It doesn’t matter what kind of lawyer you’re hiring or what you might need one for—there are several questions you should always ask before you cement your partnership. Having the right lawyer for the right situation is vital to your case running as smoothly as it possibly can. Asking the following questions will allow you […]
LawFuel.com – Law Firm News Daily – Slaughter and May advised Legal & General on the £550 million acquisition of the Hyperion portfolio, comprising 55 properties largely let to RBS or members of its group. The portfolio includes the trophy building at 440 Strand which is the Coutts headquarters. The transaction involved the acquisition of
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On February 7, the day after the Berlin International Film Festival’s overwhelming opening with Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, a U.S.-German co-production, Morrison & Foerster, together with the Motion Picture Association (MPA) convened a high-profile panel titled “Hollywood & Germany – Some Like it Close,” which brought together industry veterans from both sides of
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A New York lawyer jumped 12 storeys to his death today after reeling from the deaths of his parents and separation from his wife. Leonard Morton was 45. He suffered from bi-polar disorder and landed on scaffolding at the scene at 255 Broadway. “He was going through a terrible,errible depression,” said close friend Linda March,
Confused about the Oscar Pistorius trial? Need to know more. Here is the Oscar Pistorius Q+A so you know the answers to everything and anything about the trial. What is Oscar Pistorius charged with? The Paralympic sprinter stands accused of the premeditated murder of Reeva Steenkamp in his home on February 14, 2013. He also
Losing a case is one thing for a lawyer. Losing your head though, is quite another. Former Pakistan military ruler Pervez Musharraf is being charged with a major treason case and his lawyers said this week that they had been threatened with beheading and called for a new trial. The lawyers also asked the court to allow their
The British police face a major blow over a 700 page report that is considered to have a negative impact on modern policing in the UK. A police spying allegation in has seen the former and discreted Scotland Yard undercover unit, the SDS, condemned in respect of its spying in respect of murdered teenager Stephen
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that KRISTIN DAVIS, a former candidate for New York City Comptroller, pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to illegally distributing prescription pills. DAVIS, who was arrested in August 2013, entered her plea today before U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos.
SANTA ANA, California – An Irvine woman was sentenced today to 37 months in federal prison for defrauding a group of Roman Catholic Sisters out of $285,000, which she misappropriated and spent for her own use after promising to use the money to help the nuns purchase a retirement home. Linda Rose
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has convicted Germain Katanga, a rebel leader from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for his part in a vicious attack on a village in eastern Congo where civilians were massacred. “The verdict will provide victims with a measure of some justice and we hope that this will spur the
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