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• 09/07/2010

  Gambling and the Law: Trial in Gibraltar or jail in Ohio

  "If we read Ohio law as controlling the contract in question, the parties probably are guilty of a crime under Ohio law, the contract is void, and both parties could be extradited and prosecuted together in an Ohio criminal court."

• 09/05/2010

  Criminal law expert to speak at Skyline class

  Sarah Cooper, a visiting fellow at the Arizona Justice Project, will talk to students Thursday in Deb Siroky's criminology class at Skyline High School. Her topic will be the conviction, imprisonment

• 09/06/2010

  Barristers offer ‘lifeline’ to criminal solicitors

  Barristers’ chambers could provide a ‘lifeline’ to small criminal law firms, Bar Council chairman Nick Green QC has told the Gazette . But Green criticised some solicitors who he claimed have threatened to ‘blacklist’ any chambers that bid against them for legal aid contracts. Green said that when the Legal Services Commission next tenders for criminal contracts, likely to be next year, he ...

• 09/07/2010

  Public Invited to Enroll in ‘People’s Law School’

  The Philadelphia Bar Association is getting ready for this year’s edition of “The People’s Law School” and you’re invited to enroll. KYW’s John Ostapkovich reports that this six-week program of Tuesday evening classes at the Criminal Justice Center begins September 21st and Abby DuFrayne, chair of the bar’s Young Lawyers Committee, says students will get a tour [...]

• 09/06/2010

  Riverside County revises its search for a criminal defense contract

  Riverside County supervisors revamped the search last week for a law firm to handle criminal defense for those who cannot afford lawyers. Soliciting new bids is intended to preclude the favoritism accusations that arose in March when proposals from two firms came within $100 of each other on a $6.9 million contract.

• 09/07/2010

  A hot ticket

  STELLA'S SPOTLIGHTJUST IN: VETERAN actor Courtney B. Vance, whose film/TV credits include "FlashForward," "Law and Order: Criminal Intent," " ER ," "The Preacher's Wife," " Love and Action in Chicago," "The Hunt for Red October" and many more, is hosting the Chicago Urban League's 49th annual "Golden Fellowship" dinner at the Hilton Chicago Nov. 6 with jazz artist Al Jarreau headlining. This ...

• 09/04/2010

  'Criminal Intent' fans get 6-hour gift

  TONIGHT'S MIGHT-SEE: 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent,' 8-11 p.m., NBC.

• 09/07/2010

  Companies bill to become law by fiscal-end: MCA Secretary

  The government excuded confidence that the new Company Law, which promises greater shareholder democracy and stricter corporate governance norms, will be enacted by the end of this fiscal.

• 09/07/2010

  Companies Bill to become law by fiscal-end

  The government today excuded confidence that the new Company Law will be enacted by the end of this fiscal

• 09/07/2010

  TAMIU has security conference

  Criminal justice and law enforcement experts will share their knowledge about border security, terrorism and trafficking and other topics at the upcoming “Border and Homeland Security Conference” sponsored by the Texas A&M International University Border Studies Institute.