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Barbara D. Underwood was sworn in as Acting Attorney General of New York. Her appointment comes on the heels of the resignation of Eric Schneiderman.

In its recent decision in Minister of Justice v. Blank, the Supreme Court of Canada set limits on the scope of the privilege that attaches to documents prepared for litigation.

Two cases highlight the dangers of failing to sign a will and then seeking probate of informal testamentary documents.

In its decision in Kalogerakis v.Commission scolaire des Patriotes rendered on May 21, 2014, the Court of Québec dealt with the appeal of two decisions from the Québec's Access to Information Commission dismissing requests for disclosure of the amount of professional fees billed by lawyers retained by public entities, on the ground that the information was protected by solicitor-client privilege.

Impersonating a solicitor has been a criminal offence, carrying a penalty of a fine and/or up to 2 years imprisonment, for many years.

A recent decision has highlighted the risks of inadvertently disclosing privileged documents to the other side. Even though it was accepted by both parties that the document was privileged and was disclosed by mistake, the court was unsympathetic and held that privilege had been waived since the mistake was not obvious to the receiving party.

Property lawyers and conveyancers must learn to be consistent in their approach to risk management.

Last month, the Supreme Court of India began hearing a batch of 20 petitions seeking the legal recognition of same-sex marriages.

OSHA will operate with a skeleton crew at the national, regional, and area offices.

In preparing for a trial, parties are required to seek out and disclose on affidavit certain categories of documents to one another.

We sat down with Aimee Booth from our Derbyshire office to ask about her days, how she started her career, and what advice she can impart for individuals looking to start in law.

Most companies will go through the process of borrowing funds from a financial institution at some point in their operations.

The Alberta Court of Appeal recently considered economic loss as it relates to a solicitor negligence claim.

The WRC has awarded an actor €20,000 for disability discrimination after she was dismissed from a musical production, due to what was claimed were "creative differences".

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has dismissed three staff members following data breach investigations related to the Nottingham Attacks case, with 14 additional staff receiving written warnings. Legal representatives for the survivors are calling for full transparency and thorough investigation details to be shared with affected clients and their legal teams.

In January 2017, the outgoing Solicitor of the Department of the Interior issued a memorandum which reaffirmed the Department's "long-standing interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act ...

The Supreme Court yesterday morning granted Spokeo, Inc.’s petition for a writ of certiorari in the closely watched case of Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, No. 13-1339.

This very recent decision of Justice Wilson of the Supreme Court dispels the long held belief that an oral compromise is as good as a written one, at least in the context of matters involving pre-proceeding settlements regulated by the Workcover Queensland Act 1996.