JAN
17
2011

Former Swiss banker poised to give account details to WikiLeaks

A former Swiss banker plans on providing secret account information to WikiLeaks on Monday. Rudolf Elmer was one of the first people to give controversial data to the website, releasing internal bank documents in 2007.

JAN
14
2011

Court In SF Assigns Judge To Preside Over Tucson Shooting Trial

The chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco today assigned a federal judge from San Diego to preside over the U.S. trial of a Tucson man accused of carrying out a mass shooting on Saturday.

JAN
14
2011

Time is spent debating the obvious because the government suspects judges might try to erode parliamentary sovereignty

Just as journalists like nothing more than writing about press freedom – look out for heavy coverage next Tuesday when the European court of human rights rules on the Daily Mirror´s appeal in the Naomi Campbell privacy case – there is little that some MPs enjoy more than debating parliamentary sovereignty.

JAN
14
2011

D.C. Appeals Court: Attorney May Have Stolen Funds, But Doesn’t Deserve Disbarment

The D.C. Court of Appeals handed down eight disciplinary opinions today, including one that clarifies the standard used by the court when an attorney is found to have intentionally misappropriated client funds. While most of today’s opinions were reciprocal matters, in one case a three-judge panel determined for the first time since 1990 that an attorney’s intentional misappropriations of client funds did not require disbarment.

JAN
13
2011

Employers are under pressure to up their game when it comes to temporary placements

Although law firms and barristers´ chambers deem work experience a prerequisite for their recruits, most students see it as a tedious rite of passage rather than an authentic learning experience.

JAN
13
2011

Italy´s Constitutional Court is due to give a ruling on whether Silvio Berlusconi can be tried on corruption and fraud charges

Judges have to decide if legislation giving him temporary immunity from prosecution breaches the principle that all citizens are equal before the law.

JAN
13
2011

Three prisons to close in coalition justice reforms

Three prisons are to shut by July with the loss of 800 places, it was reported today.

JAN
13
2011

San Diego Federal Judge Tapped for Loughner Case

San Diego U.S. District Judge Larry Burns will preside over the case against the man accused of killing a federal judge in the Arizona massacre that left a congresswoman clinging for her life.

JAN
12
2011

Hillary Swank film about woman who fought brother´s murder conviction

In Conviction, which tells the story of a woman who put herself through high school, college and law school so she could fight her brother´s wrongful murder conviction, it comes from the woman´s best friend who says: "I hate the damn legal system. It´s so fucking inconvenient."

JAN
12
2011

Judges Not Likely to Undo Facebook-ConnectU Settlement

The Winklevoss twins went to the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals today hoping to undo a settlement that makes them far richer than it did when they struck the deal with Facebook in 2008.

JAN
11
2011

While Some Lawmakers Talk Gun Control, Others Pack Heat

While some lawmakers are responding to the mass shooting in Arizona by introducing legislation to increase gun control or asking for additional security, others say they´re going to start exercising their Second Amendment rights and carry weapons.

JAN
11
2011

Strasbourg court could force newspapers to warn individuals before printing stories about them

Max Mosley will appear in court today in a final attempt to change the law on privacy, in a case that could have far-reaching implications for the UK´s media.

JAN
11
2011

´U.S. News´ considering giving third tier law schools a number

Numerical rankings could be coming to the law schools that U.S. News & World Report categorizes as third tier — meaning those 42 schools would be subject to the same up-and- down fluctuations watched so closely among the top 100.

JAN
11
2011

Julian Assange due in court over extradition case

Julian Assange is due to appear in court today in his fight against extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over alleged sex crimes. The district judge Nicholas Evans will oversee a case management hearing at Belmarsh magistrates court, sitting at Woolwich crown court in south-east London, as preparations continue for a two-day extradition hearing starting on 7 February.

JAN
10
2011

McDonald´s accused of homophobia in Wi-Fi service

People trying to access the lifestyle website GayNZ.com discovered they could not find the site, among others, and the website challenged the fast-food giant - which offers free WiFi access in 132 of its restaurants nationwide - to review its access policy.

JAN
10
2011

As Sudan Prepares to Split, Border Tensions Rise in Abyei

For Peter Atem, the day southern Sudan sealed its independence could not come soon enough. As midnight arrived in the southern capital Juba, Atem was already in a queue outside a polling station — even though it would not open until 8 a.m. — so eager was he to vote in a referendum to split his homeland from northern Sudan. After waiting all night, his spirits were undimmed. "Independence is what we have been fighting for," he declared. "We are here to say bye-bye."

JAN
10
2011

Trade war looming, warns Brazil

Brazil has warned that the world is on course for a full-blown "trade war" as it stepped up its rhetoric against exchange rate manipulation.

JAN
10
2011

What Toyota´s Arbitration Award Said About Biller, the Documents, and the Accusations — and What It Didn´t

Last May Dimitrios Biller was in Washington, D.C., to take depositions for his arbitration. Toyota´s former in-house lawyer was locked in a bitter and lonely battle with his old company, and he was eager to talk about it. Over a steak dinner at the historic Old Ebbitt Grill near the White House, he answered every question without hesitation.

JAN
10
2011

Ring veteran allegedly served as an attorney during deposition

Back in his heyday, Leonard F. Inzitari of Amendola & Nesi in East Haven was known for some serious moves: the reverse flying body press, the pile driver and the flying clothesline. He turned pro with the old World Wrestling Federation a few weeks after his 18th birthday in 1984 and was known by such stage names as Mario Mancini, Fracture Fansberg and the M&M Kid. At some point, Inzitari, 44, decided the legal profession suited him. He also continued to wrestle.

JAN
10
2011

Judge killed in Arizona shooting was ardent advocate for his court

Judge John Roll lived just a few minutes away from the Safeway on Tuscon, Ariz.´s Oracle Road. So it wouldn´t have been a major inconvenience for him to drop by on Saturday morning to talk business with U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was having an event for constituents at the grocery store.

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