Dan Abrams, the chief legal correspondent for NBC News, is forming a consulting firm that he hopes will connect a global list of media experts with businesses that need strategic advice.

Barack Obama?s transition team has signaled to Eric H. Holder Jr. that he will be chosen as attorney general, but no final decision has been made, people involved in the process said.

Law firm Locke Lord Bissel & Liddell LLP has formed a national climate change practice team to help clients navigate issues related to the legal and economic impacts of global climate change, the law firm said this week.

Many victims of violent crime are being left in the dark about their compensation rights. It is thought only 5 per cent ever apply to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and those who do are further hampered by complicated application forms.

Romeo Phillion's legal team faced a stiff test Wednesday when members of a three-judge panel tried to poke holes in the lawyers' claim his 1972 murder confession was false and based on a perverse, self-defeating psychology.

Reviews provisions of various leases, deeds, rights of way, mineral records and agreements involving company assets for assigned areas. Maintains ownership records of producing properties in assigned area. Assists in the review of legal changes that impact minerals and operations.

A Missouri woman, her teenage daughter and an employee used an elaborate Internet ruse to terrorize a 13-year-old neighbor girl who later committed suicide, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday.

Victims of violent crime entitled to compensation are being hampered by excessive bureaucracy, say MPs.