Good piece over on The Times today by Edward Fennell on how the legal profession is coping with the recession. The City seems to be faring well enough, but many law firms outside London are struggling.
News of the arrests of workers at the Swiss bank UBS and JPMorgan Cazenove, one of the oldest names in the City of London, for alleged insider dealing on Tuesday may have sent a chill through the UK capital’s trading rooms, but lawyers are not convinced that the FSA’s sudden flexing of muscle will make [...]
Blade is intrigued to stumble across Chicago lawyer Steven D. Imparl’s blog on boxing.
Imparl appears to have embraced the sweet science with some gusto, but he is far from alone, in the UK, at least. The Real Fight Club counts a number of lawyers among its members, as this piece from Property Week explains, but [...]
There’s a remarkable story over at Journalism.co.uk. Click this link to learn more about a New York policeman’s seemingly unprovoked attack on a cyclist. While you’re marveling at the errant officer’s behaviour, ask yourself this: was this footage released on YouTube before it made it to conventional news media outlets?
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With the news that St James’s Place, the wealth manager part-owned by HBOS, announced a 5.4pc fall in operating profits for the six months to June, could it be that the wealth management industry is, if not exactly running on empty, starting to feel the pinch in these troubled economic times? Click here to read [...]
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It is the function of a judge not to make but to declare the law, according to the golden mete-wand of the law and not by the crooked cord of discretion.
Edmund Burke, from the Preface to Brissot’s Address.