MAR
3
2011

Queen´s counsel: the merits of giving the best advocates a badge of excellence

The increase in the proportion of women and ethnic minorities on the new Queen´s counsel list is something the MoJ should celebrate.

MAR
3
2011

Starr, fund manager to celebrities, sentenced to 7.5 years

Kenneth I. Starr, the money manager whose clients included actors Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes, was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding nine celebrities out of $33.3 million.

MAR
3
2011

WikiLeaks´s Assange appeals U.K. ruling on Sweden extradition

Julian Assange formally appealed a U.K. ruling that the Australia-born WikiLeaks founder should be extradited to Sweden to face allegations of rape and sexual molestation, his lawyer Mark Stephens said today.

MAR
3
2011

Rights groups support gender discrimination class action against Wal-Mart

The American Civil Liberties Union - ACLU, the National Women´s Law Center - NWLC and 32 other organizations on Tuesday filed an amicus curiae brief in the US Supreme Court, supporting a class action discrimination lawsuit filed against Wal-Mart.

MAR
3
2011

Catholic Church agrees a 5,000 euro payout for abuse victims

The Catholic Church in Germany has recommended a sum of 5,000 euros to compensate sexual abuse victims. The church will also contribute extra money to a so-called "prevention fund" and pay for therapy for the victims.

MAR
3
2011

Court docs detail the lawyers on ex-Glaxo in-house counsel´s team, show government scrutiny of the company

Federal prosecutors have pursued a "massive" investigation of off-label marketing of drugs at GlaxoSmithKline Plc

MAR
2
2011

Divorce: Mediation should help married couples split up

A major shake-up of the family court procedures in England and Wales comes into effect on 6 April 2011.

MAR
2
2011

Tunisia frees last political prisoners: Activist

Tunisia freed Wednesday the last of its political prisoners under an amnesty granted after the fall president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January, a prisoner rights activist said.

MAR
2
2011

International Court to open formal Libya probe

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court said Wednesday they will open a formal investigation into possible crimes against humanity in Libya.

MAR
2
2011

Pakistan Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti shot dead

Pakistani Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti has been shot dead by gunmen who ambushed his car in broad daylight in the capital, Islamabad.

MAR
2
2011

Lehman failed to advise of CDO risks, Australian towns tell Sydney Court

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.´s Australian unit failed to advise of the risks of collateralized debt obligations and ignored policies that required municipalities to invest conservatively, a lawyer for towns and councils seeking to recoup investment losses said.

MAR
2
2011

Blockbuster sale attacked by Disney, Universal, landlords

Blockbuster Inc.´s proposed sale benefits a group of lenders at the expense of all other creditors, said objectors including Walt Disney Co., Universal Studios, Yahoo! Inc., the U.S. Trustee´s office, landlords and a committee of unsecured creditors.

MAR
2
2011

Supreme Court rules on AT&T case

In a lively decision that relied as much on dictionaries, grammar and usage as it did on legal analysis, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously that corporations have no personal privacy rights for purposes of the Freedom of Information Act.

MAR
2
2011

Egypt military sets short timetable for democracy

Egypt´s military has set a vote on constitutional change provisionally for March 19 as a prelude to a parliamentary election in June followed by a presidential poll to usher in full democracy, army sources said on Tuesday.

MAR
1
2011

European Court bans gender as factor in insurance

The European Union´s high court ruled Tuesday that insurers and pension plans cannot offer different contracts for men and women because that amounts to sex discrimination.

MAR
1
2011

Law on citizenship, residency and access to the Vatican

Benedict XVI has promulgated a new "Law concerning citizenship, residency and access" to Vatican City.

MAR
1
2011

Judge allows foster care lawsuit against Mass.

A federal judge has ruled that a class action lawsuit against Massachusetts alleging the abuse and neglect of thousands of children in state care can proceed.

MAR
1
2011

Girl excluded from school for wearing hijab

Galician authorities say they will not interfere in latest Muslim headscarf controversy.

MAR
1
2011

Fashion designer John Galliano in court with anti-Semitism accusers

Fashion designer John Galliano has faced his accusers at a local Paris police station, a couple who said he made anti-Semitic slurs - illegal in France - after a video emerged of the creator praising Adolf Hitler.

MAR
1
2011

Police win right to close internet sites

A new police law coming into force Tuesday will give officers the right to take down web sites without a court order, media reported — although industry representatives said police can already do that under existing legislation.

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