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Judge to lawyer: Dress well in court

If you plan to show up in court, it may be best to dress up for the occasion.

Allen Stanford to undergo heart tests: lawyer

Allen Stanford, the Texas financier accused of a $7 billion fraud, is still hospitalized and will undergo tests to determine if there is blockage of veins or arteries in his heart, his lawyer's office, said on Monday.

Allen Stanford replaces criminal defense lawyer

Allen Stanford, the Texas financier accused of a $7 billion (4.2 billion pounds) fraud, replaced his criminal attorney, Dick DeGuerin, with attorneys from the Patton Boggs law firm, the law firms said on Friday.

Madoff gives feeder fund managers' names to lawyer

A San Francisco attorney who interviewed imprisoned swindler Bernard Madoff in a federal prison this week said on Wednesday he plans to amend a lawsuit to include possibly several fund managers who funneled investor money to Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme.

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Madoff will not appeal 150-year sentence: lawyer

Arch swindler Bernard Madoff will not appeal the 150-year prison sentence he received for masterminding a global multibillion-dollar investment fraud, his main lawyer said on Thursday.

Medici lawyer says Kohn didn't get Madoff payments

Austrian fund manager Sonja Kohn did not receive any kickbacks from Bernard Madoff to steer Bank Medici customer funds to the swindler's investment business, a Medici lawyer said on Friday.

SEC lawyer raised alarm about Madoff: report

A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer warned about irregularities at Bernard Madoff's financial management firm as far back as 2004, The Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing agency documents and sources familiar with the investigation.

Family lawyer says Mother will be custody of Jackson's children

According to a Jackson family lawyer, his mother Katherine Jackson would take custody of Jackson's three children.

Vietnam detains four linked to arrested rights lawyer

Vietnam has detained four people who local news reports said colluded with prominent lawyer Le Cong Dinh, arrested last weekend on charges of spreading propaganda against the state.

Allen Stanford to surrender to U.S. authorities: lawyer

Texas billionaire Allen Stanford was prepared to surrender to U.S. authorities in Virginia on Thursday night after a warrant was issued for his arrest, Stanford's lawyer said.

Suu Kyi says junta's charges are political: lawyer

Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi believes her trial is an attempt by the country's ruling generals to prevent her from running in multi-party elections next year, her lawyer said.

Greens plan to stop Chevron's California project: lawyer

Opponents of a new hydrogen plant under construction at Chevron Corp's San Francisco Bay-area refinery in Richmond, California, plan to ask a California judge to stop the project because of a flawed environmental impact report, an attorney said Tuesday.

U.S. accuses Texas professor, lawyer of fraud

Two Texas men defrauded investors of some $19.5 million by faking bank records to show that their business, PrivateFX Global One, achieved annual returns of more than 23 percent in foreign exchange trading, U.S. regulators said on Tuesday.

SEC accuses Texas professor, lawyer of fraud

Two Texas men defrauded investors of some $19.5 million by faking bank records to show that their business, Global One, achieved annual returns of more than 23 percent in foreign exchange trading, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Tuesday.

Intruder had vision Suu Kyi in danger: lawyer

The American man at the center of the trial against Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi swam to her house after having a vision that her life was in danger, Suu Kyi's lawyers said on Thursday.

NY lawyer Dreier pleads guilty to $400 million fraud

High-profile New York lawyer Marc Dreier pleaded guilty on Monday to criminal charges of running a $400 million investment fraud involving fake promissory notes, and a judge released him into house arrest until sentencing.

Once-prominent NY lawyer pleads guilty to fraud

High-profile New York lawyer Marc Dreier pleaded guilty on Monday to criminal charges of running an investment fraud in the hundreds of millions of dollars involving fake promissory notes.

Ex-soldier bragged about Iraqi rape, deaths: lawyer

A former U.S. soldier on trial in the gang rape of an Iraqi girl and the murder of her and her family in the war zone in 2006 was caught in a perfect storm of insanity, his lawyer told a jury on Monday.

Pirate Bay lawyer files for retrial, cites bias

Four men jailed for breaching copyright in connection with Pirate Bay, one of the world's largest free file-sharing websites, should be given a new trial because the judge was biased, a court heard Monday.

New California fuel rule may violate NAFTA: lawyer

California's new low-carbon fuel rules may be a violation of NAFTA and World Trade Organization provisions because they would unfairly limit exports of crude from Canada's oil sands to the state, a prominent Canadian trade lawyer said Friday.

Top defense lawyer fears misguided prosecutions

U.S. authorities, as well as defense attorneys, need to ramp up their understanding of complex financial instruments as populist anger puts pressure on the government to bring more business fraud cases, a top U.S. defense lawyer said on Friday.

Pirate Bay defence lawyer demands retrial

A defense lawyer for one of the four men sentenced to jail in the Pirate Bay case demanded a retrial on Thursday, saying the judge's membership in several copyright protection groups meant he might have been biased.

No Stanford indictment before month's end: lawyer

A federal indictment against Texas billionaire Allen Stanford is not likely before the end of April, one of his lawyers said on Thursday.

UBS made to disclose Luxembourg documents: lawyer

A Luxembourg court ordered Swiss bank UBS to disclose certain documents relating to its Luxembourg subsidiary's handling of investments in Madoff products, according to a lawyer.

Madonna counsels with Divorce Lawyer: British report

Madonna counseled with divorce lawyer Fiona Shackleton to split from her husband, the film director Guy Ritchie, according to a report of the London Times Online yesterday.

Prosecutors say Conrad Black's defense failed

Prosecutors trying to seal their case on Tuesday against former media baron Conrad Black and his associates told jurors about to decide their fate that defense lawyers failed to refute the core fraud charges against the four men.