A University of Illinois law professor thinks a change in lawyer regulations could help middle-class defendants who are being targeted in mass foreclosures and debt-collection suits.
The top 10 law firms in London have cut starting pay for newly qualified attorneys by about 10 percent this year. In U.S. dollars, at the current exchange rate, they…
In what is being billed as a first-of-its-kind move by a top 20 London-based law firm, partners of CMS Cameron McKenna voted this week to eliminate its entire “back office”…
Following today’s news of a royal engagement between Prince William and his longtime girlfriend, Kate Middleton, comes speculation about whether the two will have a prenuptial agreement.
A British man convicted of sending a menacing communication for a Twitter rant lost a bid to overturn his conviction last week, but gained supporters who posted Twitter threats to…
On the cutting edge of constitutional law, a straight couple in the United Kingdom is suing for the right to tie the knot in a civil union rather than a…
In an effort to prevent, or at least postpone, the execution of a U.S. prison inmate on death row, a London-based human rights group says it has filed or will…
Michelle Paver is still renowned for her work ethic. But now she produces on her own initiative, as the author of a critically acclaimed, best-selling series of children’s books, more…
In an effort to streamline complaints about lawyers that used to be made to four different agencies and eliminate the appearance of bias in favor of the legal profession that…
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