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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:59:00 GMT
New Unpaid Overtime Legal Videos Added to US Overtime Lawyers Website [Read Full Story ]
Morgan and Morgan is pleased to announce the addition of four new videos to it its overtime law website â USOvertimeLawyers.com. These videos, featuring Morgan and Morgan overtime attorney Richard Celler, provide helpful information for workers who want
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:59:00 GMT TransWorldNews
Attorney General Eric Holder Testifies Before the House Appropriations Commerce, Justice and Science Subcommittee [Read Full Story ]
Good afternoon, Chairman Mollohan, Ranking Member Wolf, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee. Today it's my privilege to discuss the President's Department of Justice Budget for Fiscal Year 2011 and to provide an update on the Justice
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:23:00 GMT United States Department of Justice
Ambassador discusses US legal system with University of Malta law students [Read Full Story ]
US Ambassador Douglas Kmiec returned to his role as a Professor of Constitutional Law, after he was invited by the Faculty of Law to deliver a series of lectures to first-year law students at the University of Malta. Ambassador Kmiec’s lecture of March
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:33:00 GMT Malta Independent Daily
White & Case City base posts 20% drop in revenues for 2009 [Read Full Story ]
Latham and Reed Smith buck trend to emerge as strong City performers White & Case's London office has emerged as the worst performing City arm of a US law firm in 2009 - a year in which results varied significantly between firms. White & Case saw London
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:28:00 GMT Legal Week
Attorney General: Jurors convict member of Texas polygamist group of child sexual assault [Read Full Story ]
SAN ANGELO, Texas - Prosecutors say a member of a polygamist group whose sprawling West Texas ranch was raided in 2008 has been found guilty of sexual assault of a child. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says a jury convicted 35-year-old Merril Leroy
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:52:00 GMT Yahoo! Canada
PREPARED REMARKS OF THOMAS E. PEREZ, ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, AT THE 2010 FREEDOM NETWORK CONFERENCE LOCATION: WASHINGTON, D.C. DATE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2010 [Read Full Story ]
MR. PEREZ: Good Evening, colleagues and friends. I am honored to participate in the Freedom Network's 8th Annual Conference. The core mission of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is to uphold the fundamental rights of all individuals,
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:12:00 GMT Federal News Service
Attorney General Greg Abbott will discuss state's plan to protect Texas ranchers from costly regulations at TSCRA convention [Read Full Story ]
Home The Cattleman Join Us Theft Protection Public Affairs Insurance Foundation News Desk Share | For Immediate Release March 16, 2010 Contact: Carmen Fenton 512-469-0171/512-673-3906 ATTORNEY GENERAL GREG ABBOTT WILL DISCUSS STATE'S PLAN TO PROTECT
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:52:00 GMT Cattleman Magazine
Zurich North America Commercial Introduces New Errors & Omissions Policy for Employed Lawyers [Read Full Story ]
Employed Lawyers Selectâ„¢ gives in-house counsel virtually the same level of coverage as their colleagues in private practice SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Zurich, a leading property and casualty insurance provider globally and in North
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:18:00 GMT SmartBrief
Safety forum turns ugly for Attorney General [Read Full Story ]
Queensland Attorney-General Cameron Dick faced a hostile crowd at an open forum on safety.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:35:00 GMT Yahoo! News Australia
3rd Circuit Bars Prosecution Threat for Teen 'Sexting' [Read Full Story ]
In the a federal appeals court has upheld an injunction that barred a Pennsylvania prosecutor from bringing child pornography charges against girls who refused to attend a class he had designed to educate youths about the dangers of sexting. In , a
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:15:00 GMT Law.com
Law Firms Protest Lehman Fee Committee's Cuts in Legal Bills [Read Full Story ]
Fifteen law firms have since Lehman filed for bankruptcy in September 2008. By almost any standard, that's a lot of money. But the cash pouring in hasn't stopped the key firms involved from protesting aggressively when the fee committee monitoring the
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:14:00 GMT Law.com
N.Y. City Bar Retracts Survey's 'Not Satisfied' Finding on Deferred Associates [Read Full Story ]
The New York City Bar on Wednesday retracted a finding from a survey suggesting that deferred associates were not satisfied with the lawyers with whom they worked at public interest groups. The city bar said it misinterpreted data it collected earlier
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:14:00 GMT Law.com
Goldman Sachs Sued for Not Divulging Internal Madoff Ban to Client [Read Full Story ]
A Bernard Madoff victim who lost $15 million is suing Goldman Sachs for allegedly failing to tell him in 2004 that it had put a taboo on the Madoff Fund and that he should pull his money out. Retired businessman Jerome Goodman, 69, of Hardwick, N.J.,
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:14:00 GMT Law.com
Jury Finds Plaintiffs Lawyers Defrauded Railroad in Asbestos Suit [Read Full Story ]
When a federal jury returned a verdict against two Mississippi plaintiffs lawyers on March 8, finding that they had committed fraud against , it was the culmination of the railroad's seven-year battle to fight back against abusive asbestos claims. It
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:14:00 GMT Law.com
High Court Justices, Legal Luminaries Debate Shakespeare's 'Henry V' [Read Full Story ]
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, sitting as chief justice for a change, invoked law beyond the U.S. Constitution on Tuesday night. First, she analyzed French succession law, or Salic law, in a case involving the legitimacy of English King Henry
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:14:00 GMT Law.com
Former RRA Attorney Lived Rent-Free in Home Owned by Rothstein [Read Full Story ]
The defense attorney for convicted fraudster and disbarred attorney Scott Rothstein said Tuesday that he was paid a $350,000 salary and lived for free in a waterfront Fort Lauderdale, Fla., home owned by his employer. Berger Singerman attorney Charles
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:14:00 GMT Law.com
Court Upholds Contempt Sentence for Poison-Pen Letter Writer [Read Full Story ]
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:14:00 GMT Law.com
Ga. Appeals Panel Revives Survivors' Suits Over Courthouse Shooting [Read Full Story ]
Almost five years to the day after Brian G. Nichols' murderous rampage at the Fulton County Courthouse, the Georgia Court of Appeals has revived civil suits filed by two surviving staff members of slain Superior Court Judge Rowland W. Barnes. The appeals
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:14:00 GMT Law.com
How to Know if You're a Big Law Cog [Read Full Story ]
function EmailWindow(param) } else } } function RightslinkPopUp() } ARTICLE TOOLS Printer-friendly Version The SnarkMarch 18, 2010 Are you a "Cog"? I pepper my columns with this word and am regularly asked what it means, so I thought it was time to
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:14:00 GMT Law.com
Clifford Chance acts for funds advised by CVC Asia Pacific Limited on disposal of Malaysian paper and packaging business [Read Full Story ]
Source: Clifford Chance LLP Hong Kong: LawFuel.com - Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has acted for Spare Holdings Limited (an entity controlled by funds advised by CVC Asia Pacific Limited) on the disposal of its entire interest in GS
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:08:00 GMT Lawfuel
Bin Laden won't be caught alive, says US Attorney General [Read Full Story ]
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:56:00 GMT Indo-Asian News Service
Cadwalader Expands Litigation Team with Addition of Top International and Commercial Practitioners [Read Full Story ]
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