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Ten lawyers have joined a range of departments at the Manchester office of law firm Eversheds after completing their training contracts, while two of its staff head abroad on secondments. Sarah Glanville, Rebecca Gunning and Heather Tomlinson have
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:09P
Two years on and £2m recovered by Aequitas Legal
Sucheet is also preparing for the challenges around the Legal Services Act which aims to open up the UK legal market by allowing non-law firms or 'alternative business structures', to provide legal services for the first time.
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:09P
An Italian exchange at Slater Heelis
Federica Mingotti, aged 30, who specialises in contract law, is the first to join Slater Heelis. and has been working with the employment and immigration legal teams. She wants to continue in those fields when she returns to Italy and develop her
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:09P
Usher Being Sued for Allegedly Stealing Song from Another Artist
Lawyers for Usher, producer Jermaine Dupri, EMI April Music, Sony Music, Arista Records, and others are requesting that US District Court Judge Christina Snyder reevaluate whether Usher was even familiar with Slaughter's music.
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:09P
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - “73 Seconds”
In his best movie, Manhunter (the original film version of Thomas Harris' Red Dragon), William Petersen played one of those "It's my gift/ it's my curse" guys, an FBI profilers whose specialty was mentally projecting
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:08P
Evidence prompts attorney for Rifqa Bary's parents to end suit against Pamela
Tarazi dismissed his lawsuit with prejudice, which prevents him from re-filing the suit. The dismissal came after a court document filed by David Yerushalmi and the Thomas More Law Center's Robert Muise asking the court to enter a judgment in favor of
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:08P
Police briefs
FAIRFIELD -- A group of gun-wielding men wearing all black clothing with masks covering their faces broke into a home on the north end of Park Avenue late Tuesday night, injuring an elderly couple that lives there, police said.
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:08P
Cheap supermarket coffees beat expensive rivals in taste test
That's the verdict of experts who blind-tasted 16 varieties of fresh coffee. One of the cheapest – Asda's Extra Special Fairtrade Colombian Roast & Ground Coffee at £2.78 – came top, with praise for its smooth
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:07P
Whistleblowing and Michael German; Secrecy, Surveillance State; Former FBI
Michael German, Policy Counsel to the ACLU on National Security, Immigration and Privacy. He was also a former Special Agent for the FBI. appears to be an increase in the number of photographers and videographers being arrested-- part of this is out of
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:06P
Mass. senators files amendments to gambling bill
AP BOSTON - Critics of an expanded gambling bill in the Massachusetts Senate have filed an array of amendments designed to increase the role of communities in the process to license up to three casinos and a slots parlor in the state.
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:06P
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