New York State Bar Association providing free legal services to June flood victims
New York State Bar Association members are providing free legal services to victims of the June floods that hit the Mohawk Valley and southern tier of New York counties. More »
Dot Hills Systems names CFO, COO resigns
Dot Hills Systems Corp. named Hanif I. Jamal senior vice president, chief financial officer and corporate secretary effective July 31, and chief operating officer Patrick Collins will resign effective July 17, the company said Monday. More »
Nonprofit nets $16,000 with luncheon
A local law firm has helped raise more than $16,000 for the Women's Advocacy Project, an Austin-based nonprofit that provides free legal services statewide to victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault. More »
Walsh to retire as WFU law school dean
Robert Walsh, the dean of the Wake Forest University School of Law, will step down from that post after 18 years next summer, though he will remain a full-time professor at the school. More »
UTMB names head for Austin programs
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston School of Medicine today announced the appointment of Dr. Samuel Shomaker as dean of its Austin programs. More »
ERCOT names general counsel
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas is expected to ratify the appointment of James Thorne as ERCOT vice president and general counsel. More »
Blackwell Sanders' former chair Hetlage dies at 75
Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin said Robert Hetlage, former chair of Blackwell Sanders' merger partner Peper, Martin, Jensen, Maichel & Hetlage, died July 17. He was 75. More »
Donovan upped within UAW
Kevin Donovan, formerly Western New York Area director of the United Auto Workers union, has been named to the Number 2 position in the UAW's three-state Region 9, based in Cheektowaga. More »
Judge deals UHA a setback in land-loan dispute with foundation
An attorney representing the University Heights Association says the organization would continue to operate despite losing a $24.86 million lawsuit filed by the Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation. More »
Austin leaders consider redistricting options
The Austin City Council will meet behind closed doors Wednesday so their lawyer can present options in the city's lawsuit over Texas' congressional redistricting map. The council may then go into public session to direct the city manager to act on their decision. More »
Kennedy Covington honored for pro bono work
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman has received the Mecklenburg County Bar's Outstanding Large Firm Award, with the law firm cited for its pro bono work. More »
Somalia: Did Pirates Get Paid to Release Filipino Sailors?
A Philippines' special envoy to the Middle East says that ransom was likely paid for the release of the 20 Filipino sailors abducted by pirates in Somalia. More »
PanAfrica: Brussels Call to Action to Address Sexual Violence in Conflict and Beyond
We, the representatives of governments, the European Commission, civil society and the United Nations, met in Brussels from 21 to 23 June 2006 to strengthen our shared commitment and action to prevent and respond to sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict situations. More »
Liberia: Men and Women Unite to Fight Rape
Twenty-one-year-old Aminata Keita remembers the exact moment when attackers broke into her home. The four men, armed with guns and knives, stormed the house at 3:35 on the morning of March 28, going from room to room gathering money and any other valuables they could find. After they were finished robbing the house, they took turns raping her and her 20-year-old niece, Makula. More »
Nigeria: Medical, Legal Bills - I'm Truly in Trouble - Alamieyeseigha
My medical bills are piling, and as each day passes, I wonder who is going to pay if I am going to pay, then I am truly in trouble." More »
Holland & Knight lawyer to review judicial nominations
Leonard H. Gilbert, a partner in Holland & Knight's Tampa office, has been appointed to the American Bar Association's Committee of Federal Judiciary, representing the Eleventh Circuit. More »
Gubernatorial candidate urges GOP to stick to issues
Republican gubernatorial challenger Len Munsil derided GOP primary challengers for making Gov. Janet Napolitano's marital status an issue. More »
Nigeria: Onitsha Crisis - the Agenda is to Stop Obi in 2007 - Aide
Mr. Chuks Iloegbunam is the Chief of Staff to Gov Peter Obi of Anambra State. He spoke to IHEANACHO NWOSU on the mind boggling security situation in Onitsha, Anambra State, and other problems being faced by the state's young administration. Excerpts: More »
Uganda: Company Director Pins SPLA Soldiers On Timber
A Ugandan Company has sued three Asian companies for allegedly collaborating with New Sudan SPLA Commander Joseph Pasqual Ayan and forcefully grabbing its timber worth Shs92.5 million. More »
Uganda: Museveni Can't Save Kony's Skin Using the Uganda Amnesty Law
President Yoweri Museveni has been quoted in the local media as saying that Uganda would grant total amnesty to LRA leader Joseph kony should he abandon terrorism. More »
Uganda: Lawyers Slam Museveni's LRA Amnesty Offer
THE International Bar Association has criticised President Yoweri Museveni's offer of a blanket amnesty to rebel leader Joseph Kony, saying he is trying to use the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a tool of the Ugandan government. More »
Nigeria: Onitsha - Abducted Policeman Killed
A police sergeant abducted Sunday in Onitsha, Anambra State by miscreants has been killed, just as Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr. Mike Belonwu has blamed unending crisis in the state on "untouchables." More »
Gambia: Two More Journalists Said to Be Arrested As Crackdown Continues
Two more journalists were arrested on Friday in a government crackdown on critical voices in the run-up to September presidential elections, according to a CPJ source. More »
Angola: Two Journalists Murdered
Reporters Without Borders has condemned the murders of two journalists in the past 10 days. The victims were Augusto Sebastiao Domingos Pedro, the correspondent of the state-owned "Jornal de Angola" in the western province of Bengo, and Benicio Wedeinge, the director of the public television station TPA in the southern province of Cunene. More »
KWTC, Greenebaum and others to host China seminar
The Kentucky World Trade Center, U.S. Commercial Service and the law offices of Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC and Thompson Hine LLP will present "China: Risk, Reward & How to Win," on Thursday, Aug. 17. More »