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The testimony of more than two dozen witnesses and reams of documents shown to jurors at Conrad Black’s fraud trial has not produced the telling piece of evidence that resoundingly implicates the one-time media mogul, attorneys observing the 11-week trial said. But the prosecution, which wrapped up its case last week, constructed a solid argument […]

Jack Kevorkian, the retired pathologist dubbed “Dr. Death” after claiming he had participated in at least 130 assisted suicides, left prison after eight years Friday still believing people have the right to die. Throughout the 1990s, Kevorkian challenged authorities to make his actions legal — or try to stop him. He burned state orders against

Lorene F. Schaefer says she moved steadily up General Electric’s in-house legal ladder for 13 years, getting praise and stock grants each step along the way. She made it as far as general counsel for GE Transportation. But this year, she said in an interview, “I bumped up against an absolute glass ceiling into the

Proposed new anti-terror laws could give police greater powers to stop and question anyone in the UK. The proposal, allowing police to ask people about their identity and movement, is among measures being considered by Home Secretary John Reid. The new legislation would be similar to that already used in Northern Ireland. Police are still

Eliot Disner is out of a job, less than a week after court filings made public his objections to the $49 million settlement negotiated by his firm, McGuireWoods, in an antitrust class action against the parent company of BAR/BRI, the nation’s largest provider of bar review courses. Disner, who was a partner in the Los

When Missouri City, Texas, entertainment lawyer Leslie Warren Cross launched a MySpace.com page in 2006, he wanted a way to provide up-and-coming musicians basic information about the legalities of music contracts. But Cross says that as he acquired “friends” on his MySpace page, he realized the Internet social networking site is a great marketing tool

An overhaul of the law on how to split a divorcing couple’s assets was urged by senior judges yesterday as they ruled that a woman can keep her £48 million award – the biggest ordered by British courts in legal history. Three appeal judges headed by Sir Mark Potter, the most senior family judge, also

A former Wal-Mart employee fired over an alleged conflict of interest has accused the boss of the world’s largest retailer of also accepting favours. Julie Roehm lost her job as a marketing specialist amid claims that she took gifts from an ad agency that later won a contract, and misused company funds. Ms Roehm claims

George Lee and Tien Duc Vu were riding a major winning streak. During four visits to the Nooksack River Casino in October 2005, the two men walked away from the mini-baccarat table with more than $90,000 in winnings. Their luck, playing a game of chance that relies solely on the draw of the cards, was