Updated: In a highly unusual move, the American Bar Association is spearheading a lawyers’ march on Washington, D.C., tomorrow that is also being promoted by state and local bar associations…
Thousands of lawyers in Pakistan have been jailed during the past 10 days, after the country’s president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, declared a state of emergency Nov. 3. One of them…
The last few months have not been good ones for the global banking industry, as rapidly rising mortgage defaults sparked a credit crisis. But the situation may get even worse…
As an individual lawyer reportedly challenged, in the country’s highest court, the suspension of Pakistan’s constitutional system of government a little over a week ago, Pakistan’s president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf,…
Updated: In response to this week’s attack by the Pakistan government on the country’s judiciary and lawyers, the president of the American Bar Association is calling for fellow attorneys to…
Following Pakistan’s suspension of the constitution, firing of numerous appellate judges and arrest of as many as 3,000 lawyers during the past week, bar associations throughout the United States and…
Charlie Geffen readily admits he’s something of a workaholic. But, the British lawyer says, it doesn’t take an academic whiz to be one of the world’s most successful private equity…
Only a few weeks ago, it looked like Paul McCartney’s divorce was going to end with an eye-popping agreed $102 million settlement with his soon-to-be ex-wife, Heather Mills.
As Finland observed a national day of mourning today for the eight victims of yesterday’s high school shooting, the country’s legislature met in emergency session to consider imposing stepped-up school…
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has told his national security council that he will hold parliamentary elections before Feb. 15 and give up his role as military leader.
As the world’s oddest laws are being discussed this week by one British newspaper, another, not to be outdone, has created a column about the world’s weirdest legal cases.
Although it has been more than 60 years since World War II ended and Nazi-era atrocities came to light, the case against the perpetrators still hasn’t been completely closed.
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