Corporate Raiding: The Danger of Doing Business in Russia – TIME

Posted by Matt in December 20th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Array, Bribery, Bureaucratic Incompetence, Business In Russia, Corporate Business, Corrupt Policemen, Dmitry Medvedev, Doing Business In Russia, Financiers, Forgery, Identity Theft, Illegal Tactics, Jails, kremlin, Lawyers, Nihilism, Physical Intimidation, Russia Time, Squalid Conditions, Tax Officials

Magnitsky’s death has triggered a wave of public discussion in Russia — reaching as high as the Kremlin — about the squalid conditions in the country’s jails and bureaucratic incompetence. But it has also renewed focus on an odious criminal practice that embodies what President Dmitry Medvedev describes as the “legal nihilism” pervading the country. [...]

Israeli officials routinely face UK legal threats

Posted by Matt in December 15th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Britain, Israel, Associated Press, British Airways, Face, Holiday Season, Israeli Officials, Lawyers, Legal Threats, London, Military Figures, Palestinian Activists, Principle, Speeches, Universal Jurisdiction, War Criminals

It’s not likely that any Israeli officials will be coming to London this holiday season. Not because British Airways may go on strike, but because they face the threat of arrest while giving speeches, shopping or visiting friends.
Lawyers working with Palestinian activists are increasingly targeting senior Israeli civilian and military figures by seeking their arrest [...]

In Dubai, financial crisis looms | GlobalPost.Com

Posted by Matt in December 13th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Dubai, Assets, Credibility, Development Arm, Dubai Government, Dubai Uae, Faces, Financial Crisis, Financial Finance, Global Economic Meltdown, Islamic Finance, Lawyers, Nakheel, Parent Company, Popularity, Sukuk, Uncharted Waters

Islamic finance, little affected by the global economic meltdown, faces its biggest test: a Dubai default.
But the increasing popularity and credibility of Islamic finance will be put to the test on Monday when Nakheel, the financially troubled property development arm of the Dubai government, faces fault on a $4 billion Islamic bond known as a [...]

Pakistan’s president hands over nuclear powers – Yahoo! News

Posted by Matt in November 28th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Pakistan, Gilani, Lawyers, National Command Authority, Nuclear Powers, Nuclear Weapons, Pakistan Nuclear, Pakistan President, Presidency, Prime Minister, Raza, Yahoo, Yahoo News, Yousuf

The presidency announced that control of the National Command Authority, which analysts and lawyers confirmed was responsible for nuclear weapons, had shifted to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.
Pakistan’s president hands over nuclear powers – Yahoo! News

Russia ‘is now a criminal state’, says Bill Browder | BBC News

Posted by Matt in November 23rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Allegations, Assets, Bbc, Bbc News, Bureaucrats, Corrupt Politicians, Criminals, Lawyers, National Security, News Russia, State News

In 2005, Mr Browder was banned from Russia as a threat to national security after allegations that his firms had evaded tax, but Mr Browder says his company was targeted by criminals trying to seize millions of pounds worth of his assets.
Mr Browder says he was punished for being a threat to corrupt politicians and [...]

War? What War?

Posted by Matt in June 2nd, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Terrorism, Afghanistan, Clinton Administration, Contingency Operation, iraq, Lawyers, Misnomer, National Security Threat, New Administration, Phrase, Prosecutors, Random Crime, Sept 11 2001, Terrorism, terrorists, War On Terror, War War

War On Terror: The phrase is actually now a misnomer. Iraq and Afghanistan have been rebranded the “Overseas Contingency Operation,” and lawyers are being deployed to fight the real battles.
The strategy of the new administration looks a lot like the course the Clinton administration set us on before Sept. 11, 2001. And we know how [...]

Sharia courts operating in Britain

Posted by Matt in September 15th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Britain, Islam, County Courts, Disclosure, Grave Warnings, Islam, Judicial System, Lawyers, London, Muslims, Nuneaton, Opposition Leaders, Sharia Courts, Sharia Law, Voluntary Compliance, Warwickshire

Sharia courts have been operating in Britain to rule on disputes between Muslims for more than a year, it has emerged.
Five sharia courts have been set up in London, Birmingham, Bradford and Manchester and Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The government has quietly sanctioned that their rulings are enforceable with the full power of the judicial system, [...]