Home Daily News Lewis Brisbois accused of failing to recognize… Law Firms Lewis Brisbois accused of failing to recognize ‘draconian lending terms,’ conspiring to cover up mistakes By Debra Cassens Weiss March 26, 2024, 1:08 pm CDT A lawsuit accuses Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith of conspiring to deflect blame for its failure to protect…
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. In order to ensure transparency in disclosure of penal charges and interest rates on loans, the Reserve Bank of India (“RBI“), vide its circular dated August 18, 2023, on Fair Lending Practice – Penal Charges in Loan Accounts, issued…
Home Daily News 5th Circuit rules for prisoner allowed to… Eighth Amendment 5th Circuit rules for prisoner allowed to sleep no more than 3.5 hours per night By Debra Cassens Weiss March 26, 2024, 3:10 pm CDT A sleep-deprived prisoner can show that his treatment constituted cruel and unusual punishment without proving that his health…
High impact practices (HIPs) have been in higher education for nearly two decades and include practices that are effective for a wide range of students, particularly students from historically underrepresented groups. HIPs help first-year students engage in deep-level approaches to learning that allow for increased retention, integration, and transfer of knowledge (Kuh, 2008). These varied…
On Thursday, Donald Trump crossed another line in his continuing effort to discredit anyone associated with efforts to hold him legally accountable for his conduct. One day after Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over Trump’s New York hush money trial, decided that the trial could commence on April 15, the former president took to…
01 April 2024 Marks & Clerk To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Singapore has attracted another innovative European cleantech giant, thereby adding to the ever-growing list of cleantech companies which have found a home in the equatorial city-state. Sulzer, the Swiss engineering…
Home Daily News This BigLaw firm surpasses $7B in revenue,… Law Firms This BigLaw firm surpasses $7B in revenue, but that’s not metric being watched by many firms By Debra Cassens Weiss March 27, 2024, 8:36 am CDT Kirkland & Ellis, the nation’s top grossing law firm, has crossed the $7 billion line. (Image from…
When we envision the traditional classroom setting, we tend to visualize the power at the front of the room. The instructor is standing over a podium while the students are seated looking up at the one who holds the future of their course grade. The instructor asks a question and the student answers. The instructor…
Home Daily News Is ex-DOJ official facing ethics trial for… Ethics Is ex-DOJ official facing ethics trial for ‘thought crime’? His election-fraud letter was based on sincerely held belief, lawyer says By Debra Cassens Weiss March 27, 2024, 10:01 am CDT Jeffrey Clark, then-assistant attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural…
01 April 2024 Awatif Mohammad Shoqi Advocates & Legal Consultancy To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Introduction: Extradition is a legal process through which one country surrenders an individual to another country for prosecution or punishment for crimes committed in the requesting…