2007

LAWFUEL – Law Newswire – Hate crimes are on the rise in many parts of Europe, according to Human Rights First’s 2007 Hate Crimes Survey, a new report examining hate-driven violence in countries from the Russian Federation and the Central Asian states across Europe to North America. The report, which focuses primarily on developments in […]

Today, the United States House of Representatives, with its vote on the embryonic stem cell bill, chose to discard existing protections on human life. This bill puts scientific research and ethical principle into conflict, rather than supporting a balanced approach that advances scientific and medical frontiers without violating moral principles. My Administration has sought to

LAWFUEL- UK Law News – In a statement to Parliament today, the Home Secretary called for new measures to fight the ‘unprecedented threat’ of terrorism. Saying that it is ‘the duty of the Home Secretary to ensure that our response to terrorism provides the best possible protection’, Home Secretary John Reid today called on Parliament

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The judge who sentenced Paris Hilton to jail and the city’s top prosecutor objected Thursday to her early release for an unspecified medical condition after only three days behind bars. What does it say about judicial process . . and fame? From The San Francisco Chronicle.

Targeted Networking, Immediate Follow-up with New contacts and Patience are Keys to Building Business Washington, DC-June 7, 2007- LAWFUEL – The Legal Business Newswire –Traditionally law firms have built business by word of mouth or referral. But competition and the realities of strong marketing across the industry have caused firms to re-think their business development

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The United States may suspend a major post-Sept. 11 security initiative to cope with increasingly angry complaints from Americans whose summer vacations are threatened by new passport rules, CP reports. A proposal under consideration would temporarily waive a requirement that U.S. passports be used for air travel to and

SEATTLE, June 7, 2007 LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire — Keller Rohrback L.L.P. announced that on June 5, 2007, the Honorable William Alsup issued an order in which he granted in part and denied in part the Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss in the Zoran Corporation Derivative Litigation, No. 06-05503 (N.D. Cal.). The order allows

Admitted to Informing Co-Defendant Boyfriend of a $314,000 Cash Withdrawal SAN JOSE – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – United States Attorney Scott N. Schools announced that Christina Marie Flores was sentenced in San Jose by Judge Ronald M. Whyte to serve 24 months incarceration for her role in a 2004 robbery in Salinas. The

WASHINGTON – A former Alcatel CIT executive pleaded guilty to participating in the payment of more than $2.5 million in bribes to senior Costa Rican government officials in order to obtain a mobile telephone contract from Costa Rica’s state-owned telecommunications authority, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the Department of Justice announced