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Britain’s chief prosecutor and ex-government legal adviser dealt new blows Wednesday to Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s faltering plans to tighten terror laws, saying tougher measures are unnecessary and likely to stir ill-feeling in Muslim communities.

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Britain’s chief prosecutor and ex-government legal adviser dealt new blows Wednesday to Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s faltering plans to tighten terror laws, saying tougher measures are unnecessary and likely to stir ill-feeling in Muslim communities. Lord Peter Goldsmith, a former attorney general and a close adviser to former Prime Minister Tony Blair, told lawmakers he […]

Britain’s chief prosecutor and ex-government legal adviser dealt new blows Wednesday to Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s faltering plans to tighten terror laws, saying tougher measures are unnecessary and likely to stir ill-feeling in Muslim communities. Read More »

The family of Diana’s driver have successfully challenged a decision to hear photographers’ evidence without cross-examination

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The inquest in to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, cannot hear evidence from paparazzi present at the scene of the crash unless they agree to be cross-examined, two High Court judges ruled today. The family of the Princess’s driver, Henri Paul, challenged a decision by the coroner, Lord Justice Scott Baker, that statements

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While banks may be suffering dramatic losses from the credit crunch, the big UK ‘Magic Circle’ law firms continue to surge ahead in terms of revenues and profits.

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Six months into their current financial year, the United Kingdom’s largest firms are continuing the impressive growth that characterized the 2006–07 financial year. In an era of increasing transparency in law firm performance, many managing partners spent the first week of November confirming double-digit growth in revenues, with two Magic Circle firms reporting that they’re

While banks may be suffering dramatic losses from the credit crunch, the big UK ‘Magic Circle’ law firms continue to surge ahead in terms of revenues and profits. Read More »

Whether we like it or not, bribery and corruption in business is also big business. No bigger than in the M&A business, as this article from Chadbourne & Parke’s Charez Golvala shows.

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Laws that try to proscribe bribery and corruption have a long and glorious history. A Roman senator could be dismissed from office for the “moral corruption” of bribery, and under the Magna Carta of 1215 the king’s officials were prohibited from taking commodities without paying for them in an attempt to eradicate corruption. This article

Whether we like it or not, bribery and corruption in business is also big business. No bigger than in the M&A business, as this article from Chadbourne & Parke’s Charez Golvala shows. Read More »

Warner, 66, is chief executive of Nolo Press, a Berkeley-based publishing house that puts out dozens of books a year on topics as diverse as landlord-tenant rights and patent law. When he co-founded the company in 1971, his goal was simple: “Remake the legal system.” He may not have done that, but he has reshaped law for the masses.

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When Ralph “Jake” Warner earned his degree from Boalt Law School, few of his fellow graduates were on the big-firm, big-money track. It was 1966, a time of anti-corporate sentiment, communal living, free love — and, for Warner, free law. He went to work for Legal Aid in Contra Costa County. He’s made a living

Warner, 66, is chief executive of Nolo Press, a Berkeley-based publishing house that puts out dozens of books a year on topics as diverse as landlord-tenant rights and patent law. When he co-founded the company in 1971, his goal was simple: “Remake the legal system.” He may not have done that, but he has reshaped law for the masses. Read More »

The Democratic bill passed by the House Thursday night would bring overseas surveillance under the supervision of judges on the special court set up by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

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If you think your conversations were overheard in President Bush’s National Security Agency surveillance program, go sue the phone company. But will you be able to sue? That was the question getting much attention in Thursday’s debates in the House and Senate over parallel bills to set new rules for the NSA surveillance program. The

The Democratic bill passed by the House Thursday night would bring overseas surveillance under the supervision of judges on the special court set up by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Read More »

Police in Lahore lifted the house arrest against opposition leader Benazir Bhutto Friday, allowing the former prime minister to go free for the first time since Tuesday.

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Police in Lahore lifted the house arrest against opposition leader Benazir Bhutto Friday, allowing the former prime minister to go free for the first time since Tuesday. The move came hours before Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf’s hand-picked caretaker government was to be sworn in. Bhutto has called on Musharraf to step down and said negotiations

Police in Lahore lifted the house arrest against opposition leader Benazir Bhutto Friday, allowing the former prime minister to go free for the first time since Tuesday. Read More »

O.J. Simpson must face trial on kidnapping, armed robbery and other charges stemming from a suspected sports memorabilia heist, a justice of the peace ruled Wednesday.

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O.J. Simpson must face trial on kidnapping, armed robbery and other charges stemming from a suspected sports memorabilia heist, a justice of the peace ruled Wednesday. Defense attorneys had argued during a preliminary hearing that the case was based on the accounts of con artists and crooks, and they asked for the charges to be

O.J. Simpson must face trial on kidnapping, armed robbery and other charges stemming from a suspected sports memorabilia heist, a justice of the peace ruled Wednesday. Read More »

President Bush says America’s new top law enforcement official will bring clear purpose and resolve to the Justice Department. Mr. Bush attended the ceremonial swearing-in of Attorney General Michael Mukasey.

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President Bush says America’s new top law enforcement official will bring clear purpose and resolve to the Justice Department. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Mr. Bush attended the ceremonial swearing-in of Attorney General Michael Mukasey. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts administered the ceremonial swearing-in at the Justice Department’s Great Hall. While Mukasey

President Bush says America’s new top law enforcement official will bring clear purpose and resolve to the Justice Department. Mr. Bush attended the ceremonial swearing-in of Attorney General Michael Mukasey. Read More »

Yahoo Inc has settled a lawsuit alleging it aided China’s prosecution of several dissidents, in a case that prompted criticism of the company for cooperating with an authoritarian government.

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Yahoo Inc has settled a lawsuit alleging it aided China’s prosecution of several dissidents, in a case that prompted criticism of the company for cooperating with an authoritarian government. Terms were not disclosed in a joint court filing on Tuesday by attorneys for Wang Xiaoning, Yu Ling, Shi Tao and other unnamed parties and defendants

Yahoo Inc has settled a lawsuit alleging it aided China’s prosecution of several dissidents, in a case that prompted criticism of the company for cooperating with an authoritarian government. Read More »

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