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‘Dream Team’ lawyers don’t always buy the results their clients want – ask Conrad Black – or Jeff Skilling, or the Rigas. Black employed not one but two of the most sought-after criminal lawyers – but was it worth the price? Maybe. Maybe not.

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Like many other defendants in the recent wave of corporate crime trials, Canadian press baron Conrad Black was convicted Friday despite assembling a dream team of legal talent costing millions of dollars. The boom in white-collar prosecutions in the past decade has produced a bonanza for attorneys sparing no expense to mount defenses on behalf […]

‘Dream Team’ lawyers don’t always buy the results their clients want – ask Conrad Black – or Jeff Skilling, or the Rigas. Black employed not one but two of the most sought-after criminal lawyers – but was it worth the price? Maybe. Maybe not. Read More »

Freshfields is one of the most successful law firms in the world. It also faces an embarrassing, negative-publicity-rich lawsuit from a former employee who claims he was forced to retire because of pension reforms undertaken by the firm.

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Its partners earn millions of pounds a year advising clients on employment and benefits issues, but Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer omitted to check that changes to its own pension scheme were legal, it emerged yesterday. The admission was made by Guy Morton, joint senior partner, during cross-examination in an age-discrimination claim brought by a former employee.

Freshfields is one of the most successful law firms in the world. It also faces an embarrassing, negative-publicity-rich lawsuit from a former employee who claims he was forced to retire because of pension reforms undertaken by the firm. Read More »

Conrad Black, the media tycoon, who has been found guilty on three counts of criminal fraud and one of obstruction of justice, will appeal the result, his lawyers say.

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A U.S. jury on Friday found Conrad Black guilty of three counts of criminal fraud and one charge of obstruction of justice in a grim Friday the 13th verdict that could send the former media baron to jail for up to 35 years. Black’s three co-defendants were also convicted of three counts of mail fraud

Conrad Black, the media tycoon, who has been found guilty on three counts of criminal fraud and one of obstruction of justice, will appeal the result, his lawyers say. Read More »

Australian consumers regulators have taken the first court action in the world against Google for allegedly misleading web users through their sponsored search engine links.

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Australia’s consumer watchdog has launched a world-first court action accusing internet giant Google of misleading web users by misidentifying sponsored links on its search engine. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said it wanted Google to stop publishing search results that fail to distinguish between paid advertisements and “organic” search results. The ACCC said

Australian consumers regulators have taken the first court action in the world against Google for allegedly misleading web users through their sponsored search engine links. Read More »

Coca Cola has taken legal action over brand damage undertaken by competitors and experts say that brand ‘undermining’ activity on the internet and elsewhere is something companies are increasingly tired of.

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Coca-Cola has filed a criminal complaint in Argentina against two unnamed executives working on behalf of Danone, the French food and beverage company, accusing them of orchestrating a two-year internet smear campaign against its Dasani drinking water. It is believed to be one of the first cases in which a leading international company has taken

Coca Cola has taken legal action over brand damage undertaken by competitors and experts say that brand ‘undermining’ activity on the internet and elsewhere is something companies are increasingly tired of. Read More »

A British Judge has strongly criticized the action of a law firm that represented some of the July 21 London bombers for their ‘smokescreen’ tactics.

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A British Judge has strongly criticized the action of a law firm that represented some of the July 21 London bombers for their ‘smokescreen’ tactics. Mr Justice Fulford QC said Arani & Co, who represented Muktar Said Ibrahim and Yassin Omar, had made a series of “wholly unjustified” complaints to Belmarsh Prison. The attack comes

A British Judge has strongly criticized the action of a law firm that represented some of the July 21 London bombers for their ‘smokescreen’ tactics. Read More »

A former Bevery Hills doctor has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and obstruction of justice in relation to the federal investigation into class action law firm Milberg Weiss.

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A former Beverly Hills ophthalmologist whose decision to cooperate with prosecutors helped launch a federal investigation of class-action law firm Milberg Weiss pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy and obstruction of justice. Steven Cooperman’s plea in federal court in Los Angeles came a day after David Bershad, a former partner at Milberg who was responsible for

A former Bevery Hills doctor has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and obstruction of justice in relation to the federal investigation into class action law firm Milberg Weiss. Read More »

A proposed US climate change bill, proposed by bipartisan US sentators, has already been criticized by environmentalists for undermining efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Wednesday unveiled an industry-backed climate change bill that could mean mandatory limits on U.S. carbon dioxide emissions starting in 2012. Labor unions representing coal miners, auto workers, and the heads of seven big U.S. electric utilities endorsed the Low Carbon Economy Act of 2007, along with the AFL-CIO,

A proposed US climate change bill, proposed by bipartisan US sentators, has already been criticized by environmentalists for undermining efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Read More »

Conrad Black’s trial jury is deadlocked on “one or more” of the charges the media tycoon faces. As a result, the Judge has ordered them to resume deliberations.

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The Chicago jury hearing Conrad Black’s racketeering trial today revealed that it was deadlocked on “one or more” of the 16 criminal counts facing the fallen media mogul and his three co-defendants. In spite of pleas from Lord Black’s lawyers to accept a partial verdict, judge Amy St Eve ordered the nine men and three

Conrad Black’s trial jury is deadlocked on “one or more” of the charges the media tycoon faces. As a result, the Judge has ordered them to resume deliberations. Read More »

While the Conrad Black trial jury finish their sixth day of deliberations without reaching a verdict, the question over what assets Black would get to retain, such as his Palm Beach mansion, is also yet to be decided.

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The jury in the Conrad Black trial finished its sixth day of deliberations Thursday without reaching a verdict, but even when it does, its job might not be finished if it convicts Black or any of his three former associates of fraud. The panel of nine men and three women also might decide whether Black

While the Conrad Black trial jury finish their sixth day of deliberations without reaching a verdict, the question over what assets Black would get to retain, such as his Palm Beach mansion, is also yet to be decided. Read More »

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