2007

Date(s): 4 October 2007 Time: 09:00 – 16:30 Venue: Wembley National Stadium, Wembley, London HA9 0WS Delegate Rate: £380 excl. VAT CPD hours: Law Society 6, Bar Standards 5 Concessions: BASL Members- £330 + VAT Academic Rate- £215 + VAT Organiser: Alexander Ross Ltd Description The BASL annual conference brings together the most authoritative opinions […]

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – A spokesman for Sen. Larry Craig said Thursday that he may never return to Washington as a lawmaker. Craig, a 62-year-old Republican, remains in Idaho, said spokesman Sid Smith, as reported by AP. “He doesn’t have any plans to go back to D.C. next week,” Smith said. “That doesn’t

MENLO PARK, Calif.–LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Gathering2.0, the first online global community for intellectual property (IP) professionals, hosted two business roundtable discussions this week between high-tech business executives and the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). IP business leaders from more than 20 high-tech firms, including HP, Intel, Cisco, Oracle, Microsoft, Yahoo!,

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.–LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – In response to media inquiries, Norman Hsu’s attorney released the following statement: Norman Hsu has been released by St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado. The staff and doctors at the hospital have done a marvelous job of caring for Norman at this very difficult time. They

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Fred Thompson, presidential candidate, strayed into the Terri Schiavo case in Florida on Thursday, where he suggested Congress overstepped its bounds by involving itself in the Terri Schiavo case. Coverage of his remarks, made to a local cable television station, prompted his campaign to request a correction from at

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The Madeleine McCann case continued to unravel today as forensic test results reportedly indicated that Madeleine died following an overdose of sleeping pills. Reports this morning say tests on bodily fluids found in her parent’s hire car indicate that she had taken a large amount of sedatives. Kate and

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Locke Liddell & Sapp and Lord Bissell & Brook LLP, said Wednesday their partners have approved a merger of the firms. The new, combined firm will have more than 700 attorneys, and about $400 million in gross revenue. The merger will take effect Oct. 2. The new firm

New York –September 12, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX) in its agreement to sell its international wire and cable business, operated in the name of Phelps Dodge International Corporation, to General Cable Corporation for $735 million, including the acquisition of

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and GERALD MCALEER, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New Jersey Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), announced the arrests of four alleged members of a Bogota-based cocaine trafficking organization for smuggling cocaine into the

COLCHESTER, Conn., Sept. 12, 2007 LAWFUEL -The Law Newswire — On September 12, 2007, Scott+Scott, LLP, filed a class action against ValueClick, Inc. (“ValueClick” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:VCLK) and certain officers and directors in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The action is on behalf of ValueClick common stock purchasers during