About a quarter of lawyer moms leave the workplace, compared to about 6% of women with medical degrees.
For British celebrities, the hope of covering up an affair or other indiscretion is fading fast.
A Brazilian government agency monitoring the work of prosecutors says more than 150,000 homicide cases remain unresolved in the country´s judicial system.
Two executives with a California maker of emergency electricity towers were found guilty of paying bribes including a Ferrari to officials at a Mexican state-owned utility to obtain orders.
An Air Force Reserve flight nurse who sued to overturn her dismissal under the "don´t ask, don´t tell" law against gays serving openly in the military said Tuesday she is retiring with full benefits rather than resuming service.
The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton was an opportunity for Britain´s bobbies to put their best foot forward: indeed, the policing of the huge crowds thronging London´s streets went off well, with no serious incidents—there was even a copper doing comic turns outside Buckingham Palace to amuse the public.
No wonder Europeans find their institutions so bewildering. What is the difference between the European Council and the Council of Europe? It is not just syntax.
There is good news for lawyers in new statistics on jobs and demand for legal services.
Rolls-Royce Group Plc must lower the $3.7bn in damages sought in a patent lawsuit against United Technologies Corp.´s Pratt & Whitney because the jet- engine maker overstated the effect of competition, a judge ruled.
Hewlett-Packard Co. and Apple Inc. were among five companies accused by closely held Linex Technologies Inc. of infringing patents for wireless communications used in laptop computers.
Brazilian bank Itau Unibanco Holding SA was ordered by a Sao Paulo state court to pay R$167,700 (US$103,800) to an unidentified person who lost money in Bernard Madoff´s Ponzi scheme, Folha de S.Paulo reported.
The Moscow City Court on Thursday canceled compulsory psychiatric care for ex-career diplomat Platon Obukhov, putting a formal end to one of the country´s most bizarre spy cases 15 years after it started.
The old saying that crime doesn’t pay applies especially to corporations caught up in investigations by the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission for possible violations of federal law.
Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has slammed judges as "a cancer of democracy" during his first appearance at a trial for bribery, one of three court cases he is currently facing.
A man has been charged and remanded for stealing a police teddy bear just moments after he was released on bail for other theft charges.
Canada is becoming a new breeding ground for cyber criminals, according to a report obtained by the Financial Post.
US representatives Edward Markey and Joe Barton released a draft bill Friday that would restrict companies from tracking the Internet activity of minors without parental consent.
The legal business has undergone not only recession but also structural change. Ever-growing profits are no longer guaranteed. Nor, for some firms, is survival.
Brazil´s high court formally opened deliberations Wednesday on granting gays and lesbians the right to form civil unions, and on guaranteeing them the same legal rights as other couples.
Former president Hosni Mubarak´s top security official, who led a much-feared security apparatus blamed for widespread rights abuses, was convicted Thursday of corruption and money laundering and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
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