Law firms are being hit with significantly more malpractice claims in 2011 than they were in 2010, according to a new survey of insurers that specialize in legal malpractice coverage. The sputtering economy and a sagging real estate market are the main culprits.
Germany´s Constitutional Court is hearing a challenge to the country´s participation in bail-outs of Greece, the Republic of Ireland and Portugal.
Tobacco bill proposes outlawing shop sales, with only doctors allowed to prescribe cigarettes to addicts unable to kick habit.
Ceremonies to celebrate divorces have gained momentum in Japan after the massive March earthquake and tsunami, followed by an ongoing nuclear crisis, caused unhappy couples to reassess their lives.
Similar to but broader than the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the new law exposes CFOs in the United States to more risk.
LinkedIn has become an accepted professional relationship-building tool, but many lawyers still aren´t sure how to benefit from it.
A decade after Portugal instituted reforms aimed at treating drug users rather than punishing them, health experts say the number of "problematic" drug users is way down.
Starting on its home turf in Arkansas, but with plans to expand the program, Wal-Mart´s legal department is providing free legal services for patients at the Arkansas Children´s Hospital.
A law that would restrict freedom camping could threaten a Kiwi tradition by capturing hikers and mountaineers who sleep on roadsides before an early morning start to their adventures, parliament has been told.
A Mexican woman has been arrested for trying to sneak her husband out of prison in a suitcase following a conjugal visit.
A Bayer AG unit agreed to a $750m settlement resolving claims with about 11,000 U.S. farmers who said a strain of the company’s genetically modified rice tainted crops and ruined their export value.
In a patent auction unprecedented in size and scope, a consortium of high-tech heavyweights banded together to buy Nortel Networks Corporation´s trove of more than 6,000 remaining patent assets for a record-shattering $4.5bn.
Itamar Franco, who as president of Brazil in the 1990s helped tame hyperinflation, died here Saturday.
Ex-Bosnian Serb army head Ratko Mladic has been removed from a hearing at The Hague war crimes tribunal after quarrelling with the judge.
The Sofitel maid who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of a sex attack in his suite wasn´t just a hotel hooker -- she continued to work as a prostitute in a Brooklyn hotel where she was stashed by prosecutors, The Post has learned.
US DHS - Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Friday criticized other nations for not advancing and embracing new technology, thus leaving themselves open to attacks from cyber-criminals.
A lawsuit claims LegalZoom´s do-it-yourself online legal document service is practicing without a license. Is legal self-help software illegal?
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Thursday rejected a motion by Google to dismiss class-action lawsuits under wiretapping laws.
The sex assault case against former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn appears to be in trouble amid reported concerns over the alleged victim´s credibility.
Plans to combine Brazil´s two biggest retailers via a complex asset and stock swap will bring great benefits to shareholders and consumers, a top official at state development bank BNDES said on Thursday.
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