Europe

Reed Smith expands ‘Innovation Hours’ program

Reed Smith is expanding its Innovation Hours program, which allows fee earners to bill up to 50 hours on select projects.

May 21, 2018 7:54 AM CDT

Former Volkswagen CEO is indicted in emissions scandal

Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has been charged with conspiracy and wire fraud in connection with the company’s use of software to cheat on diesel emissions tests, the U.S. Justice Department announced on Thursday. Winterkorn, 70, and five other Volkswagen executives were charged in a fifth superseding indictment unsealed on…

May 3, 2018 4:36 PM CDT

‘Right to be forgotten’ can apply to criminals: UK high court rules against Google

The “right to be forgotten” notched a win in the High Court of England and Wales, requiring Google to delist references to a businessman’s criminal history.

Apr 16, 2018 8:00 AM CDT

UK law firms disclose gender pay gap numbers, but don’t reveal US data

Dozens of law firms in the United Kingdom are disclosing information on the pay gap between male and female employees as a result of regulations that apply to businesses with more than 250 employees. Some U.K. law firms have gone beyond the law’s requirements to report on the pay gap…

Apr 6, 2018 12:55 PM CDT

Nearly 1 million UK law firm passwords are available on the dark web, report says

Websites that collect stolen and leaked credentials had about 1.16 million email addresses from the 500 top law firms in the United Kingdom, according to cybersecurity firm report.

Jan 25, 2018 7:00 AM CST

Italian judge accused of bullying law students for sex

After accusations that he pressured female students for sex, made merit scholarship recipients sign secrecy and loyalty oaths and implemented a dress code that mandated miniskirts for women, an Italian judge and law school leader has been barred from teaching and faces removal from the bench. Francesco Bellomo, who the…

Jan 9, 2018 12:19 PM CST

Attorney’s bullfighting dreams come true during his golden years

Bullfighting is a hobby for James B. Pritikin, a divorce litigator who is a partner at Beermann Pritikin Mirabelli Swerdlove in Chicago.

Jan 1, 2018 3:40 AM CST

Offshore law firm sues 2 UK-based news outlets for reporting on ‘Paradise Papers’

Offshore law firm Appleby has sued the BBC and the Guardian for their reports on documents taken in a data breach. Appleby wants a permanent injunction to prevent further use of the information, disclosure of the documents taken, and return of all document copies, report the BBC and the Guardian.…

Dec 19, 2017 2:09 PM CST

ABA sends lawyer delegation to Poland and urges veto of bills threatening judicial independence

The ABA is urging President Andrzej Duda of Poland to veto legislation that would undermine judicial independence, according to a statement by ABA President Hilarie Bass. The ABA has sent a delegation of lawyers to the Eastern European country to monitor the situation and to support efforts to preserve an…

Dec 18, 2017 4:12 PM CST

Legislators take aim at zero tolerance school policies

More than 25 states have amended their laws on zero tolerance in schools during the last five years.

Dec 1, 2017 1:30 AM CST

War crimes defendant dies after drinking vial of what he called poison in international court

A convicted war criminal died at a hospital Wednesday after drinking from a vial he claimed to contain poison at a United Nations tribunal in The Hague. Slobodan Praljak, a former Bosnian Croat general, drank the liquid after the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia upheld his 20-year sentence,…

Nov 29, 2017 11:24 AM CST

Oxford grad’s suit claims bad teaching cost him the chance to attend an Ivy League law school

A graduate of Oxford University claims his lower-than-expected grades there 17 years ago made it impossible to attend an Ivy League law school in the United States or to perform well in legal jobs in the United Kingdom. Faiz Siddiqui claims his grades were affected by inadequate teaching in one…

Nov 28, 2017 7:00 AM CST

Serbian court gives suspended sentences to rioters who damaged US Embassy

In a move likely to strain relations with the United States, a Serbian court today gave suspended prison sentences to four men involved in the rioting in 2008 that resulted in serious damage to the U.S. embassy in Belgrade, the Associated Press reports. Rioting nationalists and soccer hooligans stormed the…

Nov 14, 2017 5:26 PM CST

I Did It Norway: Some American prisons are singing a European tune

In August, when the solar eclipse passed over South Boise Women’s Correctional Center in Idaho, the officers held lunch early, handed out protective sunglasses, and invited the women outside to watch the sky. At the Cheshire Correctional Institution in Connecticut, a few prisoners and officers recently played cards together; the…

Nov 2, 2017 5:52 PM CDT

Estonia considering new legal status for artificial intelligence

Estonia is considering a legal status for artificial intelligence beyond property. The Baltic nation’s Economy Ministry, according to a report from Bloomberg, is considering a “robot-agent” status that would give certain AI a legal standing between personhood and property. Siim Sikkut, the chief innovation officer of Estonia, said he also…

Oct 20, 2017 1:10 PM CDT