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Weekly Brief: Rakoff Orders Gupta To Pay Goldman Sachs' Legal Fees [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 2/28/2013

Feb. 28 (Bloomberg Law) -- Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia runs through the legal news for the week. Manhattan Federal Judge Jed Rakoff ordered former Goldman Sachs' director Rajat Gupta to reimburse the investment bank for fees...more

Tsvangirai utterances: is there method in the madness?

by Lloyd Msipa on 9/19/2010

Tsvangirai utterances: is there method in the madness? In Act 2, Scene 2 of one of William Shakespeare’s well known plays, Hamlet, set in the Kingdom of Denmark. Polonius, a character in the play and the King’s chief...more

The Death Penalty, National Security and the Zimbabwe Constitution-Lloyd Msipa

by Lloyd Msipa on 8/17/2010

The Death Penalty, National Security and the Zimbabwe Constitution The Zimbabwe government through the inclusive government is currently carrying out rigorous outreach programs in Zimbabwe and abroad over the contents of...more

Toronto Police Accuses SIU of Playing Politics

by Ryan Venables on 10/30/2009

With last year's scathing Ontario Ombudsman report calling Ontario's police watch dog a "toothless tiger," the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has now charged almost four times as many officers as last year. The Toronto...more

The Power and Effect of Scaring White, Suburban Voters: How Our Politicians, Criminal Justice System, and Supreme Court Use...

by Katherine Godin on 10/9/2008

Fear can be a powerful tool: our politicians warn us that drugs and violence are seeping into our safe communities, and that, if elected, they can help put a stop to it. Once elected, these mostly white men support Criminal...more

Siskind's Immigration Bulletin – February 12, 2008

by Gregory Siskind on 2/12/2008

IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Openers 2. ABCs of Immigration: J-1 Visas 3. Ask Visalaw.com 4. Border and Enforcement News 5. News From The Courts 6. News Bytes 7. International Roundup 8. Legislative Update 9. Notes from the...more