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• Canadian law firm Lenczner Slaght hires former Supreme Court Justice

  Apr 15 2012 Leading Canadian litigation firm Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin has made a high profile hire with the recruitment of former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Ian... more

• UK firm Herbert Smith gets a slap for lackadaisical approach to litigation

  Mar 20 2012 UK firm Herbert Smith has received stern admonishment from a top judge for a ‘lackadaical’ approach to its disclosure obligations. The judge’s comments, which... more

• Criminal Contempt for misconduct: Lawyer sentenced to 4 months of jail

  Apr 13 2011 Advocate N.B. Deshmukh has been held guilty of criminal contempt of the Court and sentenced to four months of simple imprisonment for hurling abuses at the judge... more

• Appointment of Indian HC Judges

  Nov 29 2010 According to a PIB release, Justice Arun Kumar Mishra has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court. He previously was a judge at the Rajasthan... more

• Justice Soumitra Sen: Guilty

  Nov 10 2010 Justice Soumitra Sen has been found guilty by the Parliament Committee, which now will initiate the process of impeachment. The three member panel set up in 2009... more

• 100 year old Judge back in school to enroll for his PhD

  Oct 19 2010 Economic Times and India Blooms reports about India's oldest university student, 100-year old Bholaram Das, who has enrolled for his doctorate. A teacher, a lawyer, a... more

• Justice Aftab Alam replaces Sirpurkar in Dinakaran probe panel

  Sep 29 2010 The Dinakaran probe panel has got itself a new head after Justice V.S. Sirpurkar recused himself following pressure from the Forum of Judicial Accountability. The 3... more

• US Judge pursues diversity agenda via court orders

  Sep 24 2010 A New York federal judge has ordered two plaintiff firms serving as co-lead counsel in a securities class action to "make every effort" to assign at least one minority... more

• Woman Power in US SC: Former Harvard Law School Dean nominated as Judge; Preeta Bansal may be next Solicitor General

  May 10 2010 Former Dean of Harvard Law School and Solicitor General Elena Kagan has been nominated as the 112th Judge of the Supreme Court of United States reported New York... more

• Judiciary crisis in Pakistan

  Feb 15 2010 Justice Sharif, Justice Nisar reject govt decision Updated at: 1913 PST, Saturday, February 13, 2010 ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Lahore High Court Justice Khwaja... more

• Race & Gender of Judges Make Enormous Differences in Rulings, Studies Find

  Feb 08 2010 A judge's race or gender makes for a dramatic difference in the outcome of cases they hear—at least for cases in which race and gender allegedly play a role in the... more

• Ga. Judge Resigns After Questions Raised About Facebook Contacts

  Jan 08 2010 A Georgia judge has resigned from the bench after questions surfaced about his Facebook relationship with a defendant. more

• Can a judge have Facebook friends?

  Dec 16 2009 A recent legal ethics opinion concerning Florida judges stated that judges may not "friend" lawyers who may appear before them on social networking sites such as... more

• Jones Day claims Barclays sale was based on 'inaccurate record'

  Sep 17 2009 Jones Day, the law firm which represents the Lehman estate, claims Barclays and certain Lehman executives offered a record that was "inaccurate due to mistakes,... more

• Sotomayor avoids answers on abortion, guns in grilling

  Jul 16 2009 Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor sidestepped Republican questions on abortion and gun rights, keeping her demeanor cool and her opinions mostly private as she... more

• Judge Bork on Sotomayor: The ‘wise Latina’ is not qualified.

  Jul 15 2009 In the three-minute interview on on Campbell Brown’s CNN program, former Supreme Court Robert Bork said Sonia Sotomayor's “wise Latina” comment could disqualify her.... more

• Law firm founder Marc Dreier sentenced to 20 years in prison

  Jul 15 2009 Marc Dreier, founder of 250-lawyers firm Dreier LLP, was sentenced to 20 years in prison yesterday after pleading guilty to defrauding investors and clients of $700... more

• New York lawyer suspended over false claim of being married to judge

  Jun 23 2009 Cheryl Brodsky, a New York lawyer with no prior disciplinary history, has been suspended for three years after she repeatedly refused to get a required mental health... more

• Skadden Arps scores coup with NY chief judge hire

  Feb 18 2009 Judith S. Kaye, New York’s chief judge until last year, will return to private practice. Kaye will join Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom after 25 years as a New... more

• NY lawyer Marc Dreier gets house arrest in $400m fraud case

  Feb 06 2009 Federal judge Jed Rakoff decided that Marc Dreier, a prominent New York lawyer accused of defrauding investors of more than $400 million, can be freed under house... more

• Judge cuts Dewey & LeBoeuf's "excessive" fees by 20 percent

  Jan 06 2009 The Natonal Law Journal reports that a New York federal judge cut Dewey & LeBoeuf's fees for its work on a securities receivership case by 20 percent to $1.7 million,... more

• Does being a judge still appeal?

  Oct 10 2008 More women are taking top posts but are those roles as sought after as they once were? more

• Judge: Girl's name, Talula Does The Hula, won't do

  Jul 26 2008 Family court Judge Rob Murfitt in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it. Just ask Talula Does... more

• Judge in cross dressing, drink and driving trouble

  Feb 26 2008 A US judge has resigned after being arrested for drink driving whilst dressed as a woman. Bankruptcy judge, Robert Somma, was tested for alcohol after he crashed... more

• Judge dismissed after saying sheikh should 'depart on his flying carpet'

  Nov 15 2007 A High Court judge who allegedly told a sheikh involved in a multimillion pound divorce battle that he could choose to “depart on his flying carpet” has been ordered... more

• Indian Judge Ordered Back to Law School

  Oct 06 2007 New Delhi's High Court justices, annoyed with lower court judges who issue problematic rulings, have decided to send one of them back to law school. In an order issued... more

• Maddie judge wants to speak to media

  Sep 18 2007 The judge in charge of the case of missing British girl Madeleine McCann has sought permission to speak publicly about the investigation, the Portuguese press reported... more

• Judge Tosses Calif Global Warming Suit

  Sep 18 2007 A federal judge on Monday tossed out a lawsuit filed by California that sought to hold the world's six largest automakers accountable for their contribution to global... more

• Bush to nominate retired judge Michael Mukasey to replace Gonzales as attorney general

  Sep 17 2007 Michael Mukasey, President George W. Bush's pick to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general, is not expected to prompt the confirmation battle that Senate... more

• Quetta lawyers launch anti-Musharraf drive

  Sep 09 2007 Announcing September 10 a countrywide “black day” to protest President General Pervez Musharraf’s re-election plans and policies in the province, lawyers in... more