Grappling with Web 2.0 can be a bit daunting in that it has become an amalgamation of disparate trends and ideas. Equal parts buzzword, technology standard, aesthetic ideal, business model and social movement, Web 2.0 may become a phrase we come to mock as “so 2006.” But this lack of an easy definition doesn’t diminish […]
Israel’s high court on Thursday upheld the military’s right to assassinate members of what the state defines as terrorist organizations, but cautioned that decisions to launch such operations should always weigh the potential harm to civilian bystanders and the rights of the person being targeted. The unanimous decision, one of the last to be issued
In one of the midtown Manhattan high-rises that house the cream of the US legal profession, a combative senior partner seems uncharacteristically unsure when asked about the threat posed by his London-based rivals. While he thinks the British have failed to make the inroads into the New York market they desperately want, he acknowledges that
Bushmen forced out of the Kalahari desert by Botswana’s government won a landmark legal victory today as the country’s high court ruled they had been illegally removed and should be allowed to return. The panel of three judges ruled 2-1 in favour of the Bushmen, among Africa’s last hunter-gatherers, whose fate has attracted widespread international
Family and friends left behind by Friday’s deadly law firm rampage gathered Tuesday and found solace amid tragedy. “We have seen the worst of human nature this week, and we’ve seen a lot of the best of human nature this week with all of the support we’ve gotten,” Allen E. Hoover said outside the funeral
Key witnesses in the Alexander Litvinenko investigation are missing, with their families claiming that they fear for their lives. The sudden disappearance of a number of leading figures linked to the affair will make it even harder for British detectives, whose inquiry has now spread across five countries. Interpol joined the hunt for the murderer
A deal to unite San Francisco’s Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP with Dewey Ballantine LLP is taking longer than expected. Leaders of both law firms anticipated having partners vote on a merger this month. But preparing a partnership agreement has taken more time than expected, an Orrick spokesman said Tuesday. A vote will take place
Sir Paul McCartney will give his estranged wife Heather Mills a $235 million divorce package to safeguard his health, according to a British newspaper. The News of the World reports the former Beatle was urged to agree the deal by his daughters Stella and Mary because they are concerned the bitter divorce battle is affecting
Two days after a West Side truck driver entered the offices of a downtown law firm and killed three people, the man’s family and acquaintances called him a quietly religious man who for years sought revenge against a lawyer he believed pilfered his idea for a portable toilet. Brenda Jackson said she only saw her
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP will become the first Canadian law firm to merge with a United Kingdom firm next year when it officially acquires Stringer Saul LLP, a London boutique firm that specializes in listing companies on London’s Alternative Investment Market. Prior to the launch of the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in 1995, the Toronto
