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US President George W Bush has signed into law legislation paving the way for Libya to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to compensate US victims of bombing attacks that Washington blames on Tripoli. The Libyan Claims Resolution Act clears the way to resolve all outstanding US claims related to what Washington regards as Libyan

The jury in the first U.S. war crimes trial since World War II began deliberating Monday at Guantanamo Bay, according to a Pentagon spokesman. Salim Hamdan, who was Osama bin Laden’s former driver, faces a maximum life sentence if convicted of conspiracy and aiding terrorism by a panel of six U.S. military officers. The trial

With the best of intentions justice is not always as blind as it should be. But seldom is it as downright astigmatic as it was on July 30th, when the law lords ruled that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) was entitled to submit to blackmail and drop its investigation, in December 2006, into alleged bribery

We all know there’s a problem. Women represent only 18 percent of partners in the nation’s largest law firms, 16 percent of equity partners and fewer than 10 percent of managing partners. At every level of firm practice, including partnership, women are leaving at a much higher rate than their male counterparts. Firms have enacted

Nearly two years after anthrax-spore mailings killed five people and sickened 17 others, Army scientist Bruce E. Ivins accepted the Defense Department’s highest honor for civilian performance for helping to resurrect a controversial vaccine that could protect against the deadly bacteria. At a March 2003 ceremony, Ivins humbly described the award, which he received along

We swim in a sea of popular culture. Whether it comes at us in the form of television, movies, radio, novels or music, pop culture is everywhere, and most of us enjoy it. But pop culture is no longer just the fluff of mod­ern society. Even though it’s intended to be consumed and quickly forgotten,

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic had his first skirmishes with the U.N. war crimes tribunal Thursday: He was cut short by the judge when he tried to protest his arrest, and put on notice that the prosecution will object to his demand to represent himself. During the initial session, Karadzic also claimed his seizure

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft announced today it is laying off 96 lawyers in a second round of job cuts as the Wall Street firm continues to cope with the ongoing effects of the credit crunch. W. Christopher White, the firm’s chairman, says the cuts will be in its capital markets and global finance groups, which