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Former GC pleads guilty to bribery conspiracy
The former general counsel of an oil company is facing jail after pleading guilty to a FTCA violation.
Judge dismisses lawsuit against Jacksonville GC
A lawsuit seeking to have the Jacksonville general counsel thrown out of the role has been dismissed.
JP Morgan increase legal reserve after Madoff fine
JP Morgan is due to announce next week that it will switch another US$400m to its legal reserves after being fined a record US$2.6b for not reporting suspicions over Bernie Madoff.
Sex offender rebuffed in bid to become lawyer
A registered sex offender - who graduated third in his law school class at the University of Kentucky - is being blocked in his attempts to take bar exams.
Deutsche Bank lawyers work on US settlement
Lawyers for Deutsche Bank are aiming to produce the terms of a settlement with shareholders by the end of January or early February.
Surveillance to be major US legal theme of 2014
As well as deciding important cases on voting rights, the financing of politics and women's rights, the top US courts will also seek to decide on whether the National Security Agency (NSA) can lawfully monitor bulk telephone use data.
US lawyer released from 10-year sentence on compassionate grounds
Lynne Stewart, convicted in 2005 for helping a client smuggle messages out of prison to a terrorist organisation, has been released from jail early because she is dying of cancer.
Document review - 'where lawyers' careers go to die'
There is a growing cadre of lawyers who do nothing but outsourced document review for rates as low as US$25-30 an hour.
Lawyer to play key role in New York mayor's team
Newly elected New York mayor Bill de Blasio has appointed former US Attorney Zachary Carter to the corporation counsel for the city.
Family law pilot to start in Connecticut
A trial scheme will start on 6 January allowing parties to family law cases to hire lawyers for limited parts of proceedings.
Quarter of family judges get thumbs down in Las Vegas
A quarter of family law judges should be replaced in the 2 million population area that makes up Las Vegas and its surrounding county, according to a poll of lawyers.
Ohio considers cutting law student training time
The Ohio Supreme Court is taking comments from the public on whether it should allow the training time to be cut from seven years to six.
Lawyers accused by judge of being trolls in porn case
Three law firms have been accused of being 'copyright trolls' for trying to collect money from a man who had downloaded pornography.
Nixon Peabody and Blank Rome 'in talks' over merger
The two US law firms are said to have been having discussions for over two months and would become the 33rd largest practice if they agreed to combine.
US sees spread of 'debtors' prisons'
The poor and ruined businesspeople are being sentenced to jail illegally because of unpaid court fees and fines, according to human rights campaigners.
BP ping-pong continues on Gulf leak
BP is appealing against a Christmas Eve court decision which requires it to pay compensation over the Deepwater Horizon oil leak even to businesses and people who have suffered no loss as a result of the spill.
Ohio approves text message marketing for lawyers
While phone calls and personal visits are still banned, personal injury lawyers are to be allowed to use text messages as a way of reaching potential clients.
US immigration courts on verge of chaos
Half of the 220 judges who sit in US immigration courts reach retirement age next year, a situation which could throw the backlogged tribunals into a state of greater confusion.
Former A&O partner jailed for 17 years on sex trafficking charges
Edward DeSear has been jailed for 17 years after admitting to organising for a young boy to be taken from France to Belgium where the lawyer sexually molested him at a hotel.
Volcker rule tests legal teams
Legal and compliance groups in US banks are struggling to implement the Volcker rule, one of the main parts of the Dodd-Frank reform bill.