trial involving a judge who comes from the “wrong” side of South Africa’s tracks. The New York Times have profiled the Pistorius trial judge Thokozile Matilda Masipa, the stern but quiet 66 year old who moved from a poor town to South
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Tech journal TechCrunch took a look at the Facebook class action filed by Austrian law student Max Schrems, which is seeking the support of non-commercial Facebook users outside of North America. So far, so good they told the mag ‘ there are 11,000 participants signed on for the class action lawsuit. TechCrunch report that the
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