AUG
2
2010

Poole council loses school catchment ´spying´ tribunal

A council in Dorset which spied on a family to see if they lived in the right school catchment area has lost a landmark ruling over its actions.

AUG
2
2010

ABA delegates to weigh judicial finance training, same-sex marriage

CDOs, CMOs, SIVs: The economic crash has littered the nation´s courts with suits over these and other exotic financial instruments. Judges need a crash course to keep up.

AUG
2
2010

Conrad Black: My prison education

In my 28 months as a guest of the U.S. government, I often wondered how my time in that role would end. I never expected that I would have to serve the whole term, though I was, and am, psychologically prepared to do so, now that I have learned more of the fallibility of American justice, which does convict many people, who, like me, would never dream of committing a crime in a thousand years.

AUG
2
2010

U.S. officials boost efforts to protect immigrant crime victims

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency´s U visa gives temporary legal status to people who suffer physical or mental abuse from crimes and help authorities apprehend perpetrators.

AUG
2
2010

Federal lawsuits seek $30 million in Madoff family money

The court-appointed trustee seeking to recover billions of dollars lost by jailed financier Bernard Madoff sued three entities Thursday to get back more than $30 million that he said the Madoff family had invested, mostly in oil and gas properties and technology companies.

AUG
2
2010

Kristy Fraser-Kirk sues David Jones and former CEO Mark McInnes in sexual harassment case

THE woman at the centre of sexual harassment claims against ex-David Jones CEO Mark McInnes is suing the retailer for more than $35 million.

AUG
2
2010

Analysts map Google Street View´s legal challenges

Mapping service faces 28 actions, from every continent except the Antarctic.

AUG
2
2010

Financial reform keeps law firm banking and securities practices busy

Regulations for the recently enacted financial reform law are months away, but law firms with strong financial services practices are rolling out the welcome mat for client conferences and filling their calendars with client meetings.

AUG
2
2010

Court rejects appeal from Tibetan environmentalist

A court in northwest China has rejected an appeal from a Tibetan environmentalist who was sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of grave robbing and dealing in looted antiquities, his lawyer said Monday.

AUG
2
2010

AT&T, Verizon to target Visa, MasterCard with phones

AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless, the biggest U.S. mobile carriers, are planning a venture to displace credit and debit cards with smartphones, posing a new threat to Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc., three people with direct knowledge of the plan said.

AUG
2
2010

Immigration minister vows to stop ´abuse´ of student visa system

Damian Green, the immigration minister, today promised a "thorough evaluation" would be conducted over the coming months because of what he called a "significant abuse" of the student visa system.

AUG
2
2010

Porn broadcast inside Indonesian parliament

An investigation is under way in Indonesia after pornographic images were broadcast on an internal TV channel in the country´s parliament.

AUG
2
2010

Baker & McKenzie to pay $6 million in settlement over Coudert business

Baker & McKenzie has agreed to pay $6.65 million to compensate the bankruptcy estate of Coudert Brothers for profits Baker earned from unfinished business that partners took with them when they left the defunct Coudert firm.

AUG
2
2010

Brazil´s president offers asylum to imprisoned Iranian woman

Brazil´s president has offered asylum to an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning, state-run media reported Saturday.

AUG
2
2010

High court trims Miranda warning rights bit by bit

You have the right to remain silent, but only if you tell the police that you´re remaining silent.

AUG
2
2010

Woman gets $420,000 after chair fall

A woman who fell on her bottom while trying to sit on a work chair that slipped out from under her has been awarded nearly $420,000 in compensation.

AUG
2
2010

Spain´s "stolen children" go in search of their biological parents

"My first name is not Antonio, and my surname is not Barroso. I don´t know whether I was born in Zaragoza, or whether my birthday is really February 18. My whole life is a lie,"

JUL
30
2010

Lawyer´s Indecent Proposals to Female Clients Bring One-Year Suspension

The New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday issued a one-year suspension to a Newark lawyer who offered discounted fees to female clients or their family members in exchange for sexual favors.

JUL
30
2010

Disney agrees to sell Miramax Films to investor group led by Ron Tutor

The Los Angeles construction magnate and his partners, including Colony Capital, will pay about $660 million for the studio.

JUL
30
2010

Derryn Hinch suppression order case to go to High Court

Derryn Hinch will argue before a full bench of the High Court that suppression orders he allegedly breached are constitutionally invalid.

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