Andrew Balfour, a former partner of Slaughter and May, has been appointed Chairman of the firm’s Africa Practice Group with effect from 03 February 2014. As Chairman, Andrew will be responsible for shaping the firm’s Africa strategy. He will work closely with the partners and will act as an ambassador, promoting our practice in Africa.

Here’s a problem for the world’s biggest coffee shop.  A parody store, “Dumb Starbucks” has stuck a needle up Starbucks nose and stretched legal interpretations of first amendment protection, but violated Starbuck’s trademark and – almost certainly – its public image and credibility. What does a coffee chain do? Sue? The parody store, which opened

  RIVERSIDE, California – A former Guatemalan Special Forces officer was sentenced today to serve 10 years in federal prison for covering up his involvement in the 1982 massacre of nearly everyone in the village of Dos Erres, Guatemala. Jorge Sosa, 55, of Moreno Valley, received the statutory maximum sentence of 120 months in prison

New York police unions are going to court to decide whether changeds to the stop-and-frisk program are properly made, having filed papers in the Federal Appeals court. The unions claim the judge who ruled the stop-and-frisk practise was discriminatory insulted officers and they want the courts to examine the issue. New York City judge Shira