2007

San Francisco, CA – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Twenty-three of the nation’s leading firms have joined the Project for Attorney Retention as Founding Members. Additional firms are expected to join in the coming months. The Project for Attorney Retention (PAR) works to stem unwanted attrition among lawyers – a benefit for both legal […]

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – On Friday 19th of October, the Australian College of Legal Medicine will be conducting a one day Expert Witness Intensive for Doctors, Dentists & Other Health Professionals including Practice Staff, in Melbourne, Victoria. The Australian College of Legal Medicine (ACLM), Australia’s forerunner in the field of legal medicine encourages

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Across the weekend of the 20th and 21st of October 2007, the Australian College of Legal Medicine will be holding an intensive two day lecture series in Melbourne, as an introduction to core law subjects as taught to undergraduate law students to provide doctors, dentists, and other health professionals

LAWFUEL – The Leading Law Newswire – This year’s Law Awards of Scotland event, in association with O2, is to take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow on Thursday, and more than 570 leading members of the legal community are expected to be in attendance. Cathy Jamieson MSP, former justice minister, will be the

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The recent controversy surrounding the release of football player’s medical records has raised strong public debate on whether or not personal medical records should be made freely available. This debate has highlighted the seemingly double-edged sword for the medical community based on morals and ethics according to the Australian

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The New York Times reports that the airport men’s room where Senator Larry E. Craig was arrested here in a police sting operation is in one of the busiest areas of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, at the intersection of five concourses and near a bustling mall and food

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge by Unison Networks Limited to the Commerce Commission’s thresholds for large electricity lines businesses. The Court found that the Commission acted lawfully in setting both initial and revised thresholds. Commerce Commission Chair Paula Rebstock welcomed today’s decision. “The Supreme Court has made

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – On 6 September 2007, the Supreme Court of Queensland in Brisbane continued, by consent, ex parte orders obtained by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on 29 August 2007 against Mr John Georgiadis, Sunshine Shoes Wholesale Pty Ltd (Sunshine Shoes), MG Properties (QLD) Pty Ltd (MG Properties) and

LAWFUEL – See the ‘Hot Gossip’ File – Paris Hilton has never worked in her life, from what we can tell, so why is she taking offence at a card portraying her for her “first day as a waitress”. Whatever the reason, money we guess, she’s filed a federal lawsuit over $2.49 Hallmark greeting card

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Will Chemical Ali, the cousin of Saddam Hussein, hang on Sunday? Reports conflict about when the death penalty handed out to Chemical Ali, true name Ali Hassan al Maheed, 66, will die. Several media reports said on Friday that the U.S. military was about to hand over Majeed to