Lawyers representing former New England Patriots tight Aaron Hernandez have been kept busy by the footballer as he faces two counts of first degree murder in 2012 and were seeking the dismissal of a first degree murder indictment for a fatal shooting in 2013. Hernandez is currently in jail on the separate, 2013 killing of […]
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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued a quite surprising decision against Google which has significant implications for global companies. On May 13, 2014 the ECJ issued a ruling which did not follow the rational eor the conclusions of its Advocate General, but instead sided with the Spanish data protection authority (DPA) and found that:
Inhouse counsel may occasionally have the appearance of having life easy, particularly compared to the Big Law jobs that sap energy and soak up every second of the day with world-beating deals and mind-twisting litigation. So what is the perspective on making yourself a top lawyer so that you not only enjoy your job but
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Comedian Russel Brand landed a good punch line when he obtained substantial damages from the Sun on Sunday, who claimed he had cheated on girlfriend Jemima Khan. The newspaper published an apology and paid his legal costs. Brand was not at London’s high court for the settlement of his action against News Group Newspapers over
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The American Lawyer’s annual law firm rankings show some of the biggest are using a Swiss legal partnership to keep country profits separate. All of the firms have set up “vereins”—a Swiss legal partnership that lets the law firms maintain separate national or regional profit pools under a single brand. The AmLaw rankings also
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Bruce Foucart, Special Agent-in-Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (“ICE”) Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”) Boston Office, announced today that a painting by Serge Poliakoff called “Composition abstraite [Abstract composition]” (the “Poliakoff”) was returned to Brazil at a repatriation ceremony
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Ibrahim Abdullahi is the managing partner of a law firm in Abuja, Nigeria. He is also the man behind the #BringBackOurGirls viral campaign seeking the return of the school girls kidnapped by the Boko Haram terror group. His #BringBackOurGirls has been retweeted nearly two million times and Mr Abdullahi says he is both overwhelmed and
Choosing a good law school is one thing, but how do you go about choosing a law school fit for a US Supreme Court Justice? And which law schools are the most popular with the Justices? In terms of where US Justices attended law school, TIME magazine recently pointed out that historically many lawyers and
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Recent changes to the FACTA legislation – the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act – have placed both investors and jurisdictions in a state of some concern. For instance, for gold investors there are issues about bullion storage and one of the solutions for many, identified by NZVault, is storing in a jurisdiction that has no
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that PETER STRAIN, a talent agent for film, television, and Broadway actors, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to three years’ probation, six months’ home confinement, and 500 hours of community service for engaging in a scheme to steal over
