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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.

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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 »

The U.S. Defense Department is looking for contractors to build a new facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where it can hold large-scale military trials for terrorism suspects held there.

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The U.S. Navy has issued the call for bids on a contract for work estimated to cost between $75-$125 million. The new courtrooms could host dozens of trials, and Pentagon Spokesman Bryan Whitman says the existing facilities cannot handle them. “The single courtroom that is down there is basically designed for handling a single-defendant trial,”

The U.S. Defense Department is looking for contractors to build a new facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where it can hold large-scale military trials for terrorism suspects held there. Read More »

It was a decision that came as a surprise to the elite group of multimillionaire business people who leave UK for Monaco to avoid tax. The goal posts just moved.

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Monaco Millionaires — the elite group of business people who reside outside the UK to slash their tax bill — face a crackdown by Revenue & Customs on the number of days they can spend in Britain, after a surprise legal decision. Accountants yesterday accused HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) of introducing a stealth tax

It was a decision that came as a surprise to the elite group of multimillionaire business people who leave UK for Monaco to avoid tax. The goal posts just moved. Read More »

Tim Wu is not merely a tenured law professor at Columbia University.He’s been a Supreme Court clerk and writes for newspapers and magazines. He’s written a defining book on the vexed issue of ‘Who Owns The Internet’ and he puts out a YouTube Law Review with comely law students dressed in black hot pants. He’s a new legal superstar.

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Last week, a group of five women law students from Columbia University took seats on a small makeshift stage, dressed in identical skimpy black hot pants and white tank tops, mimicking law students in classes taught by their 34-year-old professor, Tim Wu. A voice-over pretended to broadcast the contents of the female students’ wandering minds.

Tim Wu is not merely a tenured law professor at Columbia University.He’s been a Supreme Court clerk and writes for newspapers and magazines. He’s written a defining book on the vexed issue of ‘Who Owns The Internet’ and he puts out a YouTube Law Review with comely law students dressed in black hot pants. He’s a new legal superstar. Read More »

Is O. J. Simpson confessing? That’s what powerhouse publisher Judith Regan teasingly promises from a new book and television extravaganza called “If I Did It.”

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Is O. J. Simpson confessing? That’s what powerhouse publisher Judith Regan teasingly promises from a new book and television extravaganza called “If I Did It.” In them, Simpson describes how he would have murdered his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and waiter Ronald Goldman—if he’d actually done it. Regan herself is coy about whether Simpson goes

Is O. J. Simpson confessing? That’s what powerhouse publisher Judith Regan teasingly promises from a new book and television extravaganza called “If I Did It.” Read More »

“Private Equity” has become a password for massive profits and no law firm other than Simpson Thacher has two of the biggest PE players in their client list. Deal, after multi-billion dollar deal . .

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett just had the kind of summer that private equity lawyers dream about. The New York firm’s two top private equity clients, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and The Blackstone Group, were on a dealmaking binge, and Simpson was at the center of the action. The deal that caught everyone’s attention was

“Private Equity” has become a password for massive profits and no law firm other than Simpson Thacher has two of the biggest PE players in their client list. Deal, after multi-billion dollar deal . . Read More »

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