Richard Susskind is a voice who is listened to by lawyers with ever-increasing interest – if not intensity. His views on where law and lawyers are going has resonated with increasing volume about the law profession. So what is the future of Big Law, he’s asked (among other things). Forbes’ contributor David Parnell, who is […]
Who is the glamorous blonde? None other than Crimea’s new Attorney General The 33 year old is the world’s newest-territory’s newest attorney general. The internet (of course) has gone viral with the Attorney General since her first press conference appearance, which did not involve her lounging on a red sofa. There have been fans all
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A religious discrimination lawsuit brought by a family who live ina polygamous community has resulted in a $5.2 million verdict in favor of the family. The lawsuit was started by the Cook family who live in Colorado City, Ariz and Hildale Utah, which are largely polygamous towns and took their action against the town to
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It may be all very well hiring a big name law firm to protect your company secrets. But what sort of risks do the law firms take in supervising that sort of intellectual property, particularly when the internet permits information to be accessed so easily by employees? The risks received highlighted exposure this week with the
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International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has selected six outstanding candidates to join the inaugural year of the Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholarship programme. It will initially run for three years, with the search for the class of 2014 scholars now underway. The aim is to address the under-representation of black men from low-income households in
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Winning the megamillions or any other lottery is a breathtaking time of excitement for anyone. But there are traps. Here are four things you need to do to ensure you keep your “megamillions” or even far less in your lottery winnings. This is of particular importance right now with the winning $414 million Megamillions ticket
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Let us introduce you to barrister Amal Alamuddin. Who? you might ask. She is an Oxford-educated lawyer fluent in French and Arabic, of Lebanese descent and also a graduate of New York University School of Law, representing recently WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. She is also George Clooney’s girlfriend. The exotic beauty, 36, also has academic
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Object found by Australian searchers off the coast of West Australia may be from the missing Malaysian Flight MH370. The disappearance of the flight has held the world spellbound for the past week as the emerging news has come from Malaysia about the possibility that the airliner has been located. Meanwhile, the FBI is helping
Working as a prostitute part-time has earned an Illinois lawyer a three-year suspension. The lawyer, Reema Bajaj, 27, had sex in exchange for office supplies for her law practice and later pleaded guilty to prostitution charges has agreed to have her law license suspended for three years. An Illinois attorney who allegedly worked as a
The inner sanctum of a law firm, a so called repository of the most confidential secrets, was among the victims in insider trading arrests on Wednesday of Wall Street insiders, including a law firm clerk in an unnamed prestigious Wall Street firm. The NY Times reports that two “insiders”, one bank broker and the clerk
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