Law Firms

From “podcast” to “poke”, “wiki” to “weblog”, the internet generation has a language all of its own. But since web guru Tim O’Reilly popularised the phrase “Web 2.0” in 2004, even those who never considered themselves internet-literate have worked the new technology into their daily lives. Facebook, the social networking phenomenon, dominates water cooler conversations […]

Microsoft Corp. on Monday abandoned its nine-year antitrust fight with European regulators, saying it won’t appeal a judgment handed down last month, and will agree to “substantial changes” required by the European Commission. The move sounds a warning for other market-dominating companies doing business in Europe under the current regulatory climate. It also marks the

A team of leading UK lawyers has intervened to halt the execution by lethal injection this week of America’s longest-serving prisoner on “death row” — pending a US Supreme Court decision on whether the method is “cruel or unnecessary.” Lawyers from Clifford Chance, the world’s biggest law firm, along with a group of top barristers

The legal troubles of prominent class-action lawyer William Lerach are providing new arguments for Coca-Cola Co lawyers fighting a long-running securities fraud lawsuit against the soft-drink maker. Lerach last month reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors in Los Angeles probing his former firm, Milberg Weiss LLP. Prosecutors charge kickbacks were paid to clients with

The execution of Saddam Hussein’s cousin, widely known as “Chemical Ali”, will be delayed while Iraqi officials try to settle a legal dispute over who should sign the order, judicial sources said. Ali Hassan al-Majeed was convicted in June of planning and directing the Anfal (Spoils of War) military campaign in 1988, in which prosecutors

Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner had well-laid plans to rechristen itself with the shorter and catchier “Thelen” — but the branding effort was held hostage by a lone Korean cybersquatter. The marketing move, which launched Monday with a new logo and Web site, was threatened by the distant owner of the “thelen.com” domain name,

Victims of an asbestos-related disease will learn on Wednesday if they can claim compensation, in a legal ruling that could leave insurers facing claims for millions of pounds. Five law lords will bring an end to a long-running series of hearings in which the victims are seeking the go-ahead to sue over their disease. The

Attorney General-designate Michael Mukasey made it clear to senators Wednesday that he would be independent of the White House and would make legal decisions based “on facts and law, not by interests and motives.” Mukasey, appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he would resign from office if ever faced with a presidential order he

Sen. Larry Craig has opened a new round in his legal battle stemming from his airport restroom arrest, appealing a judge’s refusal to let him to withdraw his guilty plea to disorderly conduct. Craig’s appeal was filed Monday at the Minnesota Court of Appeals, less than two weeks after Hennepin County District Court Judge Charles