Law Firms

As a lawyer at one of the “magic circle” of leading corporate legal firms, Matthew Courtney was expected to work 16 hours a day, seven days a week. He hoped that his efforts would eventually be rewarded with a partnership – and a £1 million salary. But weeks after Mr Courtney, 27, and other associate […]

Tight security surrounded the courthouse in Madrid’s Casa de Campo park as bereaved families and those injured packed the courtroom and cameras broadcast proceedings live. Helicopters buzzed overhead while judges read out the charges against 19 north African men and nine Spaniards accused of helping plant 13 bombs on commuter trains early on March 11

20th Century Fox served YouTube with a subpoena Wednesday, demanding that the Google-owned viral-video site disclose the identity of a user who uploaded copies of entire recent episodes of “24” and “The Simpsons.” The subpoena, which first came to light on the blog Google Watch, was granted by a judge in U.S. District Court in

Tony Blair backed down last night in the face of a full-scale cabinet revolt over an exemption for the Roman Catholic Church over gay adoption rights. The Prime Minister proposed allowing the church a lengthy delay before it has to accept applications from gay couples for adoption, but there would be no legal exemption from

It was the last thing the White House needed at a time when President Bush is already on the defensive over Iraq: a circular firing squad in a federal courtroom in which the president’s men—and Vice President Dick Cheney’s—are all shooting at each other. But that’s how the perjury trial of I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby,

Israel’s attorney general said yesterday he plans to charge President Moshe Katsav with rape, abuse of power and other sexual offences, turning a seven-month investigation into one of several scandals to hit the government. Mr Katsav, who as president has largely ceremonial powers, will have the chance to make his case in one final hearing

Shares in online gaming firms tumbled on Monday following news of a fresh probe into online gambling in the United States. The U.S. Department of Justice has demanded information from some of the world’s biggest investment banks as part of the probe, banking sources said. Internet gaming was effectively banned last year after U.S. President

Christopher J. Steskal, a lead prosecutor of a federal task force investigating the backdating of stock options at Apple Inc. and other companies, is leaving his San Francisco post to join a law firm, the United State Attorney’s office in San Francisco confirmed late Friday. Mr. Steskal’s decision follows the recent resignation of his boss,