Law Firms

The arrest of a prominent attorney on charges of destroying evidence in a child pornography investigation is raising alarm bells that a law targeting corporate accounting schemes could be used to prosecute lawyers over work done on their clients’ behalf. “Every criminal defense lawyer in the country has to be alarmed at the indictment,” said […]

The Duke of Edinburgh could soon be forced to appoint lawyers to defend himself against allegations that he ‘masterminded’ the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. A High Court ruling on Friday that the inquest into the deaths of Diana and her lover, Dodi Fayed, should be heard by a jury has made the prospect

The jury deliberating the perjury and obstruction of justice case against I. Lewis Libby Jr. recessed for the weekend on Friday without reaching a verdict, but not before leaving an intriguing clue as to the state of deliberations. The jurors sent a note with a question to Judge Reggie B. Walton, who is expected to

The Pentagon filed a war crimes charge against Australian David Hicks on Thursday, making the former kangaroo skinner the first target of new military commissions designed by the White House and endorsed by Congress to try terrorism suspects imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay. The indictment charges Hicks with a single count of providing material support for

U.S. officials charged an ex-partner of law firm McGuireWoods LLP with fraud on Wednesday, alleging he illegally obtained and sold shares of various companies for a profit of millions of dollars. Louis Zehil, a 41-year-old Florida resident, was arrested, and a federal magistrate later set bail at $250,000. Zehil could face a maximum sentence of

A year and a half ago, on a Tuesday night in October, an ambitious young lawyer named Aaron Charney was working late on the 28th floor of 125 Broad Street—the pin-striped skyscraper near the southern tip of Manhattan that houses the world headquarters of the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell. Eric Krautheimer, a partner

A lawyer pleaded guilty to stealing more than $20 million from a bank and at least one client, spending the loot on vacation homes, a wedding and generous salaries for his employees, authorities said. Under a deal with prosecutors, Anthony Bellettieri, 53, faces more than a decade in prison after admitting Thursday in federal court

As a lawyer at one of the “magic circle” of leading corporate legal firms, Matthew Courtney was expected to work 16 hours a day, seven days a week. He hoped that his efforts would eventually be rewarded with a partnership – and a £1 million salary. But weeks after Mr Courtney, 27, and other associate

Tight security surrounded the courthouse in Madrid’s Casa de Campo park as bereaved families and those injured packed the courtroom and cameras broadcast proceedings live. Helicopters buzzed overhead while judges read out the charges against 19 north African men and nine Spaniards accused of helping plant 13 bombs on commuter trains early on March 11