MAY
11
2011

About 25% of lawyer moms leave the workplace, study finds

About a quarter of lawyer moms leave the workplace, compared to about 6% of women with medical degrees.

MAY
11
2011

European Court rejects bid to limit news on celebrities

For British celebrities, the hope of covering up an affair or other indiscretion is fading fast.

MAY
11
2011

Brazil has 150,000 unsolved murders

A Brazilian government agency monitoring the work of prosecutors says more than 150,000 homicide cases remain unresolved in the country´s judicial system.

MAY
11
2011

Lindsey Manufacturing executives guilty in bribery case

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.

MAY
11
2011

Air Force lesbian who won reinstatement retiring

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.

MAY
10
2011

A worrying case of police excess

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.

MAY
10
2011

Europe´s highest courts can be annoying, but they do more good than harm

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.

MAY
10
2011

Legal industry adds 1,500 jobs, demand for legal services increases

There is good news for lawyers in new statistics on jobs and demand for legal services.

MAY
10
2011

Rolls-Royce must lower the $3.7bn in damages sought in a patent lawsuit

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.

MAY
10
2011

Apple, HP, Aruba accused by Linex of infringing Wi-Fi patents

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.

MAY
10
2011

Brazil´s Itau ordered to pay damages in Madoff case

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.

MAY
9
2011

´Spy´ novelist spared treatment

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.

MAY
9
2011

The high price of internal inquiries

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.

MAY
9
2011

Berlusconi slams judges at bribery trial

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.

MAY
9
2011

Man remanded for stealing police teddy bear

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.

MAY
9
2011

Canada new breeding ground for cyber crime

Canada is becoming a new breeding ground for cyber criminals, according to a report obtained by the Financial Post.

MAY
9
2011

US lawmakers release draft online child privacy act

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.

MAY
9
2011

Law firms: A less gilded future

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.

MAY
6
2011

Brazil eyes civil unions, legal rights for gays

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.

MAY
6
2011

Habib el-Adly, Egypt´s ex-interior minister, sentenced to 12 years in prison

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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