Books by lawyers are generally interesting to just about anyone, especially lawyers. But when lawyers write about wrongful imprisonment, even innocent clients facing the death penalty, its a matter of particular interest. Canadian lawyer Richard Wolson has written about 20 high profile defence lawyers in “Tough Crimes: True Cases by Top Canadian Criminal Lawyers. “I […]
The lawyers are circling Petrobras, the Brazilian oil giant that has become the nation’s major embarrassment – plus a major opportunity for lawyers everywhere to sue the company as it becomes encircled by lawsuits. Forbes contributor Kenneth Rapoza looks at the whole, messy business. If the Petrobras story sweeping Brazil today was a sporting event, it would
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What is going on with “The Interview” cancellation, the SONY hacks, the endless problems and embarrassments facing the studio? Their lawyer is super lawyer David Boies so he should know and he’s come out with a letter to media indicating there could well be legal action that would follow hacked and dispersed content from the
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(ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.) – Adams and Reese is pleased to announce the addition of real estate attorneys Derek Houston and Amanda Taylor (pictured) as Special Counsel in the Firm’s St. Petersburg office. Houston and Taylor are both recent former shareholders from the Trenam Kemker St. Petersburg office, and they also formerly worked for Holland
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Bloombergs report that there’s a rising level of confidence among law firm managing partners, according to a Citi Private Bank report, but it’s ‘modest’. The report showed the slow increase for the third quarter of the year. The 67 law firms participating in the quarterly “Law Watch Managing Partner Confidence Survey” expressed muted optimism about
The demise of Dewey & LeBoeuf has created repercussions for a long time among a lot of people. The latest victim, but one who has chosen his own fate in many ways, is former Dewey partner John Altorelli who was sued for almost $13 million in the wake of the collapse and has now filed
Worcester- based law firm Harrison Clark Rickerbys has received accolades from Legal 500 with a number of top rankings in the Chambers UK Guide rankings of major UK law firms. In the guide, produced annually by Chambers & Partners, HCR was ranked in the top tier of band one for family law, licensing, litigation, private
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Among the many issues arising for women in the law, pregnancy is the major bugbear forstalling careers and leaving women stranded from making partner, the boardroom or lofty heights. And so when a New York lawyer requested that an upcoming trial be postponed because of her pregnancy, it lead to a major row. Deborah N
Tobacco heiress Doris Duke left a lot of money when she died – over $1 billion in fact – and it has now been left with a once-bankrupt lawyer who lost over $4.5 million of client money in a venture that was connected to a Ponzi scheme, according to the New York Post. The Post
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Affairs in the office are tricky matters at the best of times but when they involve lawyers, high powered, high octane, ego driven lawyers, then things can get really messy. Take the successful law firm of Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik – a mouthful we know – and look at what has happened to the fight
