The former wife of a wealthy lawyer told a court she could not believe he would have made a will leaving nothing of his multimillion-pound estate to herself or her children. Gloria Sherrington was giving evidence yesterday in the High Court during a case that aims to have the will that left everything to Richard […]
Results for 2003/04 see top London firms suffer from a 7.6% drop in average profits per partner The Citys top 10 firms have suffered sharp falls in average partner profits, posting their worst results since the transactional downturn started in 2001. All of the top City firms have posted a fall in partner profits, with
Three British bankers facing extradition to the U.S. on Enron Corp.-related fraud charges accused the U.S. government of using the proceedings as a weapon to pressure the men into implicating senior Enron officials in the alleged crimes. David Bermingham, Gary Mulgrew and Giles Darby were indicted on seven counts of wire fraud by a Houston
Imagine, on the silver screen, Jack Nicholson poring over a textbook for hours, searching for an obscure election law precedent, dressed in a Land’s End suit and black running shoes, then yammering on a cell phone while driving to a Tallahassee, Fla., courthouse in his Lexus. Perhaps, coming soon to a theater near you: “David
The constitutional crisis provoked by the Government’s refusal to withdraw anti-terror laws is expected to deepen this week with the resignation of more lawyers appointed by ministers to represent foreign terror suspects at secret hearings. Five barristers are considering following the lead of Ian Macdonald QC, who declared yesterday his intention to step down from
White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales has long been seen as the quiet man in President Bush’s close-knit first-term team — a soft-spoken lawyer from Texas who rarely talked to the media and kept his personal views on policy matters to himself. But new details about Bush’s nominee to be the nation’s next attorney general are
With jury selection set to begin Monday, the judge in Michael Jackson’s child-molestation case is still considering whether the entertainer’s accuser should testify in public and whether jurors should see a British documentary about the pop star. Superior Court Judge Rodney Melville scheduled a pretrial hearing for Friday to address those and other questions related
Bank of America Corp. has agreed to pay $375 million to settle charges of late trading and market timing actions in some mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday. The settlement includes $125 million in penalties and $250 million in restitution, which will be distributed to the mutual funds and their shareholders who
Houston’s Southern District courthouse will this week place two markers on the face of the energy business, with key decisions expected in the controversial break-up of Yukos and the trial of Enron’s former top executives. Judge Letitia Clark will decide whether the dismembered Russian oil group can continue its battle with the Russian government through
Even in a nation obsessed with weight loss, there’s never been anything quite like fen-phen. It was a set of magic pills from the wizards of Big Pharma: a prescription cocktail that promised to suppress appetite and promote weight loss, easily and safely. Fen-phen’s pledge: no pain, and no gain. Even in a nation obsessed
