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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 9:21 PM PDT
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person licensed to practice law." Working as a lawyer involves the practical application of abstract legal theories and knowledge to solve specific individualized problems, or to advance the interests of those who retain (i.e., hire) lawyers to perform legal services.
SFO set to charge ex-UBS trader over Libor rigging
Jun 17 - Independent
Northern Gateway pipeline would reap benefits for all Canadians, company tells review panel
Jun 17 - Financial Post
Gearing up or down as securities industry consolidates
Jun 12 - Financial Post
Lawyer proposes easing regulations for tech start-up investments
Jun 10 - Financial Post
Bre-X class action settlement approved; investors get fraction of losses
May 30 - Financial Post
Lawyers fear new Canadian tax rule could scare away foreign companies
May 22 - Financial Post
Insider trading sanctions must send message to Bay Street: OSC lawyer
May 17 - Financial Post
Tsarnaev widow hires criminal lawyer
May 08 - Politico
Enron convict Skilling to get out of jail early
May 08 - CNN Money
Madoff lawyers collect $700 million in fees
May 06 - CNN Money
Second Aussie firm goes public. Canadian firms . . . not so much
May 03 - Financial Post
Ontario judge stays US$19-billion enforcement action against Chevron
May 01 - Financial Post
Florida lawyer vows to bring a second Civil War
Apr 26 - Financial Post
Lawyers defending Boston bombing suspect amid furloughs
Apr 24 - Politico
Feds ask to interview wife of suspected bomber
Apr 22 - Politico
Diana Furchtgott-Roth: Labor disclosure rule is unfair to business
Apr 17 - MarketWatch
Trader, Kareem Serageldin, pleads guilty to role in banking crash
Apr 13 - Independent
Ralph Nader, Democrats spar in Maine over 2004 ballot bid
Apr 10 - Politico
Monica Lewinsky lawyer William H. Ginsburg dead at 70
Apr 03 - Politico
Apr 02 - Politico
By Reuters
Two former hedge fund managers persuaded a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday to allow them to remain free on bail as they seek to have their insider-trading convictions thrown out. (1:49 pm)
MORE TOPICS: COURT, NEW YORK, MANAGEMENT, DELL, INSIDER TRADING
By IBTimes UK
Evening Standard runs second interview with columnist as Guardian, Sky News and Telegraph groups criticised for coverage. (8:26 am)
By Reuters UK
The European Union's top trade official will discuss a dispute with China over solar panels at a meeting in Beijing on Friday, with the EU looking to negotiate a settlement to the spat and avoid a costly and debilitating trade war. (4:14 am)
MORE TOPICS: CHINA, GERMANY, INVESTMENT, SETTLEMENT
By IBTimes UK
Footballers face three years in jail for paying Zahia Dehar for sex before she was 18. (4:01 am)
MORE TOPICS: GERMANY, COURT, SOUTH AFRICA, REAL MADRID, ALGERIA
By Reuters UK
Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas formally handed in his resignation on Monday after a bribery and spying scandal that centred on an aide, but it will take at least a week of horse-trading before a replacement is put forward. (Jun 17)
MORE TOPICS: EUROPEAN UNION
By Reuters UK
A lawyer representing Rhoen-Klinikum's <RHKG.DE> Chairman Eugen Muench said the looming legal battle with a dissenting shareholder over the hospital chain's deal strategy could drag on for well over 18 months, delaying a possible takeover. (Jun 17)
MORE TOPICS: COURT
By IBTimes AU
Nigella Lawson had been reportedly choked in a public assault by her billionaire husband Charles Saatchi. Twitter is streaming "shocking pictures" of the incident. The news made headlines at Sunday People tabloid, which ironically, is a "Happy Father's Day" edition. (Jun 16)
MORE TOPICS: TWITTER, ADVERTISING, LONDON
By IBTimes AU
The Kardashian women are happy and excited over the coming of the newest addition to the family, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's newborn baby girl. On Twitter they posted sweet messages to welcome the presence of Kimye's baby in their lives. (Jun 16)
MORE TOPICS: CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, KIM KARDASHIAN, TWITTER
By IBTimes AU
Many men want to have harder and longer-lasting erections so they can have and enjoy sex more, but a Newark trucker discovered too late hard on, especially ones that stay up very long, could be painful. (Jun 16)
MORE TOPICS: LAWSUIT
By Reuters UK
A current and a former top U.S. tax official have been physically threatened in recent weeks as the scandal over Internal Revenue Service targeting of Tea Party and other conservative groups has gathered steam, people familiar with their situation say. (Jun 15)
MORE TOPICS: BARACK OBAMA, LOS ANGELES
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