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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. So writes the LA Times.

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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 […]

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. So writes the LA Times. Read More »

Law giant Akin Gump has taken six lawyers from UK giants DLA Piper and Allen and Overy to bolsters its developing Beijing office.

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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

Law giant Akin Gump has taken six lawyers from UK giants DLA Piper and Allen and Overy to bolsters its developing Beijing office. Read More »

Boston Legal is more than a TV show, it’s also home to a couple of law firms making ripples – no, make that waves – in the legal advertising arena. Foley Hoag has introduced some ‘safe’ advertisements via Madison Avenue. And Bingham McCutchen has been doing some fun things too. What’s happening here?

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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

Boston Legal is more than a TV show, it’s also home to a couple of law firms making ripples – no, make that waves – in the legal advertising arena. Foley Hoag has introduced some ‘safe’ advertisements via Madison Avenue. And Bingham McCutchen has been doing some fun things too. What’s happening here? Read More »

Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada has been found guilty of corruption and jailed for life.

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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

Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada has been found guilty of corruption and jailed for life. Read More »

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.

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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

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. Read More »

According to The Legal Times, two old line Washington DC firms are having trouble dealing with the new world order in law – the national practices, the global clients and increased competition. Can Arnold & Porter and Covington & Burling survive?

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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.

According to The Legal Times, two old line Washington DC firms are having trouble dealing with the new world order in law – the national practices, the global clients and increased competition. Can Arnold & Porter and Covington & Burling survive? Read More »

The US 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.

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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

The US 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. Read More »

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.

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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

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. Read More »

Paul Minor (right, in picture) was regarded by many as one of the finest trial lawyers in the US. Last week he was starting an 11 year prison sentence, after already losing his home in Hurricane Katrina and enduring a DUI arrest.

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Embarking on an 11-year federal prison sentence, trial lawyer Paul Minor is on his way to losing his license to practice and is preparing to fork over a few million dollars in fines and restitution. But his sentencing Friday before U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate could be just the beginning of another legal battle for

Paul Minor (right, in picture) was regarded by many as one of the finest trial lawyers in the US. Last week he was starting an 11 year prison sentence, after already losing his home in Hurricane Katrina and enduring a DUI arrest. Read More »

The F.B.I. cast a much wider net in its terrorism investigations than it has previously acknowledged by relying on telecommunications companies to analyze phone-call patterns of the associates of Americans who had come under suspicion, according to newly obtained bureau records.

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The F.B.I. cast a much wider net in its terrorism investigations than it has previously acknowledged by relying on telecommunications companies to analyze phone-call patterns of the associates of Americans who had come under suspicion, according to newly obtained bureau records. The documents indicate that the Federal Bureau of Investigation used secret demands for records

The F.B.I. cast a much wider net in its terrorism investigations than it has previously acknowledged by relying on telecommunications companies to analyze phone-call patterns of the associates of Americans who had come under suspicion, according to newly obtained bureau records. Read More »

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