States have been divided on whether to adopt new ABA Model Rule 8.4(g), which prohibits lawyers from engaging in harassing or discriminatory conduct.
Oct 1, 2017 2:30 AM CDT
Deborah Rhode: “There are enough incidents of sexual harassment that make it important for the profession to have largely what is a symbolic statement.” Photo courtesy of Stanford University
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The Trump administration on Sunday night announced restrictions on nationals from three additional countries, including North Korea, along with those from five out of six Muslim-majority countries on the president's original list.
Sep 24, 2017 7:53 PM CDT
The federal Bureau of Prisons faces a sea of troubles: Escalating medical costs, a prison population with little access to job training programs or computers, an institutional culture averse to…
Aug 23, 2017 3:00 PM CDT
ABA President Linda A. Klein condemned suicide bombings in the capital of Syria, one of which occurred at the main courthouse, in a statement on Monday.
“We send our…
Mar 22, 2017 9:40 AM CDT
It’s not every day that a wire transfer for $40 million crosses a lawyer’s desk—particularly when the cash is coming from the Central Bank of Iran. But for Jamie Bernard,…
Mar 1, 2017 4:05 AM CST
Last year, the Supreme Court ruled that victims of terrorism, such as the 1983 bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut that killed 241 service members, may collect about $2 billion in seized Iranian assets. AP Photo/Bill Foley
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Dentons will eliminate approximately 25 jobs in the United Kingdom in preparation for the opening of its new shared-services hub in Warsaw, Poland. The hub, which officially launched on Monday,…
Nov 22, 2016 1:35 PM CST
At least 12 people died, including four lawyers, in a suicide bombing on Friday outside a courthouse in Pakistan.
A suicide bomber threw a grenade at the entrance to the…
Sep 2, 2016 8:47 AM CDT
Clifford Chance has taken the unusual step of replacing its office in Saudi Arabia in favor of an alliance with local firm, Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm.
Legal Week…
Aug 23, 2016 5:07 PM CDT
In the wake of a failed coup attempt by the Turkish military, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrested about 3,000 lawyers, judges and journalists in the country without charges or…
Aug 9, 2016 3:32 PM CDT
More than 60 people died in a suicide bombing on Monday at a hospital in Pakistan where lawyers had gathered to mourn a slain colleague.
The director of the hospital…
Aug 8, 2016 9:01 AM CDT
Mayer Brown has opened an office in Dubai to serve as the hub of its Middle East practice.
On Wednesday, the firm announced in a press release that its…
Jun 23, 2016 10:00 AM CDT
A disclaimer on an Israeli Espresso Club video ad featuring a George Clooney lookalike tells viewers he’s not the famous Hollywood actor.
However, Nespresso, which uses the real George Clooney…
Jan 21, 2016 12:55 PM CST
A lawyer for a Turkish doctor accused of illegally insulting the country’s president made no headway with a free speech argument.
So lawyer Hicran Danisman is pursuing another line of…
Dec 3, 2015 6:15 AM CST
Thousands of people attended a funeral on Sunday for a Kurdish human rights lawyer fatally shot during a press conference in Turkey.
Lawyer Tahir Elci had led the Diyarbakir Bar…
Nov 30, 2015 8:51 AM CST
Railway police stand ready to ticket fare-dodgers and others who violate the rules at one of the busiest train stations in the world.
But a cumbersome judicial process, compared to…
Nov 18, 2015 4:35 PM CST