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...that her husband was suspected of "endangering state security," and that she should "tell her old man to quit writing." All three men were later released, but as of Thursday night, Yu said police were still stationed outside his door and following him when he went out. Yu's lawyer said it was unclear whether the detention was "a prelude to an arrest or merely a warning...
...long-time Sandy Weill sidekick, Chuck Prince might have got a chance to run Citigroup in any event. But a progression of Citi scandals that began in the dotcom-bubble years with shady Enron dealings and stock touting for troubled telecoms quickened this lawyer's ascent. Prince, 54, landed the CEO job little more than a year ago. Since then, old improprieties have continued to surface, posing new p.r. nightmares-- including Citi's private-banking operation being banned from Japan just a few months ago for failing to guard against money laundering, among other things. To atone, Prince bowed deeply...
Richard Max Strahan calls himself a “citizen attorney general.” Without a lawyer, he files rounds of lawsuits against the government to press for environmental causes. The New York Times says the activist has been arrested 130 times in his fight to save whales, while the Boston Globe says he inspired a big-screen movie character played by Joe Pesci in the Harvard-based film “With Honors...
Ramon’s plans meet enormous obstacles because euthanasia is not endorsed by the Spanish legal system, and so Ramon recruits a lawyer, Julia (Belen Rueda), to help him fight for the right to die. His desire appears very resolute despite the seemingly good life he has been able to lead with his brother Jose (Celso Bugallo) and cared for by Jose’s wife Manuela (Mabel Rivera) and son Javi (Tamar Bovas...
While his family plays an important role in Ramon’s life, it is the lawyer, Julia, that proves to be his pulse, and in fact the pulse of the entire film. She is the one Ramon seeks when he conjures up the dream world that is his escape from his everyday limitations, and she is the only one who manages to force him to question his line of action. When she experiences a sudden fall we come to discover that, like Ramon, her body is damaged. In those brief moments of uncertainty, our hearts sink in desperation with...