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Ex-39 Essex Street QC handed three and a half year tax fraud sentence

Former 39 Essex Street QC Rohan Pershad has been jailed for three and a half years after being found guilty of tax fraud worth more than £600,000. The sentencing today (26 February) in court room five of Blackfriars Crown Court comes after clinical negligence specialist Pershad took silk just two years ago.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Excess liability decision puts California insurers on guard

9th Circuit amends decision concerning liability for excess verdicts
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Companies could face suits for paying for positive online reviews

Analysts say FTC will pursue cases against those who compensate for false critiques
12 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Roundup: 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th Circuits

Company can pursue claims against cybertheft committed in Canada; Employer doesn't have to grant burdensome religious request; No duty to conduct background checks in Mississippi, even if it is company policy; University diversity policies trump freedom of speech
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International Edition

Bar Council raps CPS as leaked email shows lucrative cases kept in-house

The Bar Council has accused the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) of deliberately acting against the public interest by trying to keep lucrative cases in-house irrespective of whether they could be better handled externally. The body has today (25 February) published a leaked CPS email which it argues shows how the CPS has adopted deliberate practices not to instruct the best advocate for a given case if it is in the best financial interests of the CPS to keep the work in-house.
4 minute read

International Edition

SRA invites tenders for new litigation panel as DLA wins place on student loans roster

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has invited firms to tender for its new litigation panel as the current five-firm roster nears the end of its three-year term. The SRA put together its first-ever litigation panel in early 2010, with Field Fisher Waterhouse, Bevan Brittan, Capsticks, Russell Cooke and Devonshires appointed. The current line-up is due to expire at the end of May 2013.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Triumph passengers file class action against Carnival

The inevitable has happened: Passengers who were onboard the ill-fated Triumph cruise ship have sued Carnival Corp.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

5 notable GCs in the news

GCs sound off on music piracy, inflated credit ratings, a shortage of engineers and more
10 minute read

Inside Counsel

What business people need to know about litigation

From the business persons perspective, litigation can seem like a confusing, time-consuming and (unnecessarily) costly drain on the bottom line.
6 minute read

International Edition

Simmons grows Bristol base as support positions go west

Simmons & Simmons has expanded its recently-launched Bristol office to provide back office support to the wider business. The firm has transferred 14 support staff positions from London to Bristol, which opened last September to provide high-end legal advice to clients at a lower cost. The support positions moving over to Bristol comprise a mix of IT, finance, risk and document production roles, with the relocations resulting in an undisclosed number of redundancies in London. Fewer than 10 London staff are believed to have been affected.
2 minute read

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