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Copyright Law Still Clouded Following US Aereo Decision
In a significant decision for content owners and cloud service providers, on Wednesday 25 June 2014 the US Supreme Court has ruled that Aereo Inc’s online television streaming services violates...
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Class Action Firm Provides Philanthropic Fund
A new £1 million philanthropic fund has today been unveiled to improve the lives of people who have suffered serious work based injury or illness. Read more Related StoriesCopyright Law Still...
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The Nonsense $10 Million Sleeping Yankee Lawsuit
There has been nonsense litigation for as long as there has been litigation, and the current claimant to the title of the most pointless lawsuit is the “Sleeping Yankee” suit by a Yankees fan caught...
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Magic Circle Law Firm’s Magic Profits
London-based Linkers has increased revenues to by five per cent and increased its partner profits by six per cent, the company said in a statement today. Bloombergs report that Linklaters LLP revenue...
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Massive Citicorp Mortgage Fraud Settlement Pending
The US Department of Justice looks close to closing an agreement with Citicorp to pay $7 billion in settlement of bad mortgages following a DOJ threat to sue the banking giant for defrauding investors...
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Should The Courts Prevent Events Like the Facebook Contagion?
Jamie Sheller is a Pennsylvania personal injury lawyer who handles a range of personal injury law work, but who also has an extensive experience in organizing mass tort document production and use of...
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Defence Close Pistorius Defence
The defence team for Oscar Pistorius closed its case in the athlete’s murder trial on Tuesday, bringing a legal case that has transfixed South Africans and others around the world closer to a verdict....
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US Attorney on Rengan Rajaratnam Acquittal
“While we are disappointed with the verdict on the sole count that the jury was permitted to consider, we respect the jury trial system whatever the outcome, and we thank the jury for their service....
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Bitcoin Interest Rapidly Increases
DLA Piper - While the use of Bitcoin may not presently be widely accepted like cash or electronic funds transfers, it is undeniable that the interest and market opportunities for Bitcoin are rapidly...
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Charles Manson Returns With Game of Thrones Actor
Charles Manson, one of last century’s most notorious criminals, is to be portrayed on television by “Game of Thrones” actor Gethin Anthony. The drama, “Aquarius” involves an undercover cop who tracks...
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BNP Paribas’ $8.8 Billion Court Day
The US Attorney has announced that the Court has accepted a plea agreement from BNP Paribas involving the bank forfeiting more than $8.8 billion and to pay a fine of $140 million for its violation of...
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Privacy Lawyer Peter McLaughlin Joins DLA Piper’s Boston Office
DLA Piper announced that Peter F. McLaughlin has joined the firm’s Boston office as of counsel in the Intellectual Property and Technology practice. McLaughlin joins from Morrison & Foerster....
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Bieber’s Legal Troubles – Should He Be Deported?
Justin Bieber has been ordered to pay almost $90,000 for damage caused to a neighbour in LA after throwing eggs at the house in one of a series of legal incidents involving the Canadian-born pop star...
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Snowden Seeks to Extend Russian Stay
Former National Security Agency contractor and controversial whistle blower Edward Snowden has applied to extend his stay in Russia, his lawyer said Wednesday. Anatoly Kucherena told The Associated...
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Minnesota Law Firm Signs Memorandum of Cooperation with Gabinete Corporativo...
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. and Gabinete Corporativo, S.C., one of the largest full-service law firms in the Bajio region in Mexico, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation describing their commitment to...
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Law Firm Leaders Confident
Law firms are planning to hire more equity partners and full-time nonequity members because they are confident the demand for legal services is growing, according to a survey released Wednesday by Citi...
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Donald Sterling “the Demented Tyrant”
The ugliness of the Donald Sterling incidents has only become worse since the racist rant from the 80 year old billionaire that lead to the sale of his “Clippers” basketball team in a row between...
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Monarch Firefighters Win Lawsuit against Monarch Fire Protection District
July 11, 2014, St. Louis, Missouri…Three firefighters in the Monarch Fire Protection District won a lawsuit against the district in a decision by Judge Mary Elizabeth Ott of St. Louis County’s 21st...
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A Lawyer’s Tale of Discovery – And A Brutal “Slap Down” Letter
Any lawyer involved in litigation will have tales of discovery and the laborious nature of the whole darn business, but when “discovered” document don’t quite live up to expectations on the ‘other...
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Skaddens Secure Dismissal of Securities Class Action for Underwriters
On behalf of 16 underwriters of LinnCo, LLC’s IPO on October 12, 2010, Skadden secured the dismissal of a putative securities class action claiming the defendants failed to disclose to LinnCo investors...
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