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With President Obama opening the door for prosecution of lawyers who justified harsh interrogation techniques, some legal analysts question how the Justice Department could pursue a case that amounts to prosecuting a legal opinion.

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President Obama answered the call of the left Tuesday by opening the door for prosecution of the Bush administration lawyers who wrote the so-called “torture memos,” which cleared the way for the CIA to use harsh interrogation methods when questioning suspected terrorists. But that doesn’t mean those attorneys will end up facing prison sentences any […]

With President Obama opening the door for prosecution of lawyers who justified harsh interrogation techniques, some legal analysts question how the Justice Department could pursue a case that amounts to prosecuting a legal opinion. Read More »

The administration appears to have moved the issue, along with global warming, to the back burner as it confronts the economic crisis, world lawyers say.

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President Obama’s early moves to condemn torture, order the closure of Guantanamo and commit to combat climate change won him accolades from international human rights advocates turned off by the go-it-alone attitude of the Bush administration. Now the world’s lawyers are worried that those goals could languish on the diplomatic back burner as the president

The administration appears to have moved the issue, along with global warming, to the back burner as it confronts the economic crisis, world lawyers say. Read More »

An Iranian American journalist accused of spying for the U.S. was sentenced by an Iranian court Saturday to eight years in prison, a move likely to strain the Obama administration’s recent overtures to improve relations with Tehran.

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An Iranian American journalist accused of spying for the U.S. was sentenced by an Iranian court Saturday to eight years in prison, a move likely to strain the Obama administration’s recent overtures to improve relations with Tehran. Roxana Saberi, 31, who had reported for the BBC and National Public Radio, had faced espionage charges during

An Iranian American journalist accused of spying for the U.S. was sentenced by an Iranian court Saturday to eight years in prison, a move likely to strain the Obama administration’s recent overtures to improve relations with Tehran. Read More »

Interrogation techniques like stripping a detainee naked, depriving him of sleep and putting a hood over his head, are prohibited under the U.S. Army Field Manual. But in 2002, the Justice Department authorized CIA interrogators to step up the pressure even further on suspected terrorist Abu Zubaydah.

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The journey into the CIA’s most extreme interrogation program began in darkness. Blindfolded, hooded and wearing earmuffs, suspected terrorists were shackled and flown to secret interrogation centers. The buildings themselves were quiet, clinical and designed to fill prisoners with dread. Detainees were shaved, stripped and photographed nude. The questioning began mildly, a shackled detainee facing

Interrogation techniques like stripping a detainee naked, depriving him of sleep and putting a hood over his head, are prohibited under the U.S. Army Field Manual. But in 2002, the Justice Department authorized CIA interrogators to step up the pressure even further on suspected terrorist Abu Zubaydah. Read More »

London-based Linklaters notched up more than $50 million in fees for its first six months of work advising on the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

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Linklaters notched up more than 33 million pounds in fees for its first six months of work advising on the collapse of Lehman Brothers. A progress report from administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers has revealed that the law firm billed PwC 33.5 million pounds ($50.2 million) for advice given between September 2008 and March this year. The figure

London-based Linklaters notched up more than $50 million in fees for its first six months of work advising on the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Read More »

A federal judge’s ruling in Los Angeles is getting attention among corporate lawyers because it suggests they need to issue more explicit warnings during internal company investigations that they don’t represent individual employees.

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A federal judge’s ruling in Los Angeles is getting attention among corporate lawyers because it suggests they need to issue more explicit warnings during internal company investigations that they don’t represent individual employees. The ruling earlier this month by U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney threw out portions of the government’s criminal case against a former

A federal judge’s ruling in Los Angeles is getting attention among corporate lawyers because it suggests they need to issue more explicit warnings during internal company investigations that they don’t represent individual employees. Read More »

U.S. companies, adopting a model used by DuPont Co., are adding firms with 300 or fewer lawyers to their outside-counsel roster and saving as much as half compared with fees of Wall Street firms more than triple that size.

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U.S. companies, adopting a model used by DuPont Co., are adding firms with 300 or fewer lawyers to their outside-counsel roster and saving as much as half compared with fees of Wall Street firms more than triple that size. DuPont and other clients, hit by the recession, are pressing firms for fixed fees or 10

U.S. companies, adopting a model used by DuPont Co., are adding firms with 300 or fewer lawyers to their outside-counsel roster and saving as much as half compared with fees of Wall Street firms more than triple that size. Read More »

French politicians have rejected a bill which proposed that people caught downloading music illegally three times should be cut off from the internet.

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French politicians have rejected a bill which proposed that people caught downloading music illegally three times should be cut off from the internet. The legislation, backed by President Nicolas Sarkozy, would have set a tough global precedent in cracking down on internet piracy. The music industry has been calling for stricter laws as revenues have

French politicians have rejected a bill which proposed that people caught downloading music illegally three times should be cut off from the internet. Read More »

Baker & McKenzie laid off 38 attorneys and 86 paralegals and staff employees in North America on Tuesday, as the financial crisis continues to take its toll on corporate law firms.

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Baker & McKenzie laid off 38 attorneys and 86 paralegals and staff employees in North America on Tuesday, as the financial crisis continues to take its toll on corporate law firms. This is not the first time this year Chicago-based Baker & McKenzie has shrunk its roster in the face of diminishing revenues. In January,

Baker & McKenzie laid off 38 attorneys and 86 paralegals and staff employees in North America on Tuesday, as the financial crisis continues to take its toll on corporate law firms. Read More »

Baker Botts lawyer Irv Terrell has scored his second $1 billion-plus judgment.

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The $6 Billion Man: Irv Terrell Leads Asarco and Creditors to Gargantuan Judgment Against Grupo Mexico For a trial lawyer, getting a judgment north of $1 billion is like winning an NCAA national championship.And Irv Terrell of Baker Botts has now done it twice. Many will recall his first billion-dollar case from back in the

Baker Botts lawyer Irv Terrell has scored his second $1 billion-plus judgment. Read More »

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