| The Guardian splits legal group in two | | Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 3:09:40 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Guardian news and media (GNM) group are set for a massive restructuring of its legal department leading to expansion and the team splitting into two legal divisions, the newspaper announced today. The newly-created divisions will be headed by Nuala Cosgrove, as director of editorial legal services, who will report directly to the editor Alan Rusbridger, and Sarah Davis, as director of commercial legal services reporting to managing director of GNM Tim Brooks. GNM managing partner Tim Brooks said: The creation of these two new divisions and our increased investment in legal services recognises the value we place upon this key area of work. We already have one of the best legal teams in the country and we are fortunate to be able to draw upon the talent and expertise of Nuala and Sarah to drive these two divisions forward.... | |
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| | | Keeping watch for America | | Posted Tuesday, January 09, 2007 1:17:18 PM by Blog57 Team | | You bet it can, as evidenced by broad changes in the largess formerly enjoyed by staffers and board members of Legal Service Corp., a quasigovernmental agency which is supposed to help the poor with their legal problems.The Associated Press highlighted in a series of stories in August and September how the program's executives spent freely while many poor Americans in need of legal help were being turned away because the program lacks sufficient money.Among the costs that got lawmakers and the inspector general steamed: Corporate directors and top officials received $18 breakfast servings and $13 "high tea" services in ritzy hotels. Directors shunned the agency's own spacious conference room for an upscale hotel a few minutes away.The organization's president, Helaine Barnett, board chairman Frank Strickland and another board member have used limousine services.... | |
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| | | Summary Box: `Unbundling' legal services | | Posted Thursday, November 23, 2006 1:01:12 PM by Blog57 Team | | THE PROBLEM: Many people go to court without lawyers, especially in divorce, child custody and child support cases. ONE SOLUTION: Lawyers in New Hampshire, Maine and several other states now are allowed to offer limited services in civil cases. For example, someone can hire a lawyer just to draft a divorce settlement or just for a single hearing. PROS: People pay only for what they need and can afford. Lawyers are paid as they go. People who cannot afford full representation may at least get help with the most complex parts of their cases. CONS: It's not a panacea: Many people still will be unable to afford the legal help they need. .... | |
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| | | Healthcare Business Services Groups, Inc. Settles Legal Battles | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11:09:02 AM by Blog57 Team | | Healthcare Business Services Groups, Inc. ("HBSGI") (OTCBB: HBSV) today announced that on November 8, 2006, in the related cases Ghadimi vs. Healthcare Business Services Groups Inc. and Tariq vs. Heathcare Business Services Groups Inc., settlements were reached after battling over four and a half years. As a result, HBSGI will experience a significant decrease in liability and legal costs. "It has been a constant expense for the company to maintain these lawsuits for the past four and a half years. We look forward to move on from it and direct our focus to the future of the Company," said Chandana Basu, Chief Executive Officer of HBSGI. About Healthcare Business Services Groups, Inc. Healthcare Business Services Groups, Inc. ("HBSGI") is a provider of full-service medical billing services and solutions and operator of surgery centers.... | |
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| | | Rwanda: AAR Now Seeks Legal Consultation | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 11:06:11 PM by Blog57 Team | | The dispute between the African Air Rescue (AAR) and the National Insurance Commission (NIC) took a new twist Saturday, with the medical insurance provider tasking its legal team to study details of the demands. In a press conference held at their offices, the AAR Group Chief Executive Officer, Jagi Gakunju said the company had submitted the government's demands to their lawyer for scrutiny. "We have received a list of requirements from NIC that we have to satisfy. Most of them being legal demands, we have asked our lawyer to study them closely before we can come out to give our final position on different matters of contention," Gakunju said and added that AAR is not a 'brief case company'. The AAR move comes in the wake of a crisis meeting between NIC and AAR on Wednesday to try and resolve outstanding impediments.... | |
