French President Nicolas Sarkozy´s reform raising the retirement age from 60 to 62 became law Wednesday, a victory for the conservative government and a defeat for unions that waged massive strikes and street protests to try to capsize the plan.
The bonfire of the quangos is one thing, but violating the constitution is quite another.
The ranks of women and minority attorneys at U.S. law firms declined last year, according to a number of recent surveys, but the numbers don´t tell the full story.
A former attorney for GlaxoSmithKline Plc was charged with obstruction and making false statements during an investigation into unapproved uses of a drug, the U.S. Justice Department said today.
Honeymoon killer Gabe Watson faces indefinite immigration detention when released from a Queensland jail tomorrow, amid confusion about whether he can be deported home to the US.
A Manhattan woman has failed to persuade a U.S. appeals court that Starbucks Corp should be held liable for severe burns she suffered after spilling tea served in a double cup.
They can sneak into your home, hide in your bed and bite you in your sleep. Bed bugs have sparked another major lawsuit in Maryland.
Diverse public events today will mark another anniversary of the first Dominican Constitution, proclaimed in San Cristobal in 1844, 166 years ago.
Good news for the nation did not translate to good news for the legal sector on the employment front in October.
Palm Beach jewelry designer Fleur Cinque, who´s entangled in a lawsuit with multi-millionaire Formula One boat racer John Haggin over a $200,000 engagement ring, says she has no intention ever to return the bauble — even though she says she doesn´t like the pear shape of the 7.12-carat diamond.
Pope Benedict XVI strongly defended traditional families and the rights of the unborn yesterday, directly attacking Spanish laws that allow gay marriage, fast-track divorce, and easier access to abortions as he dedicated Barcelona’s basilica, the Sagrada Familia.
President Barack Obama says the political cost of overhauling the health care system turned out to be higher than he had expected. And he admits that he gets discouraged at times when dealing with the economy.
Ken Clarke wants to spare mentally ill offenders from prison by reforming the system to give them hospital treatment.
Thousands of September 11 rescue workers have until today to accept a settlement that could top $US800 million.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has ruled out calling a snap parliamentary election after winning enough support in regional elections to press ahead with a radical austerity programme.
Governor Deval Patrick nominated a court veteran yesterday, Associate Justice Roderick L. Ireland, to lead the Supreme Judicial Court, an appointment that would make Ireland the first black chief justice of the nation´s oldest appeals court.
In 2008, the American organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) reached out to me as a legal rights activist and asked me to help facilitate their mission in Yemen.
Two High Court judges today ordered a re-run of this year´s General Election campaign in Oldham East and Saddleworth after ruling that Labour´s Phil Woolas knowingly made false statements about an opponent.
Duncan Cotterill collected three honours in the annual Law Awards held last night.
The Maldives yesterday tightened laws governing marriage ceremonies after a European couple were abused as "swine" and "infidels" during the renewal of vows in a language they did not understand.
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