[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] For a diminutive lady with a larger-than-life fan following and tongue, Judge Judy sure knows how to cut a deal – as much as telling one of her court parties to ‘shuddup and listen’. Because Judge Judy is far more than a court show host, Judith Sheindlin, 74, is an entertainment powerhouse like few […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A group of law ethics professors have taken a bar complaint about Donald Trump’s White House counsellor Kellyann Conway. The complaint refers to specific instances of lying or deception, including: The “Bowling Green massacre” that didn’t occur False Claims that President Obama had banned Iraqi refugees after the non-existent “massacre” “Alternative facts” regarding President Trump’s
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A tough plaintiffs’ firm with a reputation for suing banks and large corporations is now squaring off against the Trump Administration. Cohen Milsten Sellers & Toll is acting for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington in its lawsuit against President Trump according to the WSJ Law blog and reported on the CohenMilstein website. The court
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Britain’s Mail Online took a solid shot at the UK law profession following the striking off of so-called ambulance chasing lawyer Phil Shiner. Shiner is a former Public Interest Lawyers solicitor who was found guilty on five counts by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal who ordered him to pay interim costs of £250,000. But Mail Online columnist
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), announced today the filing of an Indictment charging CHRISTOPHER LONDONIO
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Law firm Dechert have had massive, multi-million pound legal bills put into question and now face litigation over their fees to a large mining client. The £16m bill was charged to mining company ENRC, but a reversal in the UK High Court poses major problems for the legal giant. The Lawyer reports that the High Court
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Volunteer lawyers have moved into one of the hottest new areas of law practice – assisting travelers affected by the Trump travel ban. A new website set up by lawyers and software developers has been attracting business from those affected by the so-called ‘Muslim ban’. Airport Lawyer lets users to check out information about people targeted
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Donald Trump’s severe travel restriction reversal, but there were troubles in his legal team immediately prior to the defense mounted by Camp Trump. The Justice Department changed lawyers, report Bloomberg LLP. The two lawyers representing Justice were exchanged because of their relationship with law firm Jones Day. August Flentje, a longtime Justice Department lawyer, argued
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“Grits with that?” It may be the calling-card for successful women lawyers according to research undertaken by The Grit Project. The Grit Project was prepared by the ABA’s Commission on Women in the law profession and is to be published in a book later this year. However a Miami meeting last week showed that there
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The only White House lawyer to resign from office, John Dean, has predicted “calamity” for President Trump following the firing of acting attorney general Sally Yates. Dean, a central figure in the Watergate scandal and regarded by the FBI as the man who was the “master manipulator” in the infamous coverup, tweeted his disapproval
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