DEC
15
2010

Muslim woman sues Georgia city over headscarf arrest

A Muslim-American woman arrested and jailed after she refused to remove her headscarf before entering a Georgia court filed a federal lawsuit against the city on Tuesday.

DEC
15
2010

Judge rules against debarred Ex-Purdue Pharma general counsel Howard Udell

In a case closely watched by general counsel everywhere, a federal judge Monday ruled against former GC Howard Udell and two fellow drug company executives who were debarred from working at companies that do business with Medicare/Medicaid or other federal programs.

DEC
15
2010

WikiLeaks cyberbrawl a battle of amateurs?

The Internet drama precipitated by WikiLeaks´ release of classified U.S. diplomatic cables has been called the first "global cyberwar." But at closer look it´s really more of an amateur brawl.

DEC
15
2010

Judge dismisses Paul Allen´s patent suit against Apple, Google, others

Tosses Microsoft co-founder´s case because 11 companies ´left to guess´ what they did wrong.

DEC
15
2010

McDonald´s chief attacks children´s meal ´food police´

The chief executive of McDonald´s has described critics of the company who have tried to curtail the sale of Happy Meals aimed at children as "food police" and accused them of undermining parents in making decisions for their families.

DEC
15
2010

Bail appeal for Wikileaks founder Assange on Thursday

Swedish prosecutors will make their appeal against bail for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange at the High Court on Thursday.

DEC
15
2010

Infrastructure Law of Brazil

The idea of writing this book came as a natural result of our professional activity as partners of Justen, Pereira, Oliveira & Talamini - Advogados Associados, a Brazilian law firm specialized in infrastructure law, public procurement, government contracts and arbitration.

DEC
14
2010

Rabobank wins Singapore appeal in Motorola contract payment dispute

Rabobank International won a S$5.2 million ($4 million) award in a contract dispute with the Singapore unit of Motorola Inc., a U.S. mobile phone maker.

DEC
14
2010

What can lawyers claim in their ads? Supreme Court inaction sets no limit.

Inaction by Supreme Court justices leaves standing a ruling by a federal appeals court that a New York law went too far in restricting claims made by ads for lawyers.

DEC
14
2010

Julian Assange to appear in court to appeal for release

The WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, will try to win his release from prison tomorrow, a week after being held on remand after Sweden requested his arrest over allegations that he sexually assaulted two women.

DEC
14
2010

Philadelphia tops latest list of ´judicial hellhole´

Corporate defendants are wringing their hands over a specialized local court in Philadelphia that handles tort claims, putting the city atop their latest list of the worst places for companies to be sued.

DEC
13
2010

Croatia to ask Austria to extradite former premier Ivo Sanader

Croatia will ask Austrian authorities today to extradite former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, who was arrested on Dec. 10 in Salzburg after Croatia issued an international arrest warrant as part of a corruption probe.

DEC
13
2010

Who cares about law firm bonuses?

Yes, I know Cahill Gordon & Reindel is throwing out some big bonuses and shaming Cravath, Swaine & Moore in the bonus wars.

DEC
13
2010

President signs bill banning animal crush videos

President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law a bill that outlaws the creation and distribution of so-called animal crush videos -- culminating a remarkably quick response to a Supreme Court decision handed down less than eight months ago.

DEC
13
2010

Lippman predicts sizable raise for judiciary after bill signing

Governor David A. Paterson on Friday signed legislation its supporters say clears a path to give New York state´s 1,300 state-paid judges their first raise since 1999.

DEC
13
2010

Cost reduction is good, cost certainty is better

As we reported last month, the Citi Private Bank Law Watch Third Quarter 2010 results indicate that firms continue to experience flat revenue growth.

DEC
13
2010

New hiring outlook: suspiciously sunny

Might employers in the legal profession be more responsive to your application next year?

DEC
13
2010

´Anonymous´ threat to attack the judicial system

The group Anonymous, cyber-attack last week against MasterCard and Visa financial firms threaten to attack the British judicial system if the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, is extradited to Sweden.

DEC
9
2010

$66,000 fine for bad jails

The European Court of Human Rights has awarded 50,000 euros ($66,000) to two Rostov-on-Don residents who were kept in "unacceptable" conditions in a local pretrial detention prison, Interfax reported Wednesday.

DEC
9
2010

Labour vows to repeal foreshore law

Parliament looks set to be debating foreshore bills for years to come after Labour pledged today to repeal the Government´s legislation when back in power.

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