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The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether the president may order that people picked up in the United States be detained indefinitely and without criminal charges. The court is undertaking a fresh review of the Bush administration’s aggressive use of preventive detention for suspected terrorists. The administration asserts that the president has the authority […]

Despite the rancid economy of 2008, attorney billing rates continued their escalation trend, with nearly 71 percent of law firms reporting an increase in the amount that they charged clients compared with 2007. This figure represents law firms that increased their average and median billing rates firmwide. Also this year, partner billing rates broke record

Linklaters’ high-profile role on Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy is set to become one of most lucrative mandates in European legal history with the U.K. giant now regularly billing more than 1 million pounds a week. The Magic Circle firm has confirmed that its role advising U.K. administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers is currently engaging “several hundred” of its fee

Employment opportunities for legal professionals have traditionally been plentiful – and lucrative. But as the economy has dried up, so too have those jobs. The employment market for new law graduates has remained relatively strong and stable since 1997. And last year was the sector’s strongest showing in 20 years, with 92% of graduates finding

Two US legal academics say Hillary Clinton is unable to take the position as Secretary of State because of emoluments clauses. The clause bars senators from taking any U.S. civil office during their terms if it was created or its “emoluments” were increased during that time. President Bush issued an executive order earlier this year

A congressional committee is investigating the circumstances that led to the sex scandal causing the downfall of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and whether the case was politically motivated. The House Financial Services Committee is seeking to determine whether federal agents misused their expanded powers under the Patriot Act. “We have no concern about Eliot

The widow of slain Washington, D.C., lawyer Robert Wone filed a $20 million wrongful death suit against the three men who were indicted last week on charges that they obstructed the investigation into Wone’s death. The mysterious death of Robert Wone, general counsel for Radio Free Asia and a former associate at Covington & Burling,

Which law firms are grabbing the lion’s share of the international litigation cake? UK legal magazine The Lawyer has compiled the litigation ranking of law firms based on revenue they generate. For the first time the world’s largest firms have been ranked in order of the litigation revenue they generate. The figures reveal the largest