http://www.abajournal.com/news/ en Copyright 2013 2013-05-25T20:04:11-06:00 http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyer_is_among_33_people_arrested_over_52m_diamond_heist_at_brussels_airpo/ Updated: A lawyer is reportedly among 33 suspects, aged 30 to 50, arrested in three countries within the past day or so over their alleged conduct related to a daring 3-minute raid at a Belgian airport earlier this year. Diamonds worth some $50 million were stolen. Eight suspects were detained… Criminal Justice, International Law, Trials & Litigation, Evidence, International Courts/Tribunals, International, Europe Wed, 08 May 2013 13:15:27 -0500 44091.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/with_1b_fee_unpaid_plaintiff_lawyer_in_18b_enviro_case_is_now_pro_se_agains/ Attorney Steven Donziger could earn $1 billion, his opposing counsel says, if an $18 billion foreign judgment against Chevron Corp. concerning environmental damage in Ecuador is upheld. Meanwhile, Donziger is unable to afford to pay his own counsel as Chevron continues with a bruising U.S. district court counterattack against the… Appellate Practice, Corporate Law, Environmental Law, International Law, Tort Law, Trials & Litigation, Attorney Fees, Evidence, Verdicts & Settlements, 2nd Circuit Court, International Courts/Tribunals, International, South America, States, New York Mon, 06 May 2013 15:15:43 -0500 44049.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/guilty_plea_ends_record_38m_legal_fraud_case_that_doubled_assessments/ After nearly five years of legal battle, a former real estate developer pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud in a Vancouver, B.C., court Friday, putting an end to a record $38.4 million Canadian lawyer-fraud case that doubled the client-compensation assessment payments for attorneys in the Criminal Justice, Sentencing/Post Conviction, White Collar Crime, International Law, Trials & Litigation, Verdicts & Settlements, International Courts/Tribunals, International, North America, Canada Mon, 06 May 2013 13:35:31 -0500 44046.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/wicked_and_selfish_mom_pushed_teen_daughter_to_get_pregnant_so_she_could_ra/ Thwarted when she tried, as a single mother, to adopt a fourth child, a "domineering" American woman living in Great Britain tried another approach. She used her influence on her then-14-year-old daughter to persuade the teen to get pregnant and provide the baby she wanted, so she could raise it… Criminal Justice, Sentencing/Post Conviction, Family Law, International Law, Trials & Litigation, Verdicts & Settlements, International Courts/Tribunals, International, Europe, United Kingdom Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:24:07 -0500 43958.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/picking_up_stones_on_beach_gets_american_tourist_criminally_prosecuted/ In the latest example of the pitfalls that can potentially await a foreign tourist unfamiliar with the laws of the land he or she is visiting, an American tourist who says he indulged his hobby of pocketing stones on the beach while traveling with his wife in Turkey is now… Criminal Justice, International Law, Trials & Litigation, Evidence, International Courts/Tribunals, International, Europe Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:22:00 -0500 43784.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/gitmo_defense_lawyers_lose_docs_on_pentagon_computers/ After the disappearance of multiple documents and intrusions into the Pentagon computer system used by lawyers representing terrorism defendants, both military and civilian attorneys have been ordered not to use their computers for drafting confidential documents or email. “I honestly don’t know how bad it is. All I know is… Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Cybersecurity, Military Law, Terrorism, Guantanamo/Detainees, Trials & Litigation, Evidence, International Courts/Tribunals Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:00:38 -0500 43694.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/53_dead_in_suicide_attack_on_afghanistan_court_in_effort_to_free_10_taliban/ At least 53 people died Wednesday in an attack by suicide bombers on a court in Western Afghanistan. They reportedly sought to free 15 suspected members of the Taliban who were headed to trial in the Farah courthouse, according to Al Jazeera and the Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice, International Law, Judiciary, Court Security, Trials & Litigation, International Courts/Tribunals, International, Asia Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:15:33 -0500 43548.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/online_activities_are_still_in_the_wild_west_of_regulation/ Entertainment & Sports Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Law, Internet Law, Legal Theory, Media & Communications Law, Privacy Law, Science & Technology Law, Trials & Litigation, International Courts/Tribunals, Business of Law Mon, 01 Apr 2013 02:40:29 -0500 43299.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/arab_spring_brings_no_thaw_for_womens_rights/ Bar Associations, ABA, Midyear Meeting, Civil Rights, International Law, International Courts/Tribunals, Your ABA Mon, 01 Apr 2013 01:10:29 -0500 43308.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/doc_charged_in_7_murders_may_have_slain_300_to_free_up_hospital_beds_invest/ A doctor has been charged in what authorities are calling seven murders of terminally ill patients at a hospital in Brazil and could be responsible for as many as 300 deaths, an investigator says. Dr. Virginia Soares de Souza is charged with seven counts of aggravated first-degree murder. She is… Criminal Justice, Health Law, International Law, International Courts/Tribunals, International, South America Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:40:49 -0500 43475.