Law Firms

A spokesman for Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric denied reports that Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani had rejected a new draft law that would allow many former members of Saddam Hussein’s Baath party to regain state jobs. “What some news agencies said quoting who they described as an aide to Sayyed Sistani about his position on the […]

Private Chinese companies drawn to U.S. initial public offerings by the cachet and strong returns from a U.S. stock offering are being courted by a cadre of American corporate law firms jockeying for a piece of the burgeoning China market. A spate of U.S. IPOs by Chinese companies since last year has engaged lawyers as

In a victory for President Bush, the Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by suspected terrorists challenging their imprisonment at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. At issue are the rights of the prisoners to contest their imprisonment and the rules set up to try them as war criminals. About 400 detainees

The Supreme Court ruled today, in what amounts to a rebuke of the Bush administration, that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate carbon dioxide from automobile emissions, and that it has shirked its duty in not doing so. In a 5-to-4 decision, the court found that the Clean Air Act expressly authorizes

The first war-crimes trial here drew outrage Saturday from legal experts who described it as a perversion of the rule of law that may fatally discredit the Pentagon’s already disparaged handling of terrorism suspects. Australian detainee David Hicks, whom prosecutors cast as a highly trained and dangerous Al Qaeda operative, will be out of prison

Iran yesterday again warned Britain against politicising the seizure of its 15 navy personnel. The warning from Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki came as a senior Iranian diplomat said legal proceedings had begun against the sailors and Marines for illegally entering Iranian waters but denied reports of a trial. “British leaders should avoid media storms and

Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Dallas-based firm that once had 600 lawyers, is shutting down after reaching an accord with authorities to avoid prosecution for selling tax shelters that generated more than $1 billion in phony losses. The firm admitted it developed and marketed fraudulent tax shelters and faces a $76 million fine, the Internal Revenue