Law Firms

The search for a jury in the murder trial of legendary record producer Phil Spector focused immediately on the power of celebrities in Los Angeles and whether they have an advantage over other defendants. “Do you think that people of wealth or fame are treated differently in the court system?” asked a written questionnaire submitted […]

Wal-Mart asserted yesterday in a court filing that two of its former top marketing officials had engaged in a sexual relationship during the process of selecting new advertising agencies and had sought jobs with one of the agencies they ultimately recommended. The legal brief directly contradicted the statements the executives have made since they were

For all his wealth and influence, the fallen media mogul Conrad Black is little more than a common thief – except that he used arcane financial documents, rather than crowbars and guns, to seize his loot of $60m, according to US prosecutors. In an opening statement at Lord Black’s racketeering trial in Chicago, assistant US

Burt Neuborne, who has spent eight years as the lead settlement counsel for Holocaust survivors around the world, should receive $3 million in fees for his work, a federal magistrate judge recommended late Thursday. The recommendation from Eastern District of New York Magistrate Judge James Orenstein, in a 104-page report, attempted to reach a middle

Lawyers for Qualcomm started the week the same way they ended the last one: battling legal challenges from competitors. On Monday morning, Nokia announced that it has filed complaints against Qualcomm in Germany and the Netherlands requesting declarations that Qualcomm’s European patents are exhausted in respect of products placed on the European Union market. Nokia

Hundreds of lawyers will demonstrate outside Parliament today in protest at alleged mis-management of legal aid lawyers by the Legal Services Commission and the Department of Constitutional Affairs. Legal aid lawyers claim their action has been sparked by a disregard for the facts by both organisations, unwillingness to listen and determination to impose measures which

The theme song of the Anna Nicole Smith saga should be a tweak on Warren Zevon’s “Lawyers, Guns and Money.” Substitute drugs for guns. FOX news reported about Anna Nicole’s shrink and best friend sending a fax to a Los Angeles doctor asking for at least five different kinds of major painkillers in high doses.

As more Republicans called last week on Alberto R. Gonzales to resign, President Bush’s aides began to look beyond the attorney general and focus on preventing the controversy over the firing of federal prosecutors from spreading — and endangering Karl Rove, the president’s top political advisor. “This is not going to go away,” warned Joseph

Valerie Plame, the CIA officer whose leaked identity triggered a federal investigation that reached into the White House, today publicly refuted claims that she was not a covert employee and accused the White House and State Department of “carelessly and recklessly” destroying her cover for political purposes. In sworn testimony before the House Committee on

One of Japan’s most controversial businessmen, Takafumi Horie, has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail after being found guilty of securities fraud. The 34-year-old was found guilty of falsifying profit figures at the internet company Livedoor, where he used to be chief executive. Mr Horie shook up Japan’s staid business culture by launching Japan’s