2007

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – LawFuel lead story – The lawyer for Madeleine McCann’s parents accused sections of the media of “inhumane” scandal-mongering as the couple launched a defamation action against a Portuguese newspaper. Gerry McCann said he and his wife, Kate, were “deeply hurt” by a front-page story in Tal & Qual which […]

Friday 31 August 2007 LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Former investment adviser and principal of Golconda Resources, Mr Mark Alan Taylor, was sentenced today in the South Australian District Court to 18 months imprisonment on 63 charges relating to the promotion of investments in the failed Queensland investment scheme known as the Wattle Group.

PHOENIX – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Bernardo Mancinas-Flores, 29, of Sinaloa, Mexico, was found guilty by a federal jury in Phoenix of Conspiracy to Take Hostages, Hostage Taking, Conspiracy to Harbor Illegal Aliens, Harboring Illegal Aliens, and Possessing and Using a Firearm during, and in relation to, a crime of violence. The case

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – President George W. Bush on Friday tried to calm financial market turmoil from the credit crisis by announcing proposals intended to prevent homeowners from defaulting on risky mortgages. Reuters report that rising U.S. defaults on so-called subprime mortgages to less credit-worthy borrowers have caused volatility in financial markets around

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – For the Week Ending August 31, 2007 1. FBI Headquarters: Protecting Your Business Against Bomb Threats As the result of several financial and commercial institutions throughout the U.S. receiving extortion bomb threats, the FBI has launched a public campaign on how to respond to a potential bomb threat. Full

TUCSON, Ariz. – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Agripina Rey-Carrasco, 46, of Phoenix, was sentenced here today to 15 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, by U.S. District Judge Raner C. Collins. Her daughter and co-defendant, Aracely Carrasco-Rey, 27, also of Phoenix, was sentenced to 18 months in

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Three Central Kentucky lawyers accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars from their clients in a lawsuit over the diet drug combination fen-phen may soon have to start accounting for that money. A senior judge who previously ruled that the three breached their fiduciary duty and should

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – An Iowa district court ruled Thursday that same-sex couples can marry based on the state constitution’s guarantee of equal treatment, court documents show. The ruling was in response to a December 2005 lawsuit brought by six same-sex couples seeking to wed. They were denied marriage licenses and claimed such

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Globe & Mail reports on Dog the Bounty Hunter, the enormously popular, No.1-rated A&E reality show and now a blunt, sugar-free autobiography, You Can Run But You Can’t Hide. But life for Duane (Dog) Chapman has not been all kibble and off-leash walks in the park. As he