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BP on Thursday settled the main civil case arising from the fatal Texas City refinery explosion. It lifts the immediate threat of highly damaging documents being made public and the prospect of Lord Browne, BP’s chief executive, being forced to testify. BP said it would make $32m (£17m) in worker training and healthcare donations to […]

The nation’s largest 250 law firms grew by 4 percent in 2006, a figure that was just shy of last year’s gains but still reflected a sound legal economy. The results of the 2006 NLJ 250, The National Law Journal’s 29th annual survey of the nation’s largest law firms, revealed that 121,423 attorneys worked at

The open source software operations of IBM, Red Hat and Novell need not fear prosecution under antitrust laws, a federal appeals court has ruled. Plaintiff Daniel Wallace had sued the open source giants, contending that they had conspired with the Free Software Foundation and others to offer their wares at an “unbeatable” price, thereby squeezing

Linklaters brought in £100m more than at the equivalent stage last year, with revenue rising 22 per cent to £536m. Linklaters managing partner Tony Angel told The Lawyer: “This is a global phenomenon across all practice areas. Whether you go to Asia or Europe, if you look at real estate, corporate or finance, we’re as

Maybe you’ve heard about the big “O” — the green one that’s as dear to Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe as the swoosh is to Nike. When Orrick announced a merger with Dewey Ballantine, the New York-based firm got to lead the new name — Dewey Orrick — but the firm kept the big green O

There are plenty of other good reasons why so many people are wringing their hands over the outcome of the Virginia Senate race between George Allen and Jim Webb. If Webb maintains his lead through the canvassing and recount process, a fairly good bet at this point, control of the Senate will strengthen the hands

Judges at the International Criminal Court in The Hague began hearing evidence for the first time, as prosecutors began laying out their case against a Congolese militia leader. Thomas Lubanga is accused of recruiting children to fight a brutal war in the northeast of the country. For VOA, Lauren Comiteau is following the confirmation proceedings

In a political first, a Muslim has been elected to serve in the U.S. Congress. Keith Ellison, a Minnesota state legislator and lawyer, reached the political milestone by defeating two other candidates in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, which covers the Minneapolis area. His victory was part of the Democratic wave that seized control of the

The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Tuesday released a list of 13 countries it labeled as “enemies of the Internet,” which for the first time, has Egypt to the list. However, this year’s list excludes Nepal, Libya and the Maldives. The list also consists of countries that RSF believes are suppressing freedom of expression