Supermodel Naomi Campbell could have wound up in the slammer over an air rage incident last year in which she reportedly swore and screamed abuse at the pilot of an…
A 12-year-old in Quebec successfully sued her father to win permission to go on a three-day trip celebrating her final year in elementary school with classmates. But he is reportedly…
Legal powerhouse Baker & McKenzie may have met its match: A threatened lawsuit over a domain name has pitted the Chicago-based international megafirm against an 11-year-old…
Apparent plans by many London law firms to increase the billable rates they charge corporate clients this year by an amount exceeding inflation, in order to fund pay raises for…
The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation has announced that two renowned human rights lawyers will share its $500,000 Gruber Foundation International Justice Prize for 2008.
Patricia Wald, a lawyer internationally known for her work as a judge and on public interest projects, is this year’s recipient of the American Bar Association Medal, the ABA’s top…
Within the next four years or so, the United Kingdom market for legal services will become one of the most lightly regulated in the world. And, as literally hundreds of…
The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered dismissal of a case seeking to sort out whether victims of the regime of Ferdinand Marcos are entitled to $35 million in assets held…
After news that China may have secretly copied information in the U.S. commerce secretary’s laptop last year, a Congressman says that’s far from the only intrusion for which computer hackers…
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