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American Idol may be a gruelling test for aspiring performers, but behind the scene occurred an even more gruelling, professional test: Who would be the lawyer to represent all the finalists in their deals? The Law Idol? Howard Siegel. Talented, professional, thoroughly legal.

It was a brutal audition. Before a scrutinizing panel of judges, Howard Siegel took center stage for a key performance during the second season of “American Idol.” But this contest wasn’t shown on television, and the singers in the room sat in quiet examination, listening to Siegel’s explanation of what a respected entertainment lawyer could […]

American Idol may be a gruelling test for aspiring performers, but behind the scene occurred an even more gruelling, professional test: Who would be the lawyer to represent all the finalists in their deals? The Law Idol? Howard Siegel. Talented, professional, thoroughly legal. Read More »

The Virginia Tech University student who shot 32 people to death on campus this week mailed a package of images and video messages to NBC News during his rampage.

The Virginia Tech University student who shot 32 people to death on campus this week mailed a package of images and video messages to NBC News during his rampage. After killing two students in a dorm on the Blacksburg, Virginia, campus on April 16, Cho Seung Hui, 23, sent the package, NBC News said in

The Virginia Tech University student who shot 32 people to death on campus this week mailed a package of images and video messages to NBC News during his rampage. Read More »

Willie Gary is a 59 year old Florida attorney whose personal Boeing 737 has an 18-carat gold bathroom sink. But his greater claim to fame now is his claim that Motorola owes him at least $11,000 an hour for work on a lawsuit against the company. Gary, who calls himself ‘The Brioni Man’ (after the Italian suits he favors) is being called something else by some observers.

Willie Gary, a Florida attorney whose personal Boeing 737 has an 18-carat gold bathroom sink, claims Motorola owes him at least $11,000 an hour for work on a lawsuit against the company. But he’s pushing for more — twice as much — because Motorola violated a court order in defending the suit. And a Fort

Willie Gary is a 59 year old Florida attorney whose personal Boeing 737 has an 18-carat gold bathroom sink. But his greater claim to fame now is his claim that Motorola owes him at least $11,000 an hour for work on a lawsuit against the company. Gary, who calls himself ‘The Brioni Man’ (after the Italian suits he favors) is being called something else by some observers. Read More »

President Bush’s appointments to the US Supreme Court yielded fruit for conservatives yesterday as justices voted 5-4 in favour of outlawing late-term “partial birth” abortions.

President Bush’s appointments to the US Supreme Court yielded fruit for conservatives yesterday as justices voted 5-4 in favour of outlawing late-term “partial birth” abortions. The ruling declared that the legislation, signed by Mr Bush in 2003, did not violate a woman’s constitutional right to abortion. It will encourage religious conservatives — who hope to

President Bush’s appointments to the US Supreme Court yielded fruit for conservatives yesterday as justices voted 5-4 in favour of outlawing late-term “partial birth” abortions. Read More »

Members of a British gang which laundered £500 million in drug money were last night serving a total of 75 years in jail with the imprisonment of the 11th man in the ring.

A delicate police and Customs operation lasting almost a decade has ended with more than 75 years jail for money launderers based in Yorkshire. The passing of final sentences has also ended a long ban on reporting details of the case for fear of prejudicing trials and putting the patient work of detectives and financial

Members of a British gang which laundered £500 million in drug money were last night serving a total of 75 years in jail with the imprisonment of the 11th man in the ring. Read More »

The Virginia Tech Police Department has confirmed the identification of the gunman responsible for the multiple fatalities at Norris Hall on the Virginia Tech campus Monday as a 23-year-old undergraduate English major from South Korea.

The individual has been identified as Cho Seung-Hui, 23. Cho was enrolled as an undergraduate student in his senior year as an English major at Virginia Tech. Cho, a South Korean native, was in the U.S. as a resident alien with a residence established in Centerville, Va. Cho was living on campus in Harper Residence

The Virginia Tech Police Department has confirmed the identification of the gunman responsible for the multiple fatalities at Norris Hall on the Virginia Tech campus Monday as a 23-year-old undergraduate English major from South Korea. Read More »

How did a bow tie-wearing, Harvard- educated professor, a prolific blogger who wrote hundreds of posts about the Duke University sexual assault scandal, expose the truth behind the Duke lacrosse scandal.

KC Johnson does not fit the stereotype of blogger, journalist, legal analyst or lacrosse fan. Yet in the last year he has become all four. The bow tie-wearing, Harvard- educated professor is the prolific blogger behind Durham-in-Wonderland, writing hundreds of posts about the Duke University sexual assault scandal. A tenured history professor at Brooklyn College

How did a bow tie-wearing, Harvard- educated professor, a prolific blogger who wrote hundreds of posts about the Duke University sexual assault scandal, expose the truth behind the Duke lacrosse scandal. Read More »

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ assertion that he was not involved in identifying the eight U.S. attorneys who were asked to resign last year is at odds with a recently released internal Department of Justice e-mail, ABC News has learned.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ assertion that he was not involved in identifying the eight U.S. attorneys who were asked to resign last year is at odds with a recently released internal Department of Justice e-mail, ABC News has learned. That e-mail said that Gonzales supported firing one federal prosecutor six months before she was asked

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ assertion that he was not involved in identifying the eight U.S. attorneys who were asked to resign last year is at odds with a recently released internal Department of Justice e-mail, ABC News has learned. Read More »

How tough is it for lawyers at the top of their game? In Britain, The Times asked their law panel for their views on balancing work and life. The consensus seems to be that work/life balance is a nice sounding, but little practised lifestyle choice.

This past Easter weekend, senior lawyers took a break from the endless meetings, the constant torrent of e-mails and the never-ending demands from clients in order to spend precious time with their families. But how many managed to resist peeking at their BlackBerry or firing up their laptop while they were doing so? Much has

How tough is it for lawyers at the top of their game? In Britain, The Times asked their law panel for their views on balancing work and life. The consensus seems to be that work/life balance is a nice sounding, but little practised lifestyle choice. Read More »

It took Howard K. Stern’s new, high profile lawyer L Lin Wood only a matter of days to get into action – a lawsuit against Anna Nicole Smith’s mother for defamation.

Stern filed the federal slander lawsuit against attorney John O’Quinn, who represents Smith’s estranged mother, Virgie Arthur, accusing him of suggesting to reporters that Stern was responsible for Smith’s death. The suit alleges John O’Quinn, attorney for Virgie Arthur, defamed Stern in statements made on television after the actress’ death in February. “The lawsuit focuses

It took Howard K. Stern’s new, high profile lawyer L Lin Wood only a matter of days to get into action – a lawsuit against Anna Nicole Smith’s mother for defamation. Read More »

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