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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.