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Constitutional Scholars Say Advice of Counsel Is Probably Not a …The Washington Independent, DC - Jul 23, 2008“To then plead innocence based on legal advice would eviscerate the whole purpose of these laws.” The United States has even codified the international ban …

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Biota's bitter pillSydney Morning Herald, Australia - Jul 23, 2008New legal […]

Dubai: The British Embassy in Dubai has reiterated that it is unable to “get people out of prison”, if they are arrested in the UAE. Simon Goldsmith, Second Secretary, Political and Media Affairs, said: “We offer consular advice to British nationals Read More
Say you’re having a dispute with a landlord over […]

Transparency overrides EU institutional secrecyTimes Online, UK - 9 hours agoWhere a document concerning legal advice was concerned, the Council had to carry out an examination comprising three stages: First, it had to satisfy itself …

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Hunstanton: Decision due on pier issueLynn News, UK - 1 hour agoA report to members states: "The report is based on the […]

A teenager on trial for his role in a knife attack on another teen outside a Columbia mall should not face an attempted-murder charge because he was not the one who stabbed the victim, the defendant’s attorney argued yesterday. The only crime Read More
A vote in the U.S. Senate on legislation […]

You have probably seen headlines recently about detainees held by the US Government at Guantanamo Bay. The process by which people challenge their detention is usually called habeas corpus, and it exists in New Zealand as well as in many other Read More
During tax season there was a commercial in which […]

An established Chicago law firm with deep ties with LaSalle Bank will disappear, much like its banking client. Schwartz Cooper will wind up operations next month, after 53 of its approximately 60 attorneys move to the Chicago office of Dykema, the Read More
Severn Trent, the UK’s second largest water company, was […]

WOODSTOCK – Citizens representing themselves in court sometimes file paperwork that might as well have been written on the back of a napkin. It’s frustrating for them, and it can be frustrating for judges, Chief Judge Michael Sullivan said. But a Read More
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