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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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said in an interview Tuesday that she plans to sue the American network Fox News after it broadcast inaccurate reports on Muslim “no-go zones” in the French capital, in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attacks. TIME reports that FOX retracted and apologized for the reports about the “no go”
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The swallowing of Washington DC strategy and lobbying firm McBee Strategic, by law firm Wiley Rein, has not been altogether the success Wiley’s will have wanted. Since the acquisition over a third of McBeee’s employees have left or plan to leave, although most of the firm’s core clients remain. The Washington Post reports that the
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A Florida DUI lawyer’s advice to clients has started a storm of controversy for those seeking to avoid problems at police checkpoints. Warren Redlich’s Fair DUI blog has also started a viral video showing just what happens when his controversial advice is used. See the video below: The lawyer suggests that motorists put their license, registration,
George Clooney’s wife Amal Alamuddin might be in favour with her famous husband, but she’s distinctly out of favour with the Egyptian government, who have slammed the human rights lawyer for claiming that she had been threatened with arrest if she publishing a highly critical report about judicial corruption. >> Learn how to gain the
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer – On December 17, 2014, President Obama announced sweeping policy changes that will influence investment and commercial relations with Cuba. The announced changes may also impact US nationals and corporations whose assets were nationalized by the Cuban government prior to the US embargo. This briefing focuses on the likely future of those
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The lawyers are circling Petrobras, the Brazilian oil giant that has become the nation’s major embarrassment – plus a major opportunity for lawyers everywhere to sue the company as it becomes encircled by lawsuits. Forbes contributor Kenneth Rapoza looks at the whole, messy business. If the Petrobras story sweeping Brazil today was a sporting event, it would
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Of all the stories that dominated US sports and law readers this year, the NFL scandal involving Ray Rice and the suspensions for domestic violence and child abuse drew some of the most attention. Rice, who was recently reinstated to the NFL after the violence to his then fiancé, drew attention to domestic violence education among both
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