FEB
15
2011

BP investors say company misled them on safety before Gulf spill

BP Plc investors accused the company of lying about its commitment to safety, inflating company shares for three years before the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon set off the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

FEB
15
2011

Berlusconi to stand trial on prostitution charge

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was ordered to stand trial on charges of abuse of power and paying a minor for sex, fueling calls for his resignation amid a deepening clash with the nation´s judiciary.

FEB
15
2011

Naked Cowboy getting dressed for court: Files lawsuit against CBS for ´Bold and the Beautiful´ promo

The Naked Cowboy is singing the same old song, filing yet another lawsuit for a supposed ripoff of his guitar and skivvies shtick.

FEB
15
2011

Chevron ordered to pay $8 billion by Ecuador court

A court in Ecuador´s Amazon told Chevron Corp on Monday to pay more than $8 billion in environmental damages, the plaintiffs´ lawyer said, but the U.S. oil giant will fight on in a suit seen as a global test case.

FEB
15
2011

Japanese women challenge law that forces them to assume husband´s surname

A group of Japanese citizens has filed a lawsuit challenging a civil law that effectively stops women from keeping their surnames when they marry.

FEB
15
2011

Judge dismisses Beckham´s libel suit against magazine

A judge on Monday dismissed David Beckham´s $25 million (15.6 million pound) libel lawsuit against a celebrity magazine that ran an article saying the married, football star slept with a call girl.

FEB
15
2011

Egypt ´outside the rules´

Questions abound as the military seems to be ignoring the constitution: Will the document be amended or scrapped; will the opposition get to help in nation-building and when will elections be held?

FEB
15
2011

Obama to tour Latin America next month

President Barack Obama´s expected visit to Latin American countries next month is renewing the hope of some Americans that the president will address their concerns rather than his usual pronouncements in which he apologizes for perceived slights and makes promises that benefit Latin America.

FEB
15
2011

$8.5 million verdict against Ford overturned

The state Supreme Court on Friday overturned an $8.5 million Etowah County jury award made to a severely injured passenger of a vehicle that flipped several times in a 2003 wreck in Georgia, killing two others.

FEB
14
2011

Chandra Levy´s killer sentenced to 60 years

The man convicted of killing Chandra Levy — a 24-year-old government intern whose relationship with Gary A. Condit, a California congressman, made the murder case a national news sensation — was sentenced Friday to 60 years in prison.

FEB
14
2011
FEB
14
2011

Advice for attorneys with new Verizon iPhones

Tons of Verizon customers who have been waiting a long time are now getting their first iPhone.

FEB
14
2011

Working smart: promote yourself

The need to network broadly is obvious to the job seeker but networking within your organization is just as important for the gainfully employed.

FEB
14
2011

Julian Assange´s lawyer makes graphic defence during extradition hearing

WikiLeaks founder´s QC said Swedish woman´s accusation of sexual assault described the ´missionary position´.

FEB
14
2011

Egypt military dismantles Mubarak regime

Egypt´s new military regime dismantled ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak´s former regime on Sunday, dissolving parliament, suspending the constitution and promising a referendum on political reform.

FEB
10
2011

Criteria for promoting law firm associates to partner have changed

Quality performance is no longer the single most important issue in deciding whether to promote associates to partner status. Various factors, including economics, business origination ability and potential, available workloads, whether the practice area can support another partner and who else will be a candidate for admission to partnership in the near future need to be considered.

FEB
10
2011

Julian Assange statement outside court - video

Julian Assange and his lawyer challenge a Swedish prosecutor to come to Britain to testify over the sex crimes allegations that could lead to the WikiLeaks´ founder´s extradition to Sweden.

FEB
10
2011

Pfizer said to pay $330 million in Prempro settlement

Pfizer Inc. agreed to pay about $330 million to resolve claims that its Prempro menopause drug caused breast cancer, in the first large-scale settlements in eight years of litigation, two people familiar with the accords said.

FEB
10
2011

Fat Bonuses? Yes. Partnership? Fat Chance!

I don´t get the logic: Big firms are lavishing associates with fat bonuses again, while, at the same time, signaling that their chances for partnership are worse than ever.

FEB
10
2011

A sweet victory: chocolate shop has no books to lend, but N.Y. says it can call itself a library

Just in time for Valentine´s Day, state bureaucrats have concluded that a candy store´s decision to call itself "The Chocolate Library" would not mislead patrons into believing that they could find books there instead of bonbons.

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