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A top fund-raiser for failed Republican gubernatorial nominee Jim Ryan who later was reappointed to key state posts by Gov. Blagojevich, was rousted out of bed early Monday by FBI agents and hauled into court on fraud charges alleging kickbacks, influence-peddling and insider dealing. All told, Stuart P. Levine, 59, abused his positions on the […]

The two former directors of the Walt Disney Company never much liked Robert A. Iger, Michael D. Eisner’s choice as his successor, and now they are going after the company and members of the board of directors for choosing Mr. Iger as the next chief executive. Robert A. Iger will assume the duties of chief

The attorney who successfully argued the Blakely and Crawford cases in debut appearances before the Supreme Court. The youngest dean in Columbia Law School history. The first woman to become attorney general of Illinois. These attorneys and others, who’ve made partner, overseen multibillion-dollar mergers and coordinated cases on multiple continents, all before age 40, are

At Mallesons Stephen Jaques, chief executive partner Robert Milliner says: “Our hours have been reduced for some categories in response to feedback and our targets haven’t changed.” The firm has a target of 1500 hours a year. Milliner continues: “While I know that in London and New York lawyers can be expected to do 2000

Tony Blair’s government has been accused of committing war crimes in Iraq in a complaint by the families of dead British soldiers to the International Criminal Court. The group of 10 bereaved families claims that British troops were unlawfully ordered to use cluster bombs near civilian areas and to destroy essential power supplies which affected

The chief of the U.N. oil-for-food probe accused Congress of jeopardizing his work and asked a House committee to return secret documents, saying the lives of some witnesses could be at stake. But the Republican lawmaker who heads the committee promptly refused. Former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker is seeking to dampen controversy over recent

Eliot Spitzer and the US Justice Department are trying to determine whether Maurice “Hank” Greenberg tried to manipulate the share price of American International Group a month before he was ousted as chief executive. The investigation, which was first reported by the New York Times, increases the chances Mr Greenberg could face criminal charges over

A lawyer working for an oil-equipment company shot to death a fellow attorney while the two were sitting at a desk Thursday morning, then killed himself, police said. The victim, shot in the head, was a patent lawyer with Cooper Cameron oil services. The men’s names were not immediately released. Police said they were in

After a morning of listening to the prosecution and defense wrangle, Superior Court Judge Rodney S. Melville today denied defense efforts to end the Michael Jackson trial. Melville rejected a defense motion to acquit Jackson on all charges and earlier denied the defense’s fifth request for a mistrial. The judge then ordered the bailiff to

A military judge Wednesday threw out Pfc. Lynndie England’s guilty plea to prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, saying that he was not convinced that she knew that her actions were wrong at the time. Col. James Pohl entered a plea of not guilty for England to a charge of conspiring with Pvt. Charles Graner Jr.