A BBC investigation estimates that around $23bn (£11.75bn) may have been lost, stolen or just not properly accounted for in Iraq. For the first time, the extent to which some private contractors have profited from the conflict and rebuilding has been researched by the BBC’s Panorama using US and Iraqi government sources. A US gagging […]
Hundreds of Pakistani lawyers began a two-day march from the southern city of Karachi to the capital on Tuesday to demand the reinstatement of 60 judges removed by the previous military regime of President Pervez Musharraf. The march represents the first large-scale protest against the new democratically elected government and its first test in handling
The recent lawsuit against Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman by its former head of intellectual property brings into the spotlight a practice that some lawyers might find unimaginable: At several law firms today, the managing partner can unilaterally fire other partners. Jeremy Pitcock, who led IP at Kasowitz Benson, filed suit against the firm June
Justice Clarence Thomas earned $500,000 in book advances in 2007, one of three Supreme Court justices to receive book-related income last year, according to financial disclosures released Friday. The annual disclosures by the court’s nine members also show that at least two of them significantly decreased their stock holdings, at a time when several have
American victims of bombings and rocket attacks in Israel have sued Swiss bank UBS AG for more than $500 million, accusing the bank of helping fund the militants behind the attacks through dealings with Iran. The lawsuit seeks damages from Switzerland’s largest bank for more than 50 U.S. citizens hurt or relatives of those killed
A defiant Khalid Sheikh Mohammed chanted holy verses in Arabic, railed against President George W. Bush for his “crusader” wars and declared his wish to become a “martyr” during a raucus military tribunal hearing convened today to begin the process of trying him as the mastermind of the September 11 terror attacks. “It’s an inquisition,
Europe’s highest court will hear a trademark infringement suit concerning Google’s keyword advertising system, a case that ventures into an untested area of law that could impact the company’s lucrative ad revenue. Fashion retailer Louis Vuitton won a lawsuit in France over Google’s AdWords system, where advertisers bid for keywords. The keywords are used to
The last time Washington attorney Eric Holder participated in a high-profile vetting, it was for fugitive financier Marc Rich. The episode in 2001 became the final scandal of the Clinton administration and landed Holder, at the time the No. 2 official at the Justice Department, in the middle of a congressional investigation. Now Holder, a
The career of one of the nation’s most entrepreneurial, controversial, philanthropic and rich lawyers came to a close Monday, as Melvyn Weiss was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in an alleged scheme in which he and his partners used kickbacks to gain an advantage in lucrative cases. Mr. Weiss pleaded guilty
Gordon Brown has insisted he will press on with plans to increase the detention without trial limit for terror suspects to 42 days in the face of widespread opposition. The Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, will attend a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party tonight to confront MPs who are threatening to inflict a humiliating defeat
