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“Every prosecutor I talk to says they have around 300 cases, which to me means you’re failing; you’re charging too many … Focus on the cases that are really serious: the predators, the people who are malicious and actually affect public safety.”— Eva Vekos MIDDLEBURY… Read More »Vekos would bring defense attorney experience to county prosecutor’s job
From Godwin Tsa, Abuja Three legal practitioners in Abuja have asked the Federal High Court to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting the nomination of Senator Bola Tinubu, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, as presidential candidates in the 2023 general elections.… Read More »Lawyers sue INEC, AGF, others; seek Atiku, Tinubu, Obi disqualification
SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) June 27, 2022 Morrison Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Eric T. McCrath has been elected by the partners as Chair of the firm. McCrath is a member of Morrison Foerster’s Executive Committee and Compensation Committee, and… Read More »Morrison Foerster Announces Leadership Transition
Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers are fighting to keep several accusers from providing victim impact statements at her sentencing for sex trafficking on Tuesday. The British socialite’s legal team argued in court filings on Friday that four accusers’ ages meant that they were not “statutory crime victims”… Read More »Ghislaine Maxwell lawyers seek to exclude victim statements | Ghislaine Maxwell
Fernando Santiago ’86 never had the chance to focus on academics in high school. I have managed a pizza restaurant 28 hours per week to make ends meet. At Cornell, all that changed. “I’ll forever be indebted to Cornell and the kindness and goodwill of… Read More »Rochester lawyer receives NYS Hometown Alumni Award
WASHINGTON – Next up Tuesday for the House hearings on the Capitol attack Jan. 6, 2021, is the pressure former President Donald Trump applied to state officials to overturn 2020 election results, including Trump’s infamous call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. What evidence… Read More »Jan 6 hearing to focus on Trump’s pressure on officials: live updates
A court support service that helps thousands of people who cannot afford a lawyer is under threat after having its government funding pulled, the Guardian has learned. It comes as the number of people struggling to get justice without a lawyer has soared following swingeing… Read More »Court support service under threat as Ministry of Justice pulls funding | legal aid
LONDON — The British government on Friday ordered the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges, a milestone — but not the end — of a decade-long legal saga sparked by his website’s publication of classified US documents.… Read More »UK govt orders Julian Assange’s extradition; appeal planned
Lawyers Worldwide Awards based in London We must synergistically integrate our legal, business, and investment advice in order to bridge the growing gap between the supply and demand of energy, water, food, and other global resources.” — Walter Schindler, speaking at Yale University LONDON, UNITED… Read More »Walter L. Schindler, PhD, JD, Awarded Best USA Legal Advisor for Alternative Energy Private Equity 2022
In May 2022, the Fair Business Banking and Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax all-party parliamentary groups (APPGs) published a joint Economic Crime Manifesto. The statement sets out a “comprehensive list of pragmatic reforms” designed to tackle the UK’s dirty money crisis and stop Russian oligarchs, criminals,… Read More »Lawyers who break AML rules face bigger, more public ends