Is there really an important issue that is kept hidden within the legal profession – where issues of class and race will keep lawyers from reaching the top of their profession. The answer is “Yes” according to one of America’s biggest law recruiters, Harrison Barnes who wrote about the issue in his firm’s website. Barnes […]
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Two of the highest profile lawyers in the UK – both women, as it happens – are in a catfight over a exotic case that involves big money for one and no money for the other. Amal Clooney is battling on behalf of a jailed hero and opposition figure in the Maldives. Cherie Blair, wife of former
The United States should not ever do a deal with the “butcher” Bashar al-Assad, who is evidently exploring the possibility of asylum, according to Elliott Abrams, who held senior foreign policy advisory positions with Presidents Reagan and George W Bush, for whom he was also a Special Assistant at the National Security Council. Speaking exclusively to
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Wrongful imprisonment is one of the most worst of all travesties of justice. But in the case of Jarrett Adams, a 17 year old who spent over a decade in prison after his conviction for a client involving an exploited woman, Jarrett Adams has now become a lawyer intent on ensuring that what happened to
General Motors Admits to Failing to Disclose Deadly Safety Defect in Its Cars to Consumers and U.S. Regulator Independent Monitor to Be Appointed to Oversee General Motors’ Reporting of Safety Issues and Public Statements LawFuel.com – Loretta E. Lynch, the Attorney General of the United States, Anthony Foxx, the United States Secretary of
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A London barrister at the center of a sexism storm over comments made about her LinkedIn profile has lead to another storm of support. Charlotte Proudman’s isue arose when she objected to what she labelled “unacceptable and misogynist” comments about her LinkedIn profile picture. The comments came from lawyer Alexander Carter-Silk, a senior solicitor with
LOS ANGELES – LawFuel.com – A Baldwin Park man and former 18th Street gang member pleaded guilty today to a federal drug trafficking offense and admitted that he was the triggerman in the previously unsolved 2006 murder of a person who had failed to pay “taxes” to a member of the Mexican Mafia.
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Big Money, Big Jobs but still Big Law lawyers so unhappy? A recent report shows that just 44 percent of BigLaw lawyers report satisfaction with their careers, compared to 68 percent of public sector lawyers. The BloombergView report in an article by Yale law professor Stephen Carter is based on figures provided by University of Tennessee law
Charges Also Unsealed Against a Geneva-Based Banker, Who Remains at Large Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced the unsealing of an Indictment against BENJAMIN WEY and his Geneva-based
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There’s a lot law firms are doing these days to attract and retain business. And quality staff, for that matter. A good office environment has always been one of the keys and in the increasingly competitive world of modern law practice, the physical surroundings of the firms is all-important – never more so than today. While firms
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