Law firms' year-end bonuses come with strings attached
Dec 7th 16:26 pm EDTThe much-hyped year-end bonuses offered by Cravath Swaine & Moore and other U.S. law firms are not all that great as they come with conditions attached.
Penn. law firm accused of using non-lawyers to review, sign foreclosures
Dec 7th 13:02 pm EDTA Pennsylvania-based law firm has been sued for using non-lawyers to review, sign and file foreclosures that caused people to lose their homes.
Florida court reverses conviction of school principal accused of child porn
Dec 7th 11:45 am EDTA three-judge bench of the Second District Court of Appeal in Lakeland, Florida, has ruled that pasting of face photos of 11- and 12-year old children over the heads of nude adult women doesn't amount to child pornography.
ABA delays decision on accreditation of foreign law schools
Dec 7th 09:43 am EDTThe council of the American Bar Association's (ABA) Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar is delaying on deciding whether to accredit foreign law schools because the matter needs more study.
Legal Issues
Obama defends tax deal, says long battle averted
President Barack Obama defended his compromise with Republicans on extending tax cuts for wealthier Americans, saying it was urgent to ...
Legal Issues
Tax plan increases deficit, group says
With a deal announced between the Obama administration and Congressional Republicans to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for everyone, incl...
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Obama, Republicans reach deal on taxes
President Barack Obama and Congressional Republicans came to a compromise today involving tax break extensions for wealthier Americans ...
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US-China bust-up on trade will escalate to crisis levels in 2012
Global trade protectionism will accelerate in the years ahead and the tussle between the U.S. and China over trade and other issues wil...
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Wikileaks founder Assange arrested by British police
Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, was arrested on Tuesday in relation to a Swedish sex-crime case, the London Metropolitan Police said.
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HSBC fights Madoff claim; new settlement reached
HSBC Holdings Plc said claims the bank aided the fraud of convicted swindler Bernard Madoff were unfounded and it would "defend it...
In the News: Law Firms
Real Estate and Property Law
- First national consumer law effective January 1
The first Australian Consumer Law (ACL) is expected to affect business owners, managers and sales staff starting January 1, 2011 when i...
- Lawyers say examiner reports cost too much
- Advisers playing divorce detectives
International law
Cleary to launch Hong Kong practice, hires Norton Rose's Freeman Chan International law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton plans to launch Hong Kong practice and wants Norton Rose's China corporate...
- Lawyer for WikiLeaks's Assange denies warrant valid
- Freshfields appoints Colin Hargreaves to head global tax practice
Health Law
Data Mining For Depression Researchers from Australia are using data mining techniques to treat and prevent depression.
- Republicans critical as Medicare chief appears
- Researchers Create Collaborative Health Care Web Space
Securities Law
- Geithner warns EU on hedge-fund law
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has written to French economy minister Christine Lagarde warning her against curbing foreign h...