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| | | Parents, kids face challenges when minors turn into legal adults overnight | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 7:25:38 AM by Blog57 Team | | Stuck between the milestones of driving and drinking, becoming a legal adult at 18 is a bit anticlimactic for many teens. And for most parents, high-school graduation — not a birthday — is the key transition. But the privileges and responsibilities of legal adulthood, especially for those who turn 18 early in the school year, can surprise some families. Many parents assume they're still in charge while a student is in high school, but when teens turn 18, the legal system, businesses and some school districts will treat them as adults. Now they can vote in elections — and buy a car, receive their grades and get a tattoo. As long as teens live at home, however, parents can insist on "house rules" such as common courtesy, helping with chores and letting parents know where they're going and when they'll be home, experts say.... | |
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| | | Ether: An eBay for Services? | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 11:18:22 AM by Blog57 Team | | The idea for Ether came to cofounder Scott Faber when he first encountered eBay in the late 1990s. The E-commerce giant had created the ultimate marketplace for products online: Global supply and demand curves came together, sellers were able to find buyers for their bikes and cars, and buyers could find exactly what they needed. But products were one thing, Faber thought. What about services? After all, from legal advice to healthcare to financial expertise, there is more to the economy than the exchange of tangible products. With Ether, Faber may have the beginnings of an answer. Created by Ingenio, a pay-per-call Internet phone company based in San Francisco, Ether offers an online phone service for professional advice. Similar to Sphere, an "Ether" button can be added to any website that, when clicked, will set up an Internet phone call between the clicker and the host of the site.... | |
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| | | Hutch seeks clear direction on 3G and legal concerns | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 3:05:26 PM by Blog57 Team | | Uncertainty over the future of third-generation mobile services threatens to undermine the business prospects of the small operator Hutch at a time when it is preparing with partner CAT Telecom to expand its CDMA service nationwide. Executives of Hutchison Telecommunications International (HTI) and CAT raised the issue yesterday in talks with Information and Communications Technology Minister Sitthichai Pokai-udom. Dennis Lui, chief executive of HTI, also wanted to clear up legal uncertainties regarding the Hutch operating contract. Hutch, the country's fourth-largest operator, is marketed by Hutchison CAT Wireless Multimedia, a joint venture between CAT and Hutchison, in 25 central provinces including Bangkok. Network services are leased by Hutchison CAT Wireless, which is 74% held by Hutchison, from BFKT Co, another Hutchison vehicle.... | |
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| | | Ruling redefines pro bono legal services | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 1:08:27 PM by Blog57 Team | | It might seem hard to imagine, but the legal profession has a long tradition of representing poor people without payment. In Ontario, however, that 700-year-old global custom could soon change. In a 3-0 decision that redefines the concept of pro bono legal services, the Ontario Court of Appeal says lawyers who represent clients for free and emerge victorious can seek a costs award from the losing party. It's not inappropriate or at odds with "the charitable purpose of volunteerism" for lawyers who have agreed to act pro bono in private legal disputes to receive some reimbursement for their services, said Justice Kathryn Feldman, who wrote Wednesday's decision on behalf of the court. "It promotes access to justice by enabling and encouraging more lawyers to volunteer to work pro bono in deserving cases," she said.... | |
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| | | Solicitors withdraw service in legal aid protest | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 3:12:37 AM by Blog57 Team | | ONE hundred criminal defence lawyers in the Cardiff area withdrew their services at the weekend in protest at proposed legal aid reforms. There was just one duty solicitor to give advice at police stations in Cardiff and one in Barry last night, and it will remain that way until the protest ends at 9am today. Simon Mumford, chairman of the Confederation of South Wales Law Societies, said, "This is not about us wanting more money, we are just not going to be able to do the job properly. We want to highlight the threat to the public." He said that the imposition of means-tested legal aid in the magistrates courts did not allow many mentally ill and educationally disadvantaged people, those who receive no benefits and others, the representation they need. "In the past we have been given a small sum of money to assist clients fill in legal aid forms," he said.... | |
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