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The investigation into the poisoning of Alexander V. Litvinenko, a former Russian K.G.B. operative, will likely broaden in coming days, Britain’s highest ranking law enforcement officer said today, and news reports said British counterterrorism officers were planning to fly to Moscow to interview witnesses.

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The investigation into the poisoning of Alexander V. Litvinenko, a former Russian K.G.B. operative, will likely broaden in coming days, Britain’s highest ranking law enforcement officer said today, and news reports said British counterterrorism officers were planning to fly to Moscow to interview witnesses. Mr. Litvinenko died Nov. 23 of radiation poisoning, and a radioactive […]

The investigation into the poisoning of Alexander V. Litvinenko, a former Russian K.G.B. operative, will likely broaden in coming days, Britain’s highest ranking law enforcement officer said today, and news reports said British counterterrorism officers were planning to fly to Moscow to interview witnesses. Read More »

It seems a no-brainer that copying a DVD movie and reselling it should be illegal. But how about copying it to your iPod? Or, if you’re a professor, copying snippets of “Citizen Kane” to illustrate a point in your class?

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It seems a no-brainer that copying a DVD movie and reselling it should be illegal. But how about copying it to your iPod? Or, if you’re a professor, copying snippets of “Citizen Kane” to illustrate a point in your class? Well, the answer is “No, you can’t” on the iPod. But academics can freely capture

It seems a no-brainer that copying a DVD movie and reselling it should be illegal. But how about copying it to your iPod? Or, if you’re a professor, copying snippets of “Citizen Kane” to illustrate a point in your class? Read More »

Russell McVeagh, considered one of New Zealand’s most high-powered and profitable lawfirms, has suffered a blow to the ego in the first public rankings of the profession.

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The Business of Law, previewed exclusively in this week’s print edition of the NBR, lifts the lid on the secretive world of lawfirm profits,giving an overview of who is doing well and who isn’t, measured against crucial indicators such as the ratio of partners to solicitors. Chapman Tripp tops the league tables of lawfirms by

Russell McVeagh, considered one of New Zealand’s most high-powered and profitable lawfirms, has suffered a blow to the ego in the first public rankings of the profession. Read More »

The accounting firm KPMG asked a federal appeals panel yesterday to rule that a district judge could not compel the firm to pay the legal fees of former executives facing criminal charges in a tax-shelter fraud investigation.

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The accounting firm KPMG asked a federal appeals panel yesterday to rule that a district judge could not compel the firm to pay the legal fees of former executives facing criminal charges in a tax-shelter fraud investigation. Appearing before a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, a lawyer

The accounting firm KPMG asked a federal appeals panel yesterday to rule that a district judge could not compel the firm to pay the legal fees of former executives facing criminal charges in a tax-shelter fraud investigation. Read More »

Phew. Major and minor websites can relax (a little) following a ruling from the California Supreme Court that they cannot be liable for libel written by others.

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Web sites that publish inflammatory information written by other parties cannot be sued for libel, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday. The ruling in favor of free online expression was a victory for a San Diego woman who was sued by two doctors for posting an allegedly libelous e-mail on two Web sites. Some of

Phew. Major and minor websites can relax (a little) following a ruling from the California Supreme Court that they cannot be liable for libel written by others. Read More »

New York’s top judicial officials outlined a plan today to begin revamping the state’s 300-year old system of town and village courts, which have been criticized for decades as outmoded, unsupervised and unfair.

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New York’s top judicial officials outlined a plan today to begin revamping the state’s 300-year old system of town and village courts, which have been criticized for decades as outmoded, unsupervised and unfair. The plan, announced here by the state’s chief judge, Judith S. Kaye, included some measures that critics of the courts have been

New York’s top judicial officials outlined a plan today to begin revamping the state’s 300-year old system of town and village courts, which have been criticized for decades as outmoded, unsupervised and unfair. Read More »

Rupert Murdoch’s media companies have cancelled plans for a controversial book by OJ Simpson and televised interview with him.

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Rupert Murdoch’s media companies have cancelled plans for a controversial book by OJ Simpson and televised interview with him. The book and programme If I Did It, in which Mr Simpson describes how he would have killed his ex-wife and her friend, had caused public outrage. Mr Murdoch said he was “sorry for any pain

Rupert Murdoch’s media companies have cancelled plans for a controversial book by OJ Simpson and televised interview with him. Read More »

In another absurdity of political correctness, a badly drafted law on smacking children is being passed in New Zealand.

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New Zealand’s anti-smacking bill looks certain to be passed by Parliament in a slightly weakened form. The NZ Herald has confirmed claims by the bill’s sponsor, Green MP Sue Bradford, that she has enough votes to ensure it will become law. The bill will change the Crimes Act to remove the defence of “reasonable force”

In another absurdity of political correctness, a badly drafted law on smacking children is being passed in New Zealand. Read More »

From Apple to Netscape to HP to YouTube, Larry Sonsini has been the most important lawyer in the most important industry for 30 years. But is he too close to the companies he represents? A report from “Fortune”.

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“I first remember hearing Larry Sonsini’s name probably in 1986 or 1987,” says Dave Roux, who co-founded Silver Lake Partners, a private-equity firm in Menlo Park Calif., focusing on technology investments. Back then, when Roux lived on the East Coast, he was at a meeting of the board of Lotus Development in Boston, when someone

From Apple to Netscape to HP to YouTube, Larry Sonsini has been the most important lawyer in the most important industry for 30 years. But is he too close to the companies he represents? A report from “Fortune”. Read More »

Sentencing in the Enron fraud cases continued Friday, with terms of 18 months and three years, one month meted out to two former Enron officials who cooperated with the government’s investigation.

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Enron Corp. former executives Michael Kopper and Mark Koenig were sentenced to far shorter prison terms than they agreed to in pleading guilty, as a judge rewarded their cooperation in prosecuting their bosses for fraud. U.S. District Judge Ewing Werlein sentenced Kopper, 41, a former finance officer, to three years and one month today in

Sentencing in the Enron fraud cases continued Friday, with terms of 18 months and three years, one month meted out to two former Enron officials who cooperated with the government’s investigation. Read More »

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