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The execution of a Mexican citizen by the United States against the orders of the UN’s highest court highlights a flaw in international law that enables countries to snub rulings without repercussions, experts say.

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The execution of a Mexican citizen by the United States against the orders of the UN’s highest court highlights a flaw in international law that enables countries to snub rulings without repercussions, experts say. While the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) orders are binding, their execution are left up to states who consent voluntarily to […]

The execution of a Mexican citizen by the United States against the orders of the UN’s highest court highlights a flaw in international law that enables countries to snub rulings without repercussions, experts say. Read More »

Taylor Wessing, the City law firm, has sued an American rival for $5 million (£2.6 million) for allegedly illegally poaching several partners from its Paris office.

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Taylor Wessing, the City law firm, has sued an American rival for $5 million (£2.6 million) for allegedly illegally poaching several partners from its Paris office. Earlier this week, Taylor Wessing asked a court in New York for an injunction preventing 12 of the 15 non-equity partners in its Paris office from joining Nixon Peabody,

Taylor Wessing, the City law firm, has sued an American rival for $5 million (£2.6 million) for allegedly illegally poaching several partners from its Paris office. Read More »

A New York state judge has ruled that a former Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe associate may only seek nominal damages in his claim alleging the law firm broke a promise to promote him to partner, reports the New York Law Journal.

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A New York state judge has ruled that a former Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe associate may only seek nominal damages in his claim alleging the law firm broke a promise to promote him to partner, reports the New York Law Journal. Patrick Hoeffner’s 2005 lawsuit against Orrick claimed that in 2002 the firm’s partners had

A New York state judge has ruled that a former Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe associate may only seek nominal damages in his claim alleging the law firm broke a promise to promote him to partner, reports the New York Law Journal. Read More »

One of the ironies of the American Lawyer Associate Survey is that most midlevel associates surveyed plan to be on the job for the short-term, but few plan to stay for the long-term.

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Most midlevel associates surveyed by the American Lawyer plan to be on the job for the short-term, but few plan to stay for the long-term. The finding is one of the ironies of the survey, the Am Law Daily reports. Asked to rate the likelihood of being at their firm in two years on a

One of the ironies of the American Lawyer Associate Survey is that most midlevel associates surveyed plan to be on the job for the short-term, but few plan to stay for the long-term. Read More »

A federal judge in Manhattan has allowed sex discrimination claims to proceed against an intellectual property law firm that fired an associate two days after she complained in an e-mail to partners that the firm’s women lawyers were being “relegated to non-partnership track support roles.”

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A federal judge in Manhattan has allowed sex discrimination claims to proceed against an intellectual property law firm that fired an associate two days after she complained in an e-mail to partners that the firm’s women lawyers were being “relegated to non-partnership track support roles.” In a 53-page opinion issued last week, Southern District of

A federal judge in Manhattan has allowed sex discrimination claims to proceed against an intellectual property law firm that fired an associate two days after she complained in an e-mail to partners that the firm’s women lawyers were being “relegated to non-partnership track support roles.” Read More »

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has paid $9.5 million to Brocade Communications Systems to release itself — as well its chairman and former Brocade board member, Larry Sonsini — from civil claims stemming from the backdating disaster at the firm’s longtime client.

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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has paid $9.5 million to Brocade Communications Systems to release itself — as well its chairman and former Brocade board member, Larry Sonsini — from civil claims stemming from the backdating disaster at the firm’s longtime client. News of Wilson’s payment was tucked into a footnote in court filings Friday

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has paid $9.5 million to Brocade Communications Systems to release itself — as well its chairman and former Brocade board member, Larry Sonsini — from civil claims stemming from the backdating disaster at the firm’s longtime client. Read More »

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.

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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

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. Read More »

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.

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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

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. Read More »

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 in a Saudi Arabian arms deal.

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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

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 in a Saudi Arabian arms deal. Read More »

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