Stéphane Charbonnier, the Charlie Hebdo publishing director and cartoonist, was on an al Qaeda “wanted” list and lived under police protection after defending his newspaper against his Prophet Muhammad cartoons that outraged the Muslim world and ultimately lead to the murder of the cartoonist, known as “Charb”. Richard Malka, Charlie Hebdo’s lawyer, said the magazine’s […]
George Clooney’s wife Amal Alamuddin might be in favour with her famous husband, but she’s distinctly out of favour with the Egyptian government, who have slammed the human rights lawyer for claiming that she had been threatened with arrest if she publishing a highly critical report about judicial corruption. >> Learn how to gain the
Blind Australian lawyer Darren Fittler has overcome his disability to achieve professional success and now to win a presitigious Human Rights Law Award in Sydney. The annual Human Rights Awards, hosted by the Australian Human Rights Commission, recognises individuals and organisations that make a significant contribution to advancing human rights in Australia. “I am truly
Law firm marketing online is becoming more essential for lawyers and now the UK is measuring the effectiveness of law firm social media marketing with content marketing company Passle saying Irwin Mitchell is the most active firm publishing articles and blogs online. The Lawyer reports that research carried out by content marketing platform Passle said
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Global law firm Dentons might have cost the Detroit taxpayers a few million in legal fees for their work representing the city’s retirees in its bankruptcy difficulties, but it’s now trying to make good with the city (or at least for those who think its fees unreasonable) by donating $500,000 to the fire department. Dentons
In a NY Times editorial, the newspaper questions whether the mystique and expense of the US Supreme Court is rendering the nation’s top court inaccessible to ordinary Americans. The United States Supreme Court decides cases involving the nation’s most pressing legal issues, affecting the daily lives of hundreds of millions of Americans — and yet
Janine Doolan is a top criminal lawyer, but she has been suspended from her law firm after allegedly swapping texts with a gangster prisoner, Mark Johnston. >> Read Obsession Phrases – The Review on Dating Success Talk The Daily Express report that Johnston, then 22, bragged of taking drugs while behind bars in messages sent
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If New York is any guide – and that’s a big ‘maybe’ – then big bonuses are back for lawyers. Associates working at large New York law firms are now securing some mouth-watering bonuses, ranging from $15,000 to $100,000 according to a New York Times report. The payments are around $40,000 more than what was
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Leslie R. Caldwell, the Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, and Michael E. Horowitz, the Justice Department Inspector General, announced that ROBERT LUSTYIK, a former Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), pleaded guilty today in
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Sony Hackers: “The World Will Be Full of Fear.” By Shelly Palmer – Originally Published At ShellyPalmer.com According to the wikiality of the Interweb (in other words, according to hundreds of sources reposting the same message, but without actual verification), a hacker group known as “The Guardians of Peace” has communicated the following: Warning We will clearly show
