Caribbean-US Security Dialogue ends on high note
By Lindsay Thompson, BIS From The Bahamas Weekly NASSAU, The Bahamas – The Caribbean-United States High Level Citizen Security Dialogue ended with a better understanding and appreciation of what needs to be done to curb the high incidents of violence…
Princeton student must reveal identity in disability suit
By Charles Toutant, From New Jersey Law Journal A Princeton University student who claims the school failed to accommodate his disability after he attempted suicide may not bring his lawsuit anonymously, a federal judge in Newark has ruled. The student,…
Lawyer drops ‘Stupid Patent’ Suit against EFF
By Lisa Shuchman, From Corporate Counsel The lawyer who last week sued the Electronic Frontier Foundation for defamation after the nonprofit wrote about his invention in its “Stupid Patent of the Month” column has dropped his lawsuit. Attorney Scott Horstemeyer,…
Legal Defense Fund boosts grants in law student scholarship program
By Karen Sloan, From The National Law Journal Correction: The headline for this article has been change to clarify that the NAACP Legal Defense Fund grants the scholarships. U.S. Rep. James Clyburn. U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. David Coar, a…
Deutsche Bank shake-up reassigns legal affairs chief
By Sue Reisinger, From Corporate Counsel Beset by legal and regulatory problems, Germany’s Deutsche Bank AG is shaking up its top management by replacing two co-chief executives and reassigning its new head of legal affairs. But general counsel Richard Walker…
UK watchdog probes KPMG in fresh blow
By Vanessa Kortekaas From Financial Times The UK accounting watchdog has launched two separate investigations into KPMG, only weeks after the firm was caught up in an insider-trading scandal involving its Los Angeles audit practice. The Financial Reporting Council said…
Google takes Jenner & Block, MPAA to court over subpoenas
By Zoe Tillman, From The National Law Journal Google Inc. has asked a Washington judge to force Jenner & Block and the Motion Picture Association of America to comply with subpoenas for documents that Google says will prove their involvement…
iNews Briefs, More and Community Events
Cayman Islands Community Events Grand Court Jurors Report Date Changed The Grand Court jury report date has been changed. Grand Court Jurors who are in the 1 April – 30 June 2015 session are now to report on Tuesday, 16…
How much did Mbeki and Blatter know?
Amabhungane Reporters from Mail & Guardian What did Thabo Mbeki and Sepp Blatter know about – and do to facilitate – the $10-million “bribe” allegedly to win the 2010 World Cup vote? This week, doubt faded about whether the amount…
Sepp Blatter resignation one of sport’s most dramatic falls
Tom Fordyce Chief Sports Writer, Bbc Sport How eternal did Sepp Blatter’s reign at Fifa appear to be? Here are a few things that have happened since he took up his first post there: the founding of Apple computers, punk…





