| Stanford rushed to hospital with rapid heart beat Allen Stanford, the accused swindler, was rushed to hospital from his prison cell in Texas at 5.50am, Dick DeGuerin, his lawyer, confirmed today. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
'Terrorist financier' suspect named in Supreme Court's first ruling A terrorist suspect accused of being a key al-Qaeda financier was named yesterday as Mohammed al-Ghabra by the Supreme Court in London. In its first ruling, the new court agreed that the media should be able to identify one of four men appealing against orders freezing their assets. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
Braced for the big bang and Tesco law How is the legal services market to be reformed? The first detailed insight into what the “big bang” will mean in practice came this week with a major report from the Legal Services Board. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
Buoyed by skittish economy, fledgling boutique law firms thrive Then Date: March 13, 2009 Headline: ‘Fee-sensitive clients prompting lawyers to form boutique firms’ bizjournals.com |
Thorp Reed names Robert Ridge head of litigation Thorp Reed & Armstrong LLP, Pittsburgh’s seventh-largest law firm, has appointed Robert Ridge as the new head of its litigation department and Joe Donley as the new managing partner of its Philadelphia office. bizjournals.com |