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The police case against Kate and Gerry McCann for killing their daughter appeared to be crumbling today after a senior prosecutor said that Madeleine’s body must be found to secure a conviction. The Sunday Times reports.

The police case against Kate and Gerry McCann for killing their daughter appeared to be crumbling today after a senior prosecutor said that Madeleine’s body must be found to secure a conviction. The development came as the McCann family said that they expected to spend a year fighting to clear their names and that they […]

The police case against Kate and Gerry McCann for killing their daughter appeared to be crumbling today after a senior prosecutor said that Madeleine’s body must be found to secure a conviction. The Sunday Times reports. Read More »

The number of women taking employers to court in Britain claiming unfair pay is rising so quickly that it has left the system unfit for purpose, according to the head of Britain’s equality watchdog.

The number of women taking employers to court claiming unfair pay is rising so quickly that it has left the system unfit for purpose, according to the head of Britain’s equality watchdog. Jenny Watson, chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission, has told The Times that the flood of pay claims brought recently against local authorities

The number of women taking employers to court in Britain claiming unfair pay is rising so quickly that it has left the system unfit for purpose, according to the head of Britain’s equality watchdog. Read More »

Mel Weiss was onece the most feared man in corporate America. The class action lawsuit legend made a hugely successful career out of chasing companies that ripped off investors. Now it’s Mel Weiss’ turn in the dock.

For a man who gives millions to charity, Melvyn Weiss is hated by a lot of people. Once he was the most feared man in corporate America, making a fortune by chasing companies accused of ripping off investors and winning billions in settlement. Now it’s Weiss’s turn in the dock. After years of digging, American

Mel Weiss was onece the most feared man in corporate America. The class action lawsuit legend made a hugely successful career out of chasing companies that ripped off investors. Now it’s Mel Weiss’ turn in the dock. Read More »

Justice Paul Boland Dies

http://www.lawfuel.com/show-release.asp?ID=15228 Posted on Friday, September 21, 2007 By Los Angles injury attorney, Michael P. Ehline. Justice Paul Boland, died Wednesday night, September 5, 2007. Boland, who was an acting justice at the California Court of Appeal, had written a letter to this author back in 2004 thanking him for externing at the Second District Court

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President Bush has pressed for permanent legislation allowing intelligence agencies to carry out warrantless surveillance on all communications of any foreign terror suspect.

Saying older surveillance laws were “dangerously out of date,” President Bush pressed anew Wednesday for Congress to pass permanent legislation that allows intelligence agencies to carry out warrantless surveillance on all communications of a foreign terror suspect. USA Today report that legislation passed by Congress last month “has helped close a critical intelligence gap, allowing

President Bush has pressed for permanent legislation allowing intelligence agencies to carry out warrantless surveillance on all communications of any foreign terror suspect. Read More »

The former class action juggernaut that is now known as Milberg Weiss continues to receive body blows, as today prosecutors indict co-founder Melvyn I Weiss and get a plea deal with another former partner.

Once a class-action legal juggernaut, the law firm now known as Milberg Weiss suffered more body blows today as federal prosecutors indicted its co-founder Melvyn I. Weiss and secured a plea deal with yet another former partner. In a new, superseding indictment, prosecutors in Los Angeles charged Mr. Weiss, one of the architects of class-action

The former class action juggernaut that is now known as Milberg Weiss continues to receive body blows, as today prosecutors indict co-founder Melvyn I Weiss and get a plea deal with another former partner. Read More »

Former CBS news anchor Dan Rather has filed a $70m lawsuit against his former employers at the US TV network, claiming he was a scapegoat.

Former CBS news anchor Dan Rather has filed a $70m (£35m) lawsuit against his former employers at the US TV network. He quit as a presenter in 2005 over a controversial report that cast doubt on President George W Bush’s military service during the Vietnam war. He says CBS made him a scapegoat for the

Former CBS news anchor Dan Rather has filed a $70m lawsuit against his former employers at the US TV network, claiming he was a scapegoat. Read More »

A police incident report obtained late Tuesday paints O.J. Simpson as the brutal ringleader of a group of men with guns who busted into a Vegas hotel room on Thursday, the New York Times reports.

A police incident report obtained late Tuesday paints O.J. Simpson as the brutal ringleader of a group of men with guns who busted into a Vegas hotel room on Thursday but who, in subsequent days, told police he is baffled by the notion that what took place was an armed robbery. Mr. Simpson told police

A police incident report obtained late Tuesday paints O.J. Simpson as the brutal ringleader of a group of men with guns who busted into a Vegas hotel room on Thursday, the New York Times reports. Read More »

It may have taken LA prosecutors seven years, but the deal William Lerach has done with prosecutors is for a prison term between 12 and 24 months.

It took seven years, but Los Angeles federal prosecutors are finally on the verge of putting famed plaintiffs lawyer William Lerach in federal prison. Several people briefed on the case said Monday that Lerach and the prosecutors had agreed on a binding deal in which Lerach’s lawyers would ask for a sentence of 12 months

It may have taken LA prosecutors seven years, but the deal William Lerach has done with prosecutors is for a prison term between 12 and 24 months. Read More »

British law firms are catching on fast to the idea of outsourcing and legal giant Clifford Chance is already expecting to save $60 million during the next three years by outsourcing work to India.

On the western edge of New Delhi, amid the glittering office developments of the suburb of Gurgaon, the newest part of Clifford Chance’s global empire is open for business. Unlike the firm’s other offices, however, this outpost is not practicing law, still a prohibited activity in India for overseas law firms. Instead, the Clifford Chance

British law firms are catching on fast to the idea of outsourcing and legal giant Clifford Chance is already expecting to save $60 million during the next three years by outsourcing work to India. Read More »

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