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A second trader suspected of involvement in the multi-billion-euro losses at Societe Generale was released Saturday after appearing before French judges probing the affair. The man — who worked for a Societe Generale subsidiary, Fimat, and who has not been named — was made an assisted witness, a French legal term halfway between a witness […]

Three unrepentant lawyers who changed careers and now create popular culture’s view of the profession – they write for TV’s “Law & Order,” “Boston Legal” and “Shark” – talked freely on Friday afternoon about how and why they often portray lawyers as unethical and disgusting, as well as mangling various litigation rules and procedures in

Scotland Yard’s report into the murder of Pakistan’s former prime minister Benazir Bhutto is likely to fuel, rather than settle, the controversies surrounding the issue. British investigators said on Friday they believed Ms Bhutto was killed by the bomb blast and not a bullet. They also said there was possibly only one assassin and not

The oil giant Exxon Mobil has won court orders freezing as much as $12 billion in petroleum assets controlled by Venezuela’s government in an escalation of a dispute over efforts by President Hugo Chávez to assert greater control over the country’s oil industry. Venezuela’s dollar-denominated bonds suffered their steepest drop in six months on Thursday

Two lawyers were disbarred today by Massachusett’s highest court, which ruled that the attorneys violated ethical rules when they tried to find evidence of bias against a former Superior Court judge who was then presiding over the bitter and costly family fight for control of the billion-dollar Demoulas supermarket company. In bluntly written rulings, Supreme

A Sunni bloc in Iraq’s parliament on Monday criticized a new law that will allow thousands of Saddam Hussein-era officials to return to government jobs, with the bloc’s leader predicting the legislation would have a “short life.” The Bush administration views the law as central to mending deep fissures between minority Sunni Arabs and Kurds

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has assembled a top tier M&A team to help Microsoft win its $44.6bn battle for Yahoo! The firm’s three-partner team is led by global head of M&A Casey Cogut. It also includes the former head of Simpson’s London office, Alan Klein as well as partner Kathryn King Sudol. Cadwalader Wickersham &

Pakistan authorities put a prominent lawyer back under house arrest Saturday after he tried to visit the grave of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, his spokesman said. Aitzaz Ahsan’s detention came just two days after he had been released from three months of house arrest. Ahsan, the president of the Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association,

Federal criminal prosecutors in New York are investigating whether UBS AG misled investors by booking inflated prices of mortgage bonds it held despite knowledge that the valuations had dropped, according to people familiar with the matter. The investigation, by the U.S. attorney in New York’s Eastern District in Brooklyn, is preliminary. The U.S. attorney’s office