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Anderson Addresses Latest Long Tail Challenge 2008-11-22
Digital Music News - 5 Hours ago
Chris Anderson has helped to define early, digital media thinking, thanks to his groundbreaking, Long Tail theory. In its essence, the theory (first published in October, 2004) argues that the internet
Anderson Addresses Latest Long Tail Challenge Digital Music News
Anderson downgrades Long Tail to Chocolate Teapot status The Register
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Peres slams UK law jeopardizing IDF officers
Jerusalem Post - 6 Hours ago
President Shimon Peres met with British Foreign Minister David Miliband on Thursday evening and expressed Israel's displeasure over the Universal Jurisdiction law, which has been exploited by pro-Palestinian
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Harrogate schools admissions: legal challenge
Ripon Today - 7 Hours ago
The county council was told to change the admissions policy ' which gives priority to rural children's first choice of school ' but they say there's no better alternative which will please everyone, and
Harrogate schools admissions: legal challenge THE controversial school admissions Harrogate Advertiser
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Law firms help asylum-seekers submit fake claims
Telegraph - 12 Hours ago
New calculations show that the asylum industry criticised last week by the new immigration minister, Phil Woolas costs the taxpayer at least 105 million a year yet is plagued by unscrupulous legal advisers.
Get facts right on asylum seekers Yorkshire Evening Post
Espoo surprised at planned asylum-seekers' reception centre in Otaniemi Helsingin Sanomat
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UK May Still Adopt '3 Strikes' Anti-Piracy Law
Broadband Reports - 14 Hours ago
The entertainment industry has been working very hard on a global scale to force ISPs to adopt three strikes policies. In some instances, ISPs do this voluntarily (like Cox), while in other instances,
Anti-piracy efforts hobbled by laws, huge area, rescue risk Arizona Daily Star
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Isle of Man's Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander investors hire lawyers
The Times - 11/21/2008
A group of depositors who lost savings in offshore accounts with Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander, the failed Icelandic-owned bank, have hired one of Londons top class action law firms to help recover their
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Public/Private Partnerships for Sustainability, University of Oregon in Portland
Sustainable Industries - 11 Hours ago
University of Oregon in Portland Sustainability Leadership Program A one-day workshop addressing the challenges, patterns, and solution strategies in forming public-private partnerships for improving
Private, public universities unsure about fiscal future after recession Daily Tar Heel
Russian Federation: Public Private Partnerships In Russia: An Overview - Freshfields Mondaq
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New Accounting Rules Put M&A Fees Under Spotlight
Yahoo! Canada - 11 Hours ago
London law firms look set to face greater scrutiny on bills thanks to new accounting rules that mean M&A fees will directly hit clients' bottom line. The new regulations, to be rolled out starting next
New accounting rules lay bare M&A fees National Post
Accounting rules 'will put legal fees in focus'... CIMA Insight
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Clifford Chance advises CDB on Central Asia-China gas pipeline financing
TradingMarkets - 23 Hours ago
(Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) -- CHXDF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised China Development Bank as the mandated lead arranger of
Clifford Chance advises DP World on the concession rights for the ports of Algiers Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance advises China Development Bank on financing for new sections of Clifford Chance
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Freshfields appoints new co-head to its Middle East and North Africa corporate practice
AME Info - 11/22/2008
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer today announced that London based corporate partner David Higgins is to move to Dubai to co-head the firm's Middle East and North Africa (MENA) corporate
Freshfields Appoints New Co-head to MENA MENAFN
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Withers lands role on Ecclestone divorce
Legal Week - 11/22/2008
Withers and West End firm Clintons are set to square up against each other on the divorce of Bernie and Slavica Ecclestone - a case which has been cited as the largest of its kind to hit the :UK courts.
Clintons, Withers, line up for 2.4bn Ecclestone divorce The Lawyer
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Pay up, High Court tells asbestos case insurers
Mail Online UK - 11/22/2008
The families of workers who developed lung disease after being exposed to asbestos have been given a new chance to win compensation. A High Court judge has ruled that insurers should pay out to those
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Homeowners get 3m for legal help
IC Ayrshire - 11/22/2008
Homeowners facing the threat of repossession are to get extra legal help, it has been announced. Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the Government will spend an extra £3 million over the next
Homeowners get £3m for legal help Ayrshire Post
Homeowners get £3m for legal help Ayrshire Post
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Eversheds "bloodbath" rumour
Roll On Friday - 11/22/2008
Rumours are intensifying that Eversheds is planning a further redundancy bloodbath. The firm confirmed that it was undergoing a consultation period, but said that 'respecting the confidentiality of all
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Law student beats up case note thief
Roll On Friday - 11/22/2008
A thief found himself beaten to a pulp when he tried to steal a law student's lecture notes - the student had been willing to hand over his wallet and phone but the thought of losing his notes was too
Criminal Law Students At RRC Noted Rockbridge Weekly
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Britain's bribery laws to be overhauled
Washington Post - 11/20/2008
LONDON -- Employers who turn a blind eye to corruption face up to 10 years in jail as part of a radical overhaul of Britain's bribery laws proposed by the British Law Commission on Thursday. The commission,
Bribery laws to be overhauled Out-Law.com
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Bribery law reform focuses on overseas work
The Times - 11/20/2008
A radical overhaul of bribery laws proposed today by the Law Commission could make British companies liable to prosecution for any corruption in their activities overseas. It would also usher in a new
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Bingham Brings On Three Clifford Chance Partners in Washington
LegalTimes.com - 11/20/2008
Bingham McCutchen has added three new partners to its antitrust and trade regulation practice from the D.C. office of Clifford Chance, including that firm's D.C. managing partner, Leiv Blad. Joining Blad
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United Kingdom: Limitation In Professional Negligence - Not The "Real World"? -
Mondaq - 11/21/2008
Limitation In - Not The 'Real World'? - CMS Cameron McKenna LLP - 21/11/2008, You Are Here: United Kingdom: Limitation In - Not The 'Real World'? Related Information Related Headlines Related Functions
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Solicitors tell tribunal 'we did nothing wrong'
The Times - 11/19/2008
A law firm that earned 141 million from a government industrial disease compensation scheme denied yesterday that it had exploited sick miners and their families. Legal counsel for Jim Beresford, 58,
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British passengers take legal action over cruise ship sickness bug
Telegraph - 11/19/2008
They allege that Princess Cruises was unprepared for the norovirus outbreak and failed to prevent the spread of the illness. The Diamond Princess was quarantined in Shanghai earlier this month and around
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55 Day Pitney Lawyers Selected as 2008 New England Super Lawyers(R) or Rising Stars
Forbes.com - 11/19/2008
HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Day Pitney LLP, a leading full-service law firm with offices in Boston, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Washington, DC, announced today that Law & Politics
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Judge's mother denies calling her a 'dirty little whore'
Telegraph - 11/19/2008
Carmen Briscoe-Mitchell, 74, mother of Constance Briscoe, told a jury at the High Court in London that even a 'completely mad person' would not have behaved in such a way. The elderly mother of 11 is
Judge denies libelling mother Telegraph
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OFT merger chief to join Allen & Overy
The Times - 11/19/2008
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has lost its second senior executive to a law firm this month with Simon Pritchard, the regulators senior director for mergers, set to join Allen & Overy. The departure
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Solicitor accused over 'bogus' feudal titles
The Times - 11/19/2008
A solicitor was accused yesterday of being at the centre of a dishonest trade in bogus feudal titles sold to Americans and other foreigners. Roger Pitts-Tucker did the paperwork for Antony Bouda, who
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