U.S. pop star Prince plans to sue YouTube and other major Web sites for unauthorized use of his music in a bid to “reclaim his art on the Internet.” The man behind hit songs “Purple Rain,” “1999” and “When Doves Cry” said on Thursday that YouTube could not argue it had no control over which […]
Data storage giant EMC is facing allegations of sex discrimination by more than 40 women who worked at the company. A sex-discrimination lawsuit by two former female employees of EMC describes a men’s locker-room atmosphere at the firms sales offices and alleges women were systematically denied equal pay and forced to accompany men on company-paid
The decision last month to hire renowned legal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky as founding dean of UC Irvine’s new law school was a stroke of genius. Rescinding that action, as the university’s chancellor did Tuesday, is an act of intellectual cowardice and self-destruction that brands the school as a haven for political correctness and threatens its
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has bagged six new lawyers for its fledgling Beijing arm after a double raid on U.K. giants DLA Piper and Allen & Overy. DLA Piper corporate partner Janet Jie Tang joins Akin Gump as a partner along with a three-lawyer team, comprising corporate lawyers Lu Ying and Zeng Linyan
Most corporate law firms have an uneasy relationship with Madison Avenue. Lawyers who are purists tend to argue that clients should be won the old-fashioned way, through networking and superior legal work, while others acknowledge the potential value of advertising, if only to increase name recognition. Foley Hoag, a traditional firm in Boston, is navigating
The former film star was accused of embezzling about $80m before he was forced from office by street protests in 2001. Estrada was also ordered to forfeit a mansion and more than $15.5m. He will serve out the sentence under house arrest on his country estate. He described the verdict as a political decision by
Idaho Sen. Larry Craig moved to undo his guilty plea to a sex-related charge by filing a motion Monday saying that he was in a “state of fear” and worried about “unnecessary publicity” this summer when he signed the plea. The motion, filed in court Monday in Hennepin County, Minn., seeks to withdraw the Idaho
In legal circles, Washington’s law firms don’t exactly enjoy a flashy reputation. Compared with the juiced-up M&A outfits in New York or the tech-savvy shops of Silicon Valley, D.C. firms are the sensible shoes of the legal world: reliable and not very stylish. But during the past decade there has been a distinct fashion upgrade.
The government’s criminal case against promoters of questionable tax shelters took a step forward yesterday when an investment adviser at the center of the inquiry pleaded guilty and provided new details on those involved. The plea by David Amir Makov, 41, in Federal District Court in Manhattan is expected to bolster the government’s investigation of
A police file of evidence which allegedly proves that Kate McCann killed her daughter is expected to be handed to a public prosecutor in Portugal today. Detectives believe they have now collected enough evidence for Mrs McCann to be charged with the homicide of Madeleine by failing to prevent her death. The charge is equivalent
