Unmanned Aircraft Systems Industry Thought Leader Lisa Ellman joins Hogan Lovells WASHINGTON, D.C., 8 June 2015 – Making a significant commitment to its leading unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) practice, Hogan Lovells announced that Lisa Ellman, a widely recognized lawyer and thought leader in the UAS industry, has joined as a partner in the Government […]
Freshfields – Governments are treating cyber security as a high priority issue and emphasise that the risks include espionage. Companies are already worried. The loss or theft of data exposes them to the risk of action by regulators. When attacks disrupt operations, companies may fail to meet obligations to customers, resulting in class action suits
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The New Zealand lawyer who fought a ‘right to die’ case in the New Zealand courts has died today. Lecretia Seales took Court action to secure the right to choose how to die with a High Court decision delivered to her privately yesterday and to be released by Justice Collins today. She died at 12.30
Changes with the Patriot Act have been changing with the “expiry” of the NSA’s ability to invade your privacy. But exactly what HAS changed with the Act? Technically the Patriot Act may have expired, but in real terms it still exists and snooping can continue because significant parts of the Act will continue in force.
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The first Chinese-owned law firm is about to open in London, the FT reports. YangTze Law is wanting to help Chinese investors looking to invest in Europe and the UK and is part of a 40-strong law firm network with over 3000 lawyers in China. But the firm will now have access to UK lawyers
The diversity issue among law firms is a vexed one, but also one that has some ready and fast fixes. Take the article written by Deborah L Rhode*, Professor of Law at Ernest W McFarland and author, she postulates that women and others should not be viewed by lawyers as ‘minorities’ but rather as ‘priorities’.
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LOS ANGELES – A Moorpark man who used social networking websites to trick, extort or threaten more than a dozen girls and boys into sending him naked photos and videos was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison for producing child pornography. Jeremy Brendan Sears, 24, was sentenced this morning by United
LawFuel.com – Convicted of Multiple Counts for Creating and Operating the “Silk Road” Website, Used by More than 100,000 Users to Buy and Sell More Than $200 Million Worth of Illegal Drugs and Other Unlawful Goods and Services Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROSS ULBRICHT,
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The FIFA arrests may not have surprised many observers of the world of FIFA and its odd choice of football associates and sponsors, but the question that has puzzled some is just how the US intends to have those charged in the US but who are currently in Switzerland arrive into a US court. Philip
Nearly three years after the demise of law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf L.L.P., three of its former top executives will go on trial on charges they cooked the books in an attempt to stave off the largest law firm collapse in U.S. history. Opening statements are expected to begin on Tuesday in Manhattan state court
