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The FBI is investigating letters sent to newspapers nationwide that say “Goldman Sachs. Hundreds will die. We are inside. You cannot stop us,” the bureau said Friday, but government and company officials are downplaying the threat. U.S. Postal Inspection Service said the letters were sent to 20 small to mid-size newspapers, including publications in Indiana, […]

London law firms are reaping record profits that confirm London’s dominance of the global legal market, according to research published today. Partners are regularly earning in excess of £1 million a year with profits per partner up by 12 per cent, the data from Legal Business magazine shows. The survey of the world’s largest law

Media baron Conrad Black’s fate is hanging in the balance, as the jury consider whether he is guilty of fraud and what the US authorities call “racketeering”. Conrad Black could go to jail for the rest of his life But while the former chief executive of the Hollinger press empire waits to hear whether he

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – BAGHDAD — The New York Times has reported that the Iraqi Cabinet is closer to completing work on an oil law that the U.S. Congress has demanded progress on before it authorizes additional money for the war. The Cabinet approved one part of the legislative package, known officially as

President Bush knew what he was getting in 2001 when he made Reggie B. Walton one of his first picks for a seat on the federal bench: a tough-on-crime judge with a reputation for handing down stiff sentences. A former deputy drug adviser, federal prosecutor and Superior Court judge, Walton seemed a perfect fit for

President George W. Bush spared Lewis “Scooter” Libby from prison in the CIA leak case, saying his 2 1/2-year term was “excessive.” Bush acted after a U.S. appellate court today refused to let Libby, 56, stay free during his appeal. Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was convicted of lying to

Even if a U.S. jury deliberating the fate of Conrad Black decides to acquit him, the toppled media mogul is likely to spend a lot more time in court. The jury began deliberating on Wednesday on 13 counts of fraud, racketeering, obstruction, and tax violations that could imprison the 62-year-old Black for the rest of

Coca-Cola Co. shareholders sustained damages exceeding $1.3 billion after the international soft drink conglomerate improperly inflated revenues to boost stock prices artificially, a financial expert retained by suing shareholders has concluded. The report — called “seriously flawed” by a Coke spokesman — surfaced earlier this month in a seven-year-old securities fraud suit against Coca-Cola by

Figures show Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel was paid £493,000 from the public purse for acting in cases arising from clinical negligence, personal injury and child abuse. According to a table of top earning barristers published by the Government today, Ms Gumbel beat her nearest male counterpart by just £1,000. Ms Gumbel, considered one of the best barristers