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/japanese_trial_of_claimed_somali_pirates_raises_interpretation_issues/ When defendants speak Arabic, Chinese, English, Hebrew, Korean, Swahili or Tagalog, interpreters in Japan's courts are ready to help them understand and be understood. But a lack of Somali interpreters among the 4,067 listed in a directory kept by the court system has posed a problem as Japan tried four… Admiralty & Maritime Law, Criminal Justice, International Law, Trials & Litigation, International Courts/Tribunals, International, Asia Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:49:17 -0500 43378.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawmakers_ex-wife_who_blew_whistle_on_2003_speeding_ticket_switch_also_face/ Both a leading former U.K. lawmaker and his ex-spouse are now looking at likely jail time over a 2003 speeding ticket, after Vicky Pryce was convicted by a London jury this week of perverting the course of justice. Pryce, who is a prominent economist, appeared shocked by the verdict in… Criminal Justice, International Law, Trials & Litigation, Evidence, Verdicts & Settlements, International Courts/Tribunals, International, Europe, United Kingdom Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:59:47 -0600 43166.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/bin_laden_spokesman_extradicted_to_us_will_appear_in_court/ A son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, who is accused of playing a major role in al-Qaida as a spokesman and propagandist, has reportedly been captured abroad and extradited to the U.S. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith is in federal custody in New York City and is expected to appear there at a… Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice, International Law, Terrorism, Trials & Litigation, 2nd Circuit Court, International Courts/Tribunals, International, Middle East, States, New York Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:45:48 -0600 43165.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/seeking_justice_in_the_killing_fields/ Criminal Justice, International Law, Judiciary, Trials & Litigation, International Courts/Tribunals, Features Fri, 01 Mar 2013 06:00:28 -0600 42773.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/defendants_shot_deputy_at_courthouse_escaped_in_sheriffs_prison_transport_v/ An apparent altercation Tuesday among prisoners being held just outside a courtroom in a small town in Alberta, Canada, led to a sheriff's deputy being shot in the hand and a subsequent escape by two defendants in the sheriff's prison transport van. The two were soon captured, and no one,… Criminal Justice, International Law, Judiciary, Court Security, International Courts/Tribunals, International, North America, Canada Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:35:53 -0600 43037.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/mistrial_re_lawmakers_wife_who_says_she_took_rap_for_hubbys_speeding_ticket/ A London judge blasted a jury after a mistrial this week in the latest chapter of a 10-year-old speeding ticket saga that has mesmerized newswatchers in the United Kingdom. Initially, the wife of the British lawmaker who received the ticket took the blame. But, after former energy minister Chris Huhne… Criminal Justice, International Law, Trials & Litigation, Attorney Fees, Evidence, Verdicts & Settlements, International Courts/Tribunals, International, Europe, United Kingdom Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:09:56 -0600 42960.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/claimed_bank_loan_for_540k_dewey_capital_payment_a_fabrication_says_dewey/ Sued in the United Kingdom for allegedly defaulting on a Barclays Bank loan to finance his $540,000 capital contribution to Dewey & LeBoeuf, a former partner of the now-bankrupt law firm has fired back by filing a federal lawsuit in New York. In it, Londell McMillan, who was in charge… Banking Law, Careers, Lawyer Pay, Contracts, Law Firms, Partners, Tort Law, Trials & Litigation, 2nd Circuit Court, International Courts/Tribunals, International, Europe, United Kingdom, States, New York Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:57:18 -0600 42926.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/blade_runner_pistorius_is_charged_with_murder_says_he_was_shooting_at_intru/ An inspirational international track star who has been charged with the premeditated murder of his girlfriend at his home in South Africa says he thought he was shooting at an intruder through a closed bathroom door early on Valentine's Day. In an affidavit read by his lawyer Tuesday in a… Criminal Justice, International Law, Trials & Litigation, Evidence, International Courts/Tribunals, International, Africa Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:30:34 -0600 42906.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/ex-clients_pursue_class_action_against_pi_lawyer_who_allegedly_charged_exce/ Three former clients are pursuing a class action against a personal injury lawyer, contending that he charged them excessive legal fees. Spearheading the case was Cassie Hodge, who contends that she got only $8,000 of a $150,000 accident settlement after paying Gary Neinstein and Neinstein & Associates of Toronto their… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Contracts, International Law, Trials & Litigation, Attorney Fees, International Courts/Tribunals, International, North America, Canada Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:21:49 -0600 42471.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/man_kills_lawyer_and_plaintiff_wounds_prosecutor_before_dying_himself_in_co/ A retired Canadian journalist shot and killed the pediatric surgeon who had pursued a malicious mischief case against him and the doctor's lawyer on Tuesday before dying himself in a courthouse in the Philippines, authorities said. There are conflicting accounts about whether the shooting suspect, John Pope, 63, was killed… Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, International Law, Judiciary, Court Security, Real Estate & Property Law, Trials & Litigation, International Courts/Tribunals, International, North America Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:27:29 -0600 42466.abajournal.com