2007

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – In a speech that has stunned the Australia’s legal fraternity, Sir Gerard Brennan outlined circumstances when the risk of terror justified laws that eroded common law rights, The Weekend Australian reports. He told the nation’s lawyers that while they generally knew about crime, they knew little about terrorism and […]

Fourth Trial Conviction For Medicare Strike Force Since March MIAMI, FLORIDA – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The owner and operator of a Florida durable medical equipment company and an assisted living facility has been convicted by a federal jury in Miami of Medicare fraud, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Briney Spears is the “monied party” in the relationship with Kevin Federline, Federline’s lawyer Mark Vincent Kaplan was reported as saying by MTV. Federline shouldn’t have to foot the whole bill for the legal expenses in his divorce with her because he has “no net income” after various expenses

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire — Two University of South Florida (USF) students have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Tampa, Florida, for transporting explosives materials without permits, the Department of Justice announced today. The two-count indictment unsealed today charges Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed and Youssef Samir Megahed, both Egyptian

Acquisition Opens New Growth Opportunities Serving Region’s Revitalized Steel Industry Paris, Frankfurt – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Jones Day advised Harsco Corporation (NYSE: HSC) (“Harsco”), a worldwide industrial services company, on its latest strategic acquisition. The deal, which was announced and completed on 27 August 2007, involved the acquisition of Alexander Mill

The London, Frankfurt and Milan offices of Clifford Chance have advised Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG (HVB) as Lead Manager on a EUR 6.2 billion partially funded synthetic CLO of large corporate loans of HVB, Unicredit Banca d’Impresa and Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG. This is the first synthetic CLO to combine successfully the loan portfolios

31 August 2007 – LAWFUEL – Ongoing severe water restrictions in many Australian cities, regional centres and smaller towns has prompted the emergence of several recycled water initiatives, in an attempt to better manage scarce water resources. The State Government’s 5 Star Plus building initiative proposes to introduce mandatory water efficiency measures into all new

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Yesterday, Citi announced that it has agreed to sell its Smith Barney brokerage operations in Puerto Rico to Popular, Inc. The business has approximately $1.8 billion in assets under management and 15,000 accounts. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The sale follows the announcement made earlier this

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Lovells has advised OJSC Power Machines (“Power Machines”), a major Russian producer and supplier of equipment for hydro, thermal, gas, and nuclear power plants as well as electricity transmission and distribution equipment, on the issue of 1.492 billion ordinary shares for US$275 million. The global coordinator and book runner

Moscow/London August 28, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Baker & McKenzie, the global law firm, has announced today that it has advised Home Credit and Finance Bank LLC (HCFB) on the first-ever Russian securitisation of credit card receivables (revolving card loans) originated by HCFB. The securitisation transaction was arranged by ABN AMRO