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Dubai and Abu Dhabi climb world high-cost rankings [Cayman Islands is third]
By Jennifer Bell From The National UAE DUBAI // Dubai has the most expensive wine and beer in the world and is the second most costly city for dining out, a global study has found. Dubai was the 29th most…
McDermott white-collar ace wins pro bono victory in 1982 murder case
By Jennifer Henderson, From The Am Law Daily For 23 years, Raymond Tempest Jr. has been professing his innocence in the gruesome murder of Doreen Picard, whose bludgeoned body was found in a basement in the Rhode Island city of…
Sex offender charged with murder of 2 sisters in 1975 case
By The Associated Press From Mashable Forty years after two young sisters vanished from a suburban Maryland mall, an imprisoned sex offender has been charged with murder, authorities said Wednesday, bringing some clarity to a baffling case that made parents…
Sole immigrant on U.S. currency might become history
By Vinette K. Pryce From Caribbean Life Whoever said ‘silence is golden’ was not referring to talk about changing the face of a particular U.S. paper money. Nor should the popular mantra apply to Nevisians and Kittitians who should demand…
Pakistan Supreme Court suspends Asia Bibi death sentence
From BBC The Supreme Court in Pakistan has suspended the execution of a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy. Asia Bibi, who has been on death row for nearly five years, was given leave to appeal. No hearing date was set….
Female lawyers less likely to be first chair, study finds
By Gina Passarella, From The Legal Intelligencer Women comprise a disproportionately low percentage of lead trial counsel compared to their representation in the overall legal profession, a study for the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession has…
The [US] au pair program is broken and here’s how they plan on fixing it
By Celia Ampel, From Daily Business Review Two Fort Lauderdale lawyers hope to help raise wages for au pairs across the country through a class-action suit. Boies, Schiller & Flexner attorneys Sigrid S. McCawley and Lauren Fleischer Louis are part…
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Law firm supports Cayman Islands marine institute
Stuart Walkers Hersant Humphries supports CCMI’s long term monitoring programme and CREWS2 maintenance LITTLE CAYMAN July 21, 2015- Law firm Stuarts Walkers Hersant Humphries has recently announced its $15,000 commitment to supporting the Central Caribbean Marine Institute’s long-term monitoring programme…
Increased activity not a sign of big quake in the making, seismic unit says
From CARIBBEAN360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Monday July 20, 2015 – The University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre says while the increased seismic activity in the Eastern Caribbean isn’t enough, on its own, to suggest something menacing is coming this…
Harmful alcohol use is increasing in the Americas
The percentage of men who engage in heavy episodic drinking—the most harmful form of drinking—nearly doubled over five years, and the rate among women nearly tripled, according to a new PAHO/WHO report Washington, DC, 20 July 2015 (PAHO/WHO) – The…
