http://www.news-spider.com/Business/Law_and_Taxation/index.html Latest Law and Taxation News from news-spider.com. News from more than 2,000 sources, updated continuously. en-us Copyright (c) 2008 news-spider.com. All rights reserved. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:22:15 GMT http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216925997 A career expert has some advice for law firms running summer associate programs: Spend less money on late-night parties and more on training and mentoring programs. Writing for the National Law Journa ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216925997 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:21:33 GMT http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216925998 So-called spam king Robert Soloway was sentenced this week to 47 months in prison by a federal judge in Seattle, for sending out a slew of fraudulent e-mail messages over the Internet. His case, under ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216925998 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:21:33 GMT http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216919110 A fed-up judge in New Zealand thought the name “Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii” was an embarrassing name for a 9-year-old girl involved in a custody battle, so he decided to change it. Judge Rob Mur ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216919110 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:21:28 GMT http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216919004 New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said that he has sued UBS for allegedly misrepresenting to clients the risks of auction-rate securities before the $330 billion market seized up earlier this yea ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216919004 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:16:00 GMT http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216911871 Prominent Los Angeles trial lawyer Pierce O'Donnell is about to be indicted on charges he violated federal campaign finance laws, the Los Angeles Times reports. At issue is whether O’Donnell broke the ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216911871 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:21:43 GMT http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216911872 A federal judge in Philadelphia has refused to sanction a lawyer for making angry phone calls to his opponent in a fee dispute. U.S. District Judge Jan DuBois said in two opinions last week that lawye ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216911872 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:21:43 GMT http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216911873 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is not expected to be named in a civil lawsuit filed by a committee for Brocade Communications Systems Inc. that seeks damages against those responsible for improper b ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216911873 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:21:43 GMT http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216915373 Qualcomm and Nokia agreed to end their legal battles over patent licensing, a deal that could bring big benefits to both companies and affect other players in the cellphone industry. Qualcomm shares s ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216915373 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:10:00 GMT http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216907800 German independent Schilling Zutt & Anschuetz has made its first lateral hire, recruiting corporate and M&A partner Stephan Brandes from McDermott Will & Emery. Brandes left the Mannheim arm of Shearm ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216907800 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:21:31 GMT http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216907815 Bank of America e-mails are being cited as proof in a lawsuit by Los Angeles that claims the city's brokers took kickbacks in a massive scheme to rig the bidding for municipal bonds. The suit filed in ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216907815 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:21:31 GMT