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Philippines New Lawyer-President Is Hard To Figure

The new President of the Philippines, a former state prosecutor, has called the pope “the son of a whore,” vows to execute […]

Court: Experts Must Refute Counter Views

What does a paid expert witness owe to the court, in the way of a giving opposing views at least […]

Court: Govt Can Hack Your Computer Without A Warrant

In what the Electronic Frontier Foundation calls the latest in a series of “troubling decisions,” a district court in the […]

Yelp Must Take Down Defamatory Lawyer Reviews

The user review website must take down nasty law firm reviews after another court found those writings to qualify as […]

Brexit Short-Term Bonanza For Law Firms, But Then What?

You could think of membership in the EU as a way to settle a lot of issues wholesale. Those issues […]

Winston Strawn’s Murder Defense Lawyer

For years before joining the firm in 2013, Winston & Strawn’s Gerry Shargel was a solo representing numerous “mafia figures” […]

Under Criticism, Uber Lawyer Cuts Fees In Half

The lead lawyer in an Uber drivers class action, whose proposed $84 million settlement with the company has been criticized […]

The Year 2015 In Data Breach: What Happened And How

A review of serious data breaches and vulnerabilities, from IBM security services, based on an analysis of its own client […]

Law Firms Cross the Pond In Unique Alliance

Rather than opt for a transatlantic merger, U.S. law firm Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice announced it will form a […]

Courts To Decide If New Rules Will Curb Litigation Costs

Discovery is expensive on two counts: the cost of doing it, and the cost of fighting about doing it. Writing […]

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