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Muneeb Rashid Malik “It is well settled that,in general, all cases brought before the courts, whether civil, criminal, or others, must be heard in open court………Trial held subject to the public scrutiny and gaze naturally acts as a check against judicial caprice or vagaries and serves as a powerful instrument for creating confidence of the public in the fairness, objectivity and impartiality of the administration of justice… “Naresh Shridhar Mirajkar v. State of Maharashtra. O...

Womens rights activists are fighting to prevent a lawyer accused of beating his girlfriend from becoming a state judge.

Womens rights activists are fighting to prevent a lawyer accused of beating his girlfriend from becoming judge.

The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has released a formal opinion that seeks to clarify the interpretation of the ABA model rule related to a lawyer’s communication with represented persons when the lawyer is self-representing or pursuing the case pro se.

A Stanford Law School study published today of regulatory reforms in Utah and Arizona finds that they are spurring substantial innovation, that they are critical to serving lower-income populations,...

Lori Drew faces charges under a federal anti-hacking statute andcould wind up in jail, but her behavior, while obviously wrong, was not criminal. Overcriminalization eliminates long-standingprotections against unfair criminal liability, puts honest citizensat risk of prosecution, and allows politics to trump soundprosecutorial discretion. Worst of all, it threatens the rule oflaw and individual liberty.

He cut a dashing figure in ads and billboards for a New England community hospital, which had an administration desperate for a lucrative heart care program in a region  with famous...

Luis Coronado and Matt Andrew of EY unpick the OECD’s consultation documents related to tax certainty under pillar one and find that there are many unresolved issues in terms of tax dispute resolution.

Luis Coronado and Matt Andrew of EY say policymakers still have many issues to resolve as debates continue over the technical and implementation-related elements of pillars one and two.

Nearly ten months after the unsatisfactory outcome of Modern Games winning the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf as a “purse money only” runner, another confusing and frustrating incident involving an error left a sour taste amongst multi-race bettors.