Sex abuse allegations against writer/director Woody Allen have seen his lawyer, Elkan Abramowitz point the finger at Allen’s former wife, actress Mia Farrow with Allen to personally respond shortly. “It is tragic that after 20 years a story engineered by a vengeful lover resurfaces after it was fully vetted and rejected by independent authorities,” […]
LawFuel.com – Allen & Overy announced the appointment of partner Aurélien Hamelle to the Paris dispute resolution practice. Aurélien specialises in financial and business criminal law, international criminal law as well as defamation, slander and privacy law. Aurélien joins from Metzner Associés, together with associates Léonor Hennerick and Ophélia Claude by the end of May
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We all know Facebook is a precocious success developed by a precocious 22 year old who turned down a billion for a company making losses. Now its worth $150 billion and faces some serious challenges from Google Plus and other social media developments. But privacy too is a major issue for Facebook, which collects data
It’s awards season and Woody Allen has received something he would never have dreamt of – an open letter to the New York Times alleging sexual molestation by the director against his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow. Posted on the blog of a friend, Nicholas Kristof, the letter explains details of the experience she recalls. Allen,
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Breaking up law firms is never easy . . just like romantic breakups, actually. But when a small Texas law firm broke apart it showed some rather gross details, revealed in a lawsuit filed by the former partners in the firm, Ferrer Tu & Payne. Law blog AbovetheLaw already commented that things can get tough
Oops . . giving the finger to your law professor is not exactly the best way to improve your grades. RonNell Anderson Jones teaches at BYU Law School and happened to encounter an angry motorist on the way to class, tweeting . . I wonder if the driver who honked and made the rude gesture
Jokes about lying lawyers are one thing, but when it came to former jouralist Stephen Glass and his attempts to join the legal profession in California he was judged as being too much of a liar for the law. Proceedings commenced in the Californian Supreme Court to ascertain whether Glass has the “moral character” to
Old-style mob boss Vincent “Vinnie” Asaro was so classic his role was epitomized in the movie “Goodfellas”. But his true-life role appears to have ended after decades of mob activity as part of the Bonanno crime family with the 78 year old’s arrest. Asaro was involved in murders and general mob mayhem, including being involved
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The issue of viral marketing and the whole concept of “virality” is something that intrigues internet marketers deperate to have viral content that will, presumably, turn to floods of cash, rivers of gold and a niagra of wealth. perhaps. But for lawyers seeking to market their law practices via the Net and by using good
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Justin Bieber, the Canadian-born songster, risks deportation following his arrest in Miami on DUI charges Bieber was released on bail of $2,500 following a morning in jail at Miami-Dade following his arrest while reportedly drag racing along a Miami Beach street before dawn. Bieber was clad in an orange jail jumpsuit when he made his
