Cyberattacks: Computer Warfare Looms as Next Big Conflict in International Law

May 1, 2012 10:10 AM CDT

The Forgotten Demographic: ABA Wants an International Convention on Elder Rights

May 1, 2012 6:20 AM CDT

2 McCarthy Tetrault Lawyers Testify About Files for a Current Client, the Ex-CEO of Nortel Networks

Updated: In what may be the first such testimony ever in a Canadian white-collar crime trial, two Bay Street lawyers for a former CEO of a major corporation are being called upon to offer potentially incriminating evidence against the client they are representing in ongoing legal proceedings. Attorneys Tom Heintzman…

Apr 18, 2012 6:47 PM CDT

In UK First, TV Camera Will Be Allowed to Film Sentencing in Criminal Case

In what is being billed as the first time a television camera has ever been permitted to film a criminal sentencing in the United Kingdom, broadcaster STV will be allowed to do so in the case of a Scottish murderer expected to be jailed for life for killing his 38-year-old…

Apr 10, 2012 8:20 PM CDT

Will She or Won’t She? Stabbing Victim Awaits Jailed Defendant’s Answer to In-Court Wedding Proposal

Gregory Todd wore his best suit and brought a diamond engagement ring to a recent sentencing hearing. But the 48-year-old is still waiting, after proposing marriage to the woman he loves, to find out whether Tiffany Baillie, 32, has accepted, the Telegraph reports. That’s because she is being held in…

Apr 6, 2012 4:55 PM CDT

Uneasy Targets: How Justifying the Killing of Terrorists Has Become a Major Policy Debate

Apr 1, 2012 10:49 AM CDT

Appeals Court Rebukes Judge for Dismissing a Dozen Cases Because Prosecutor Was Late

A Canadian appellate court has rebuked a Toronto judge for dismissing the cases of a dozen people facing either conviction or sentencing because a prosecutor was a few minutes late returning after a break, reports the Star. “It is clear that the trial judge had no power to make the…

Mar 20, 2012 8:48 PM CDT

Seattle Lawyer John Henry Browne Says He Plans to Defend US Staff Sgt. Accused in 16 Afghan Slayings

A well-known Seattle criminal defense lawyer, John Henry Browne, says he has been retained by a U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan, the News-Tribune reports. The unidentified 38-year-old staff sergeant is “from here, and he knows who I am,” said Browne. His new client, not yet criminally…

Mar 15, 2012 8:35 PM CDT

Washed Away: As Sea Levels Rise, Island Nations Look to the Law to Fend off Extinction

The Marshall Islands—two roughly parallel chains of low-lying coral atolls that stretch across 800 miles just north of the equator—have an intensely close relationship with the Pacific Ocean that surrounds them. The full implications of that relationship were apparent in a student’s question for John M. Silk, who was serving…

Mar 1, 2012 11:19 AM CST

First Verdict from International Criminal Court Expected in March

The International Criminal Court is expected to deliver its first verdict next month, 10 years after its creation, the Associated Press reports. The defendant, Thomas Lubanga, is a Congolese militia leader charged with recruiting child soldiers. Lubanga, who is accused of leading the Union of Congolese Patriots and its armed…

Feb 29, 2012 8:00 PM CST

4th Inquest Starts re 1980 Baby Death in Australia; Meryl Streep Movie Told Story of Unsolved Case

It now appears that Lindy Chamberlain was speaking the truth when she told authorities in 1980 that her 9-week-old baby had been taken, and presumably killed, by a wild Australian dog as her family was on a camping trip in the country’s outback. But at the time she was suspected…

Feb 24, 2012 9:20 PM CST

After a Month in Prison, Ex-BigLaw Partner Who Lied to Police Wins Release, Due to Wife’s Illness

A former partner of Allen & Overy and Macfarlanes had to serve a month in prison after being convicted of perverting the course of justice for lying to police to avoid a possible drunken-driving case for running his Range Rover off the road. However, Francis Bridgeman has now had his…

Feb 23, 2012 10:44 PM CST

UK’s High Court for the First Time OKs Service Via Facebook

In a United Kingdom first, the High Court there has agreed to allow a hard-to-locate individual to be served via Facebook in a civil case. Fabio de Biase has been granted 14 days to respond—much more than the norm—to be sure he has enough time to check his Facebook account,…

Feb 21, 2012 7:29 PM CST

Appellate Judge and Relative, 8, Are Latest Victims in Afghanistan Assassination Campaign

An appellate judge in Afghanistan and his 8-year-old daughter or niece were shot and killed Saturday or Sunday. According to a government spokesman, the attack occurred when their vehicle was ambushed on the way home from a family visit. However, other accounts said the slayings of Mohammad Nasir, a leader…

Feb 13, 2012 8:42 PM CST

Ousted BigLaw Partner Gets 5 Years for Helping Client Trick Swiss Bank Into Making $28M Loan

A British lawyer ousted in 2008 from his equity partnership at Mishcon de Reya was sentenced today to 5½ years in prison for helping a client trick a private Swiss bank into making a loan of some $28 million. Solicitor Kevin Steele, 51, helped his client, Michael Shephard, present fake…

Jan 28, 2012 12:02 AM CST