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ACLU sues U.S. over NSA phone logging scandal

You had to know it was coming eventually. The biggest government scandal in recent memory? There has to be a lawsuit.
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Litigation: Investigating whistleblower complaints

Companies launch internal investigations based on information that comes from a variety of sources, including newspaper articles, government requests for information and information bubbling up from within the organization that makes its way to the legal department.
10 minute read

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Eight charged in cybercrime scheme targeting banks, government

Yesterday, New Jersey federal prosecutors charged eight people involved in an international cybercrime scheme that targeted 15 financial institutions and government agencies and aimed to steal at least $15 million from U.S. customers.
5 minute read

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Litigation: Two approaches to objectively evaluating the effectiveness of outside counsel

Since the early 1990s, my firm has worked on a multitude of cases addressing issues relating to litigation management, the necessity and reasonableness of attorneys fees and the ethics of hourly billing.
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International Edition

High-profile barrister charged over role in Chris Huhne points case

High-profile barrister and recorder Constance Briscoe has been charged with intending to pervert the course of justice. Briscoe, who was suspended from the judiciary last October pending a police investigation, now faces two charges of providing inaccurate statements to the police in 2011 and 2012.
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5 of the strangest lawsuits making headlines

A nose job gone terribly awry, a case of mistaken identity and three more strange lawsuits in the news
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Walgreens reaches $80 million settlement over painkillers

The nations largest pharmacy retailer has reached a record-breaking settlement with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
5 minute read

Inside Counsel

Dollar General sued over background check practice

Dollar General Corp. may want to rethink its standard practice of conducting background checks on potential employees.
5 minute read

International Edition

Employment tribunal hears details of internal billing probe at Linklaters

Linklaters carried out an internal investigation in the wake of complaints of fraudulent billing lodged against the firm by a former paralegal, an employment tribunal heard yesterday (11 June). The firm last year carried out a one week investigation within its London legal services centre into the allegations after Ali Hussain, who joined Linklaters on a temporary paralegal contract in 2009 and was offered a fixed term position in May 2011, claimed former manager Hasan Bayat was fraudulently billing for time when he was not working.
3 minute read

International Edition

Supreme Court hands down ruling in closely watched Prest divorce case

The Supreme Court has found in favour of a wife who sought assets held by her former husband's companies, in a landmark divorce case focusing on the question of whether assets can be tied up in spouses' companies. The case, Prest v Petrodel Resources, saw Supreme Court president Lord Neuberger, Lady Hale, Lord Wilson, Lord Mance and Lord Walker all agree with the judgment reached by Lord Sumption, who concluded that seven disputed properties vested in Mr Prest's companies were held in trust for the husband, and ordered their transfer.
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