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Main law firms' dominance paying off handsomely
Legal World 05/10/2010BUSINESS OPINION: Ireland generates just 1% of European GDP, but is home to three of the 20 biggest law firms, writes JOHN McMANUS HERE IS a provocative question. Are Arthur Cox and the other big Dublin law firms some sort of homegrown version of Gol...
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French court refuses extradition of Iranian to US
Legal World 05/05/2010A French court on Wednesday turned down a U.S. request for the extradition of an Iranian engineer who is accused of violating an export embargo by purchasing U.S. technology for military firms involved in Iran's nuclear program.The United States says...
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UK court rules bars secret evidence in Gitmo suit
Legal World 05/04/2010A British court says the government will not be allowed to keep evidence secret from former Guantanamo prisoners who are suing the U.K. over its alleged complicity in their detention.The seven former inmates allege that Britain was complicit in their...
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S. Korea: Former gov’t officials for law firm jobs
Legal World 04/25/2010When the Gangwon provincial government was preparing a bid to host the Special Olympics Winter Games in 2013, the Special Olympics headquarters in Washington recommended it hire Seoul-based law firm Yulchon, known for expertise in the fields of cultu...
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ICC Prosecutor condemns Sudan noncooperation
Legal World 04/22/2010The International Criminal Court prosecutor wants judges to report Sudan to the U.N. Security Council for refusing to hand over a government minister and a militia leader accused of atrocities in Darfur.Luis Moreno Ocampo said in a written request to...
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Dutch court acquits nurse of killing patients
Legal World 04/15/2010A Dutch appeals court has acquitted a nurse who was once sentenced to life in prison for on charges of killing several patients, and prosecutors have apologized.Lucy de Berk, now 49, served six and a half years in prison before an extraordinary revie...
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Moscow judge who sentenced neo-Nazis shot to death
Legal World 04/12/2010A judge who sentenced to prison neo-Nazis responsible for dozens of hate killings was gunned down Monday amid a surge of violence against activists and officials opposed to Russian nationalists.Moscow City Court judge Eduard Chuvashov was shot contra...
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US judge seizes $105 million in Argentine funds
Legal World 04/08/2010Argentina quickly said it would file a court appeal after a U.S. federal judge ruled Wednesday that bondholders can seize $105 million in Argentine central bank deposits held in the United States.A bank spokesman told The Associated Press that Argent...
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Bangladesh sets up war crimes tribunal
Legal World 03/25/2010Bangladesh set up a war crimes tribunal Thursday for long-delayed trials of people accused of murder, torture, rape and arson during its 1971 independence war.Three High Court judges will sit in the tribunal, Law Minister Shafique Ahmed told reporter...
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German court gives ex-Nazi life for Dutch killings
Legal World 03/23/2010A court in Germany sentenced an 88-year-old former Nazi SS death squad member to life in prison Tuesday for the murder of three Dutch civilians in World War Two. A spokesman for the court in the western city of Aachen confirmed the verdict against He...
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South African youth leader convicted of hate speech
Legal World 03/15/2010A court convicted the governing party's youth leader of hate speech Monday after he said the woman who once accused South Africa's president of rape had had a "nice time" because she stayed the night and asked for taxi money.A gender justice group to...
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Oligarch wins suit against Russian broadcaster
Legal World 03/10/2010Self-exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky has won his libel case against a Kremlin-owned broadcaster that aired allegations he masterminded the murder of a former KGB agent in London.The 64-year-old tycoon's victory against All-Russian State Televi...