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...lavish world of financer R. Allen Stanford, a near Madoff who, according to the SEC, allegedly pulled off a 15-year Ponzi based on suckering investors with $8 billion or more of so-called high-yield certificates of deposit. According to the SEC, he has yet to hire a lawyer of record, and he could not be found for comment...
...marked an almost seamless continuity with the policies of his predecessor, Vladimir Putin - who is serving as prime minister until a legal framework is created to allow him to run, once again, for president. But in one potentially important respect, Medvedev is quite different from Putin: A former lawyer, the current president has spoken publicly and frequently about judicial reform to ensure fairness and end what he has referred to as "legal nihilism." Medvedev's promises of reform, if honored, could make a substantial difference to the fate of imprisoned oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky...
...Defense lawyer Karinna Moskalenko sees some judicial improvements in the new trial. "The fact that the hearing will be public signals a major breakthrough," she said. "Also it is good that the trial will be in Moscow, we have wanted to move Khodorkovsky here for a long time...
...that the family barely has enough money to live on, and the artificiality of this event unnecessarily reminds the audience that they are watching a carefully-constructed make-believe family and not the intimate goings-on of reality. Though the Western viewer may be confused by the casually dressed lawyer, the small open store-front of the theatre, or the way that Nanay yells and hits a passive Alan after hearing of his irresponsibility, those familiar with the nearly universal characteristics of a Filipino city and familial dynamics will be moved by the accuracy with which Mendoza captures the environment...
...Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was barred from holding elected office by the Supreme Court in a controversial ruling. The decision sparked angry protests across the province and opened up a major rift with the government. Sharif has held political rallies across Punjab, urging supporters to join this month's lawyer-led "long march" to Islamabad to demand the reinstatement of deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. Over the weekend, the government staged a vast counterdemonstration in the port city of Karachi. Political analysts fear that the fresh phase of political uncertainty will consume politicians' energies and provide a distraction from...