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US lawmakers urge media shield law

[JURIST] A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the US House of Representative advocated Wednesday for a law that would shield the press from giving information to a federal entity unless certain conditions are met. The push for legislation [Politico report] comes in response to an incident in which the US Department of Justice (DOJ) obtained journalists’ records. In a press conference, Representative Ted Poe (R-TX) called the DOJ’s search [The Hill report] for the source of leaked information in April…

Can’t Live Without Your iPad? Neither Can We! On The Fly eDiscovery from Global EDD Group

According to the 2012 ABA Legal Technology Survey, nearly 30 percent of all litigators now use a tablet device in the courtroom and, according to a Business Insider survey, the Apple® iPad® has become the primary computer for many professionals. The flexibility, portability, and accessibility of the iPad delivers is a great tool for litigators, but it’s really not [...]

Guidance Software ‘Open for Business’ After 15 Years

Guidance Software was “open for business” at the Computer and Enterprise Investigations Conference, but the word “open” made for strange company to a developer and distributor of computer forensics, security, and e-discovery software that has been in …

International

DLA Piper Lawyers Teach Negotiation Skills in Tanzania

A DLA Piper pro bono team from around the world traveled to Tanzania last month to teach negotiation skills to a group of Tanzanian lawyers, most of whom work at government agencies. The firm’s pro bono work in Tanzania is part of DLA Piper’s New Perim…

DLA Piper Lawyers Teach Negotiation Skills in Tanzania

Eversheds Hires Beijing Managing Partner

London-based Eversheds has hired a managing partner and a special counsel for its new Beijing office. A specialist in energy-related transactions, Ingrid Zhu-Clark joins as Beijing office head from Morgan Lewis; she headed Dewey & LeBoeuf’s Beijing office for over a decade. Special counsel Jay Ze joins from Spanish law firm Uria Menendez.

King & Wood Mallesons Australia Managing Partner Resigns

King & Wood Mallesons Australia managing partner Tony O’Malley has resigned and will retire as the firm’s partner in December. A spokesperson for the firm would only say that O’Malley’s sudden resignation was the result of a “mutual agreement” and that the firm had formed a subcommittee to appoint a replacement.

Miami Beach ‘Bar Girl’ Scammer Gets 12 Years in Prison

A nightclub operator has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for a scam that used Russian and Eastern European “B-Girls” to lure wealthy tourists into secret bars where they were fleeced with bogus bills for alcohol and caviar.

Lebanese Banks Turn to Lobbying Powerhouses for Reputation Repair

When Lebanon’s bankers turned to DLA Piper and Patton Boggs for help last year, they hoped the firms could burnish the image of a $127 billion industry tainted by allegations of money laundering for terrorists and drug dealers. Instead, two Lebanese fi…