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| Year’s End a Crucial Time for Law Firms Paying Down Credit Lines | Some troubled law firms could have trouble paying down credit lines by the end of the year as required by their banking agreements. Credit agreements usually require law firms to keep a zero balance for 30 consecutive days, experts told the AmLaw Daily. They acknowledged that some law firms may have trouble complying before year’s end. Jeffrey Grossman, a managing director in Wachovia's legal specialty group, acknowledged some concern. He told the AmLaw Daily that law firms borrowing from the bank are 30 percent from the levels they usually pay down. "It's pervasive," Grossman told the publication. "It's across the… |
| Law Grad Accused of Faking E-Mail to Implicate Prof in Harassment | A graduate of Florida Coastal law school is facing a criminal charge and a slander suit based on accusations that she created a fake e-mail implicating a professor in sexual harassment. Laurie Green was arrested on Wednesday, reports News4Jax.com. Police claim she gave law school administrators a phony e-mail in March that appeared to be sent by her professor after she rebuffed his sexual advances. The professor, Mike Jorgensen, claims in a slander suit filed the same day that he was forced to resign because of the phony message, the story says. According to police, the e-mail read: "Laurie, I… |
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| | Attorney General Michael Mukasey Collapses During Speech | |
| In Surprise Move for Troubled Times, DLA Piper Asks Partners to Contribute Capital | DLA Piper raised some eyebrows when it said Wednesday it would ask 275 income partners to contribute capital -- up to $150,000 each -- to shore up its balance sheet. But those who watch the industry said the move should not be a great surprise, nor raise alarm bells. It could simply be smart, given the turbulent economic times, shrinking credit, and the looming start of the first quarter, when cash flow tends to slow. |
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| | UN torture investigator calls on Europe to accept Guantanamo asylum applicants | [JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Manfred Nowak [official website; JURIST news archive] said Thursday that European countries should grant asylum to Guantanamo detainees [AP report] who are eligible for release, but who risk |
| ICTR recognizes Rwanda judicial improvements but denies case transfer | [JURIST] Prosecutors for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website] met [press release] Thursday with Rwandan prosecutor general Martin Ngoga [New Times profile] to discuss the possible future transfer of cases from the ICTR to Rwandan courts. In a decision [text, |
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| | Parents' despair is left at Nebraska's doorstep - Los Angeles Times | |
| US contractors to lose immunity from Iraqi law - International Herald Tribune | |
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| | U.S. contractors to lose immunity from Iraqi law (Reuters via Yahoo! News) | Private contractors working for the U.S. government in Iraq will lose their immunity from Iraqi law under a new pact with Baghdad, senior American officials said on Thursday. |
| General Growth confirms it has hired law firm (AP via Yahoo! Finance) | Troubled mall owner General Growth Properties Inc. confirmed it has hired a law firm to advise the company as it struggles to refinance debt. |
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| | Chemistry.com Responds to eHarmony Legal Settlement - MarketWatch | |
| DataCert Expands Commitment to Global Legal Operations Market - MarketWatch | |
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| | Will Legal Battle Delay Project Runway? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) | The premiere of the sixth season of Project Runway may be delayed thanks to the ongoing legal battle between Lifetime, Bravo, NBC Universal and the Weinstein Co. |
| Oshkosh man with blood-alcohol level five times the legal limit hospitalized (The Appleton Post-Crescent) | OSHKOSH Authorities arrested a 23-year-old Oshkosh man and sent a 24-year-old Oshkosh man to the hospital after he registered a blood alcohol concentration more than five times the legal limit in two unrelated incidents at the same Oshkosh bar early this morning. |
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