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President George W. Bush on Monday accused Democrats in Congress who are seeking no-confidence votes on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales of engaging in “pure political theater.” Brushing aside concerns from Republicans as well as Democrats about the effectiveness of the chief U.S. law enforcement officer, Bush said: “He has got my confidence. He has done […]

Melbourne lawyers Slater and Gordon made legal and corporate history on Monday as the first law firm in the world to list on a stock exchange. As the personal injury specialists listed on the Australian stock exchange, managing director Andrew Grech revealed the firm already had an appetite to grow bigger. Mr Grech told reporters

The disgraced former media tycoon Conrad Black is at war with the US government, he tells the Guardian in an exclusive interview today, dismissing the fraud case against him as “bullshit” and “a joke”, and claiming that his legal rights have been infringed. “I’m sending everyone a message. I’m saying this is war,” Lord Black

A member of an unrelated terrorist group testified today he learned about weapons and explosives and prepared for jihad at an al-Qaida training camp which prosecutors say alleged terrorist Jose Padilla also attended. Yahya Goba, a 30-year-old Yemeni-American and a member of the ’Lackawanna Six’ terror group, said in federal court in Miami that he

A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that Google did not infringe on the copyrights of an adult publishing company by displaying thumbnail images of its nude photographs, handing Internet search companies a victory by allowing the display of such miniature pictures in search results. Perfect 10, a publisher of sexually explicit magazines and Web sites,

First came revelations about the firing of US attorneys. Now Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is taking criticism from Congress for a second controversial subject: warrantless eavesdropping. Specifically, key lawmakers want to know about Mr. Gonzales’s possible role in an alleged fierce battle within the Bush administration itself in 2004 over the wiretapping. Gonzales has denied

New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has filed a lawsuit against Dell, saying the personal computer maker misled consumers with its PC financing offers. Dell confirmed the suit on Wednesday, and said it intended to vigorously defend itself against it. The complaint charges that the Round Rock, Texas-based company and its financing subsidiary, Dell

Now that the number-two official at the Justice Department has resigned, the question many in Washington are asking is: Will soon-to-be-former Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty be DOJ’s fall guy — or its worst nightmare? As is so often the case when someone gets the ax in Washington, the official explanation for McNulty’s departure was

Tyco International whose top two officers were imprisoned for fraud, has agreed to pay almost $3 billion to settle class-action suits brought by investors, the company announced today. The settlement, described as the largest payment ever by a company in such a suit, seeks to help put to rest one of the nation’s most notorious