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By Law.com International Staff | July 2, 2020
The new law marks the most significant shakeup to Hong Kong's Constitution since the city's return to Chinese rule in 1997. Global law firms say they are scrambling to deal with clients' inquiries about how the new law will affect their bottom lines.
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By Simon Lock | June 24, 2020
Figures including Ashurst's founder and a Freshfields partner played roles in the abolition of slavery on both sides of the Atlantic.
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By Jonathan Burke | June 15, 2020
The Dechert London trainee discusses his thoughts on the nature of racism in the UK and how the legal industry still has much to do.
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By Daniel Danso | June 12, 2020
Daniel Danso encourages his colleagues to recognise and acknowledge racism when they see it.
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By Hannah Roberts | June 3, 2020
Morrison & Foerster, Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance are among firms to up donations to anti-racism groups, while other firm leaders have issues statements of support to the movement.
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By Bryan Parker | June 2, 2020
As a black CEO and former Big Law M&A lawyer, Bryan Parker offers practical tips on what law firms and the legal industry need to do to facilitate meaningful change.
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By Phillip Bantz | June 1, 2020
"We didn't think of this necessarily as a political issue," said Minority Corporate Counsel Association chair Stuart Alderoty, general counsel of fintech firm Ripple Labs Inc.
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By Law.com International Staff | May 25, 2020
Legal organizations and foreign business interests have raised concerns about Beijing's proposed legislation, and massive pro-democracy demonstrations are once again filling Hong Kong's streets.
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By Lord Sumption | May 21, 2020
"Somebody has to speak up for rationality, objectivity, and a sense of proportion" regarding the COVID-19 lockdown, the former Supreme Court judge says.
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By Law.com International Staff | May 5, 2020
With the number of COVID-19 cases falling to zero in Hong Kong, pro-democracy protestors are planning to resume large-scale demonstrations, including one to mark the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests June 4.
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By Angela D. Giampolo | January 2, 2024
The Russian Supreme Court's ruling recognizes as "extremist" an undefined "international public LGBT movement." This phrase appears to target not an established group or initiative, but any activism in defense of the human rights of LGBTQ+ people or even any public association with the LGBTQ+ community.
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By Alexander Klein | January 2, 2024
This article proposes a solution to prosecutorial immunity for the civil rights plaintiffs' bar. It is a path that allows victims of prosecutorial misconduct to recover damages for malicious prosecutions while, at the same time, paying heed to the legitimate interest in allowing prosecutors to focus on their difficult jobs without being stymied by the fear of lawsuits.
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By The Associated Press | December 26, 2023
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kimberly M. Esmond Adams ruled Friday that Appen Media Group, which publishes community newspapers in Georgia, did not prove Sandy Springs violated the state's Open Records Act.
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By Law Journal Editorial Board | December 24, 2023
We understand that the attorney general may have referred the comptroller's recommendations to an internal commission, but we question whether that action deals with the matter with sufficient urgency.
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By Dan Packel | December 22, 2023
A profession struggling for more equitable representation confronts a legal activist who wants law firms to be colorblind.
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By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press | December 21, 2023
"The state of Georgia is playing games," plaintiff lawyer Abha Khanna said of the new maps. "We're going to make you chase us all over the state from district to district to achieve an equal opportunity for Black voters. It's a constant game of whack-a-mole."
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By Marianna Wharry | December 20, 2023
"Just as racial bias odiously infects a jury's deliberations, it can have a deleterious impact on the decision-making of a defendant weighing the merits of a plea offer," Judge Rebecca Pennell wrote. "The abrupt injection of racial bias into one's decision-making process can engender feelings of inferiority, distrust, helplessness, and self-doubt."
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By ALM Staff | December 20, 2023
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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By ALM Staff | December 19, 2023
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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By Marianna Wharry | December 15, 2023
A lawsuit claims that a student's father staying in the school's dorm used abusive tactics and threats to create a "cult" with Sarah Lawrence students.
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