Same-sex marriages in Michigan have been delayed by a Court of Appeals ruling, issing an order preventing them from occurring after the state’s appeal of a ruling that overturned the consitutional ban on them. Dozens of couples took advantage of the ability of marrying prior to the decision from the 6th US Circuit Court of […]
New York Times v. Sullivan is a case etched on the minds of media lawyers and journalists, quite apart from civil rights lawyers, throughout the United States and the world. And the celebrated and seminal Supreme Court case which tilted the balance of power in the delicate ecosystem that exists between journalists and political figures,
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A Manhattan federal judge has ruled that the case agaisnst an adviser to Osama bin Laden is more than sufficient to permit the case to go before a jury, after lawyers for the defendant, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, argued the burden of proof had not been met. Abu Ghaith, 48, is a Kuwaiti cleric who married
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The position of the United States has grown stronger in the world economy since the global financial crisis, according to Clifford Chance’s retiring managing partner David Childs. Childs spoke with Forbes writer Daniel Fisher and told him that there was no need for hand wringing about the financial crisis, as money and economic power flows
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By Shah Peerally, Immigration Attorney and Author. After living in the US for 25 years as a permanent resident citizen (having a green card), Egyptian native Tarek Hamdi, decides to apply for citizenship. However the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) postpone it due to the “Controlled Application Review and Resolution Program” CAARP[1].
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LawFuel.com – Sedgwick Chudleigh’s Alex Potts and Chen Foley contributed a chapter on Bermuda Anti-Corruption Regulation law in the 2014 edition of Getting the Deal Through – Anti-Corruption Regulation 2014. The guide is a database of law and regulation in 60 practice areas and more than 150 jurisdictions containing concise explanations to the most important legal and
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Okay, so President Obama’s appearance on the idiosyncratic web series “Between Two Ferns” shows what a good ol boy he really is, cracking wise with chaotic host Zach Galifianakis. But behind the “Two Ferns” story lies another one. The real story is that President Obama is trying to connect and to sell. And when it
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It had to happen. With the increased commercial use of drones the lawyers are sitting up and wondering what the noise above is all about. Drones are being used increasingly for everything from surveying crops to photographing houses for estate agents – quite apart from efforts to destroy terrorists in the remotest parts of the
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Pam Bondi issued the following statement regarding the lawsuit filed today seeking a declaratory judgment establishing the liability of BP and other companies for the natural resource damages sustained by the State of Florida as a result of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. “Today’s filing is a crucial step toward securing
The use and abuse of power of attorney documents is something that is concerning lawyers and law makers in several jurisdictions. The power of attorney is an age-old legal document that has a major place on the affairs of individuals. Providing a mechanism to give another person the right to deal with their financial and
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