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A Texas grand jury indicted Rep. Tom DeLay on a new charge of money laundering Monday, less than a week after another grand jury leveled a conspiracy charge that forced DeLay to temporarily step down as House majority leader. Both indictments accuse DeLay and two political associates of conspiring to get around a state ban […]

What would happen to your business if China invaded Taiwan? How would your clients react if America adopted an isolationist foreign policy? Where would your growth come from if globalisation were reversed? It might sound so far-fetched as to be irrelevant, but Clifford Chance, the global law firm, has commissioned one of its biggest strategic

If recent history is any guide, Eliot Spitzer’s chances of becoming governor of New York next year are greatly enhanced by the presence of the words “attorney general” on his résumé. Since 2002, Democrats nationwide have won 18 open seats for governor or senator. Six of the winners had served either as state attorney general

KPMG LLP, the fourth-largest U.S. accounting firm, and lawyers Sidley Austin Brown & Wood have agreed to pay $225 million to settle a suit claiming they fraudulently sold customers abusive tax shelters, court papers show. KPMG and Sidley Austin Brown & Wood will pay $195 million to a group of former clients who bought four

Law firms are outsourcing some of the work on their cases to other countries, joining a growing national trend of trying to cut costs by using a labor force paid at a lower rate than American workers. “Clients are entitled to get these things done in an efficient way,” said Jim Shea, managing partner of

To understand what makes Skip Brittenham one of the most powerful entertainment attorneys in the country, picture him fly-fishing. Standing thigh-deep in one of his favorite roaring rivers, he knows just how to gauge where the biggest trout will be and which fly will catch its attention. Most important, he knows precisely when to strike.

The first barrister to be paid more than £1m in one year from legal aid was named yesterday in a government report which showed that the top 12 lawyers in the field earn more than £600,000 from taxpayers. Top of the list was James Sturman QC, who acted for Jose Mourinho in the Ashley Cole

DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe have drawn up battle lines in China as the rival firms fight for control of Coudert Brothers’ esteemed Beijing practice. DLA Piper has swooped for the majority of the lawyers in Coudert’s Beijing office, despite the fact that Orrick had paid Coudert’s New York management

Ruling in a case that exposed the behind-the-scenes animosity between two high-tech titans, a state judge cleared the way Tuesday for a former Microsoft Corp. executive to perform some of the tasks rival Google Inc. had hired him to do. King County Superior Court Judge Steven Gonzalez is still barring Kai-Fu Lee from doing work

U.S. Chief Justice nominee John Roberts, his record on civil rights and women’s rights challenged by Democrats, vowed at the start of his Senate confirmation hearing on Monday to ensure that the Supreme Court protects all Americans. “I have no agenda, but I do have a commitment,” Roberts, President George W. Bush’s conservative nominee to