2007

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – US ex-astronaut Lisa Nowak, who is accused of assaulting another woman over a romantic spat, was allowed to remove her electronic monitoring bracelet Thursday ahead of her trial next month. Nowak’s attorneys had argued that the bracelet was expensive — costing 105 dollars per month — as well as […]

LawFuel – The Legal Newswire – The Ages reports that even as the High Court yesterday struck down the Federal Government’s latest attempt to disenfranchise part of its citizenry, the right to vote is far from an axiomatic feature of Australian democracy. The High Court’s order in Vickie Lee Roach v Electoral Commissioner and Commonwealth

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Climate, a very hot topic, and carbon, the newest world commodity, come together in Alston & Bird’s Climate Change and Carbon Management blog. The blog addresses a variety of rapidly moving issues associated with greenhouse gas emissions, including international, federal, and state policies, climate change litigation, business initiatives,

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – A long-serving police officer accused of sexually violating a 12-year-old girl is still on full pay 10 months after first being charged. The officer, whose name is suppressed, has been suspended since December last year and will appear in court on October 1 for a pre-trial conference. Police have

LAWFUEL – UK Legal Newswire – The trial of six men charged in connection with one of the most extensive investigations carried out by the Met’s Anti-Corruption Team will begin at Southwark CC on 3/9/07. The defendants are: [A] Jeremy Howard YOUNG (7.5.67 – 40 ys), a former MPS PC, of Ilford, Essex, is charged

LawFuel – The English law firms continue to aggressively export their services, with the major UK firm Lovells launching an alliance with nine Chinese counterparts. Foreign practitioners are restricted in China. The 10 firms will collaborate in areas ranging from mergers and acquisitions to intellectual property in an arrangement crafted to comply with Chinese prohibitions

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Lovells, the law firm, is to launch an alliance with nine Chinese counterparts, in the latest sign of the English legal profession’s aggressive efforts to export its services to big economies where foreign lawyers are restricted. The 10 firms will collaborate in areas ranging from mergers and acquisitions

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Measures to prevent match tampering at the US Open lead to tennis umpires and officials received letters from U.S. Open organizers reminding them of rules against gambling, Bloombergs report. The U.S. Tennis Association also sent players in the men’s and women’s draw written notification about the conduct policy before

NEW YORK, Aug. 31, 2007 LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire — Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross LLP (www.pomerantzlaw.com) (“Pomerantz”) reminds investors of Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc. (“Qiao Xing” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:XING) that October 8, 2007 is the deadline to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff in the class action.