Law Firms

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

Anecdotal reports from around the country suggested the turnout in some of the closely contested Senate races – in Virginia and Missouri for example – was at a level not seen for many years in a midterm vote, in an atmosphere supercharged by a divisive war and a string of political scandals. Both parties claimed

Saddam Hussein will be hanged within 30 days if he loses his appeal, Bassam Ridha, an adviser to Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi Prime Minister, said yesterday. The appeal, due to start within a month, will be heard before a chamber of nine judges and could take several months to reach a conclusion. Mr Ridha said

For decades, few things have inspired as much fear and loathing in the executive suites of corporate America as the law firm of Milberg Weiss and the two outsized personalities who ruled the place, Mel Weiss and Bill Lerach. Through creativity and ruthlessness, they transformed the humble securities class-action lawsuit into a deadly weapon. Always,

For those seeking omens on Saddam Hussein’s day of judgment, Mother Nature obliged: Sunday dawned wet, cool and clean in Baghdad after overnight showers rinsed the city of several layers of desert sand. Late in the morning, Ahmed Hussein, a government-employed street sweeper, looked up into the overcast and still-rumbling skies and nodded approvingly. “This

Iraq’s prime minister said on Saturday he hoped Saddam Hussein gets “what he deserves” when judgement is delivered in his trial for crimes against humanity on Sunday, and called for calm amid fears of a violent backlash. If convicted, Saddam could be sentenced to hang. The army was on alert with all leave cancelled and

Coudert Brothers may be dead, but its problems only seem to be getting worse. The firm, which closed up shop in August 2005, is awash in debt, has declared bankruptcy, and was recently hit by by a pair of judgments totaling $2.8 million. Though the firm has paid off $23 million it owed to bank

The Enron scandal led former CEO Jeff Skilling to a lengthy prison sentence. But it also led to lucrative moves to law firms, promotions or academic careers for several of the federal prosecutors who dogged him and other corporate crooks. Two of the three prosecutors who headlined the trial of Skilling and former Enron Chairman