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Monica Goodling, a former Department of Justice official and aide to U.S. attorney general Alberto Gonzalez, has testified before Congress in the controversy over the firing of eight U.S. prosecutors. Monica Goodling was granted partial immunity in return for her testimony before the House Judiciary Committee after she asserted her constitutional right to avoid self-incrimination. […]

Federal prosecutors said yesterday that they would not file criminal charges against Sidley Austin, one of the largest law firms in the nation, over its work with questionable tax shelters that helped wealthy investors evade billions of dollars in taxes. The decision not to prosecute the firm suggests that the Justice Department is modifying its

As far as Mark Harris is concerned, the recent round of pay hikes for first-year associates at some of the nation’s biggest law firms is the equivalent of applying a Band-Aid to a head wound. The salary increases to $160,000 for first-year associates may eventually affect compensation for the lawyers who work at the 170-attorney

The seat of the fire that caused major damage to theCutty Sark is being treated as a crime scene, police told the ship’s trustees yesterday. Forensic scientists and fire investigators have cordoned off the area around the rear deck hatch. Their first tasks are to determine what ignited the blaze and whether it was an

An ex-KGB agent is to be charged in connection with the murder of poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, the Crown Prosecution Service said today. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Moscow-based Andrei Lugovoy, although there is no extradition treaty with Russia. Director of Public Prosecutions Sir Ken Macdonald said the case

In 1998, Chicago tax lawyer Paul Daugerdas approached a Dallas law firm, Jenkens & Gilchrist, with a proposition. He said he sold tax shelters and advice to wealthy clients, charging them, in part, a percentage of their tax savings. If Jenkens brought him aboard, he said, he could generate as much as $6 million a

How profitable can sticking up for battlers be? Plenty — just ask Slater & Gordon lawyers Peter Gordon, Andrew Grech and Paul Henderson, whose shares in the Melbourne-based firm are now worth more than $40 million. Slater & Gordon yesterday became the first law firm in Australia to float on a stock exchange. Shares, issued

President George W. Bush on Monday accused Democrats in Congress who are seeking no-confidence votes on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales of engaging in “pure political theater.” Brushing aside concerns from Republicans as well as Democrats about the effectiveness of the chief U.S. law enforcement officer, Bush said: “He has got my confidence. He has done

Melbourne lawyers Slater and Gordon made legal and corporate history on Monday as the first law firm in the world to list on a stock exchange. As the personal injury specialists listed on the Australian stock exchange, managing director Andrew Grech revealed the firm already had an appetite to grow bigger. Mr Grech told reporters

The disgraced former media tycoon Conrad Black is at war with the US government, he tells the Guardian in an exclusive interview today, dismissing the fraud case against him as “bullshit” and “a joke”, and claiming that his legal rights have been infringed. “I’m sending everyone a message. I’m saying this is war,” Lord Black