153 ABA Journal Australia articles.
A little more than a week after reportedly becoming the world’s first publicly owned law firm, Australia’s Slater & Gordon is already adding to its attorney roster.
The growth move…
May 30, 2007 12:08 PM CDT
A Marine Corps lawyer who represented Australian David Hicks in a Guantanamo Bay case that resulted in a favorable plea deal has apparently suffered career repercussions as a result –…
May 11, 2007 8:01 PM CDT
New Zealand veterans of the Vietnam War reportedly may sue their government for billions of dollars in compensation for injuries allegedly caused by use of the dioxin-containing defoliant Agent Orange.
…May 7, 2007 8:09 PM CDT
A sleep researcher has examined 15 cases of judicial sleepiness, finding that 10 resulted in retrials and up to five forced judges off the bench.
Researcher Ronald Grunstein, a professor…
May 2, 2007 5:55 PM CDT
When Sidley Austin opens its first office in Australia, it will be headed by a lawyer who jumped from a job as managing partner at the Sydney office of Pillsbury…
Apr 25, 2007 5:39 PM CDT
On this day in 1800, President John Adams approved a then-hefty $5,000 appropriation to establish the Library of Congress, 20 percent of which went for law books (mainly on British…
Apr 24, 2007 5:21 PM CDT
The man known as the so-called “American Taliban,” sentenced to 20 years in prison in a plea deal, has seen two others charged with similar crimes get little in the…
Apr 23, 2007 1:01 PM CDT
For attorneys throughout North America who reportedly lost Blackberry service for up to 12 hours or more over the past day or so, the elimination of their high-tech e-mail link…
Apr 19, 2007 12:14 AM CDT
Britain has done an about-face about allowing 15 marines and sailors recently held captive in Iran to sell their stories.
Reversing a highly controversial decision, the government announced today that…
Apr 9, 2007 8:07 PM CDT
Lawyers for John Walker Lindh, the so-called American Taliban, have called for a third time for the Bush Administration to reduce his 20-year prison sentence.
Lindh pleaded guilty in 2002…
Apr 5, 2007 3:29 PM CDT
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