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LSB prepares for brave new world with business plan

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has created its first-ever business plan as it prepares for the Legal Services Act (LSA). The plan, which has received the backing of the Bar Standards Board (BSB), comes into effect in April and will run until March 2010. It includes a number of goals for the coming year, including appointing a consumer panel and issuing a discussion paper on the development of Alternative Business Structures, which are set to come into force in 2011.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Defining Non-Profit

Vision Service Plan v. U.S. may answer the question: What is charity?
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Court Upholds Drug Data Law, Dismissing Free Speech Concerns

Until recently, trying to sell a new drug did not also require expertise in First Amendment free-speech law.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Canada in Crisis

Statute allows courts to restructure Canadian economy after the ABCP market collapse.
13 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Playing Games

Despite corporate fiscal difficulties, Midway Games' GC takes charge of her team.
16 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Brand-Name Burdens

California decision on generic drug liability upends 14 years of precedent.
7 minute read

Inside Counsel

Judge Dismisses First Seroquel Suits

A federal judge dismisses the first in a series of lawsuits alleging anti-psychotic drug Seroquel causes diabetes.
3 minute read

Inside Counsel

Susman Godfrey Files Class Action Against Bank of America and Merrill Lynch

Class action claims bank officers and directors made false statements leading up to merger.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Merrill Lynch Settles Subprime Class Action

Merrill Lynch Settles Subprime Class Action
2 minute read

International Edition

Northern Rock shares dispute kicks off in court

The Northern Rock shareholder dispute hits the courts today (13 January), with a number of the legal profession's big hitters set to battle it out with the Government. The three-and-a-half day trial, at a specially convened Divisional Court at the Royal Courts of Justice, will see more than 150,000 private shareholders attempting to secure improved compensation following the nationalisation of the crisis-hit lender.The shareholders will not challenge the nationalisation itself but claim the statutory criteria established for the valuation process breach the European Convention on Human Rights.
2 minute read

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