One wonders what kind of party Irina Abramovich had been planning to throw for her husband Roman to mark his reaching 40 years of age a week tomorrow. A soiree in the private room at Cipriani, the Mayfair restaurant which is the favourite of so many haute coutured wives of the expat Russian super-rich? Perhaps […]
President Moshe Katsav earned a dubious distinction Sunday evening as he became the first president to serve under a police recommendation for indictment. Pundits’ doomsday scenarios proved accurate as police said Sunday that they had gathered sufficient evidence to recommend indicting the president on charges of rape, as well as indecent acts using force, indecent
The passing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act as an adjunct to the Safe Port Act sparked a stream of announcements by London-listed operators confirming the sale or closure of their US- facing operations, while World Gaming collapsed into administration. Sportingbet and Leisure & Gaming both announced the sale of their US-facing operations for
Time Warner Chairman and Chief Executive Dick Parsons served notice he’d play hardball with Google and YouTube by telling Britain’s Guardian newspaper that his group would pursue its copyright complaints against the video sharing site by kicking it upstairs to Google’s level. Time Warner, which owns Warner Brothers movie studio, Time magazines and the HBO
Guy Beringer, senior partner at Allen & Overy, the “magic circle” firm, is a general corporate solicitor who also specialises in environmental law. He has won praise for his contribution to the promotion and funding of pro bono or charitable work at major law firms. Paul Davies, a professor of commercial law at the London
Today, firms that fail to take seriously the challenges of recruiting, training, mentoring and work-life issues can count on increasing turnover to such an extent that, by one estimate, nearly 50 percent of any given group of entering associates likely will leave the firm within three years. This trend illustrates fairly dramatically the challenges faced
“Just days before the Mexican statute of limitations on prosecuting Chapman were set to expire, it seems the State Department is proceeding with efforts to extradite Mr. Chapman back to Mexico to face criminal prosecution,” the House members said. “It makes no sense. It seems that Mexican authorities are pressing this case only because they
Internet news publisher Cnet Networks Inc., security software firm McAfee Inc. and online recruitment service Monster Worldwide Inc. announced the resignation or retirement of their chief executives, all apparently over concerns about how the companies granted stock options. The three are the latest of at least 135 companies to acknowledge or be investigated for backdating
Here’s the rub: Besides all the gorgeous and goofy home videos, YouTube (like other video websites) hosts plenty of pirated content. These copyrighted music and film clips have been uploaded by YouTube members who pilfered the content from television, CDs, DVDs and other websites. The aggrieved parties are not just the big guys, film studios
In a ground-breaking unanimous judgment, the law lords ruled in favour of a public interest defence that brings English law more into line with the freedom enjoyed by the US media. In future, journalists will be free to publish material if they act responsibly and in the public interest and they will not be at
