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NEW YORK, Aug. 2 LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire — Scholastic, the global publishing, education and media company, announced today that sales of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the blockbuster final volume in J.K. Rowling’s phenomenally successful series, reached a record breaking 11.5 million copies in the U.S. in its first 10 days on

CHICAGO, Aug. 2 LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire — Last week, the Illinois General Assembly approved the Rate Relief and Reform Package, which in addition to saving consumers money, will reduce global warming pollution and bring new jobs and income to Illinois. That’s because the Rate Bill included a Renewable Energy Standard (RES) and an

At least 11 states involved in coordinated ‘campaign of concealment’ WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire — The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) has launched a new public awareness campaign highlighting the recent name change by Minnesota’s trial lawyer organization and the motives behind the coordinated effort now happening in at

AKRON, Ohio–LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Stark & Knoll Co., L.P.A. announces the addition of Fairlawn resident Edward Kemp to the firm in an Of-Counsel position, where he will practice in employment and labor law, and Joel R. Aberth of Akron as Of-Counsel to support the firm’s expanding estate planning and probate practice.

LAWFUEL – Rupert Murdoch’s purchase of Dow Jones created a firestorm of fees for bankers and lawyers. Among those in the center of the deal-doing was Denver lawyer Lynn Hendrix, representing the biggest trust among the 14 Bancroft family trust based in Denver or nearby. The past week and a half was exhausting and stressful

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Career publisher Vault Inc. (www.vault.com) today released the 2008 edition of its best-selling Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms, and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz ranks highest in overall prestige for the fifth straight year. For the 2008 edition of the Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms, a record

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Mr Robert Bassili, former director of Radisson Maine Property Group (Australia) Pty Ltd and former Chief Executive Officer of RAN Holdings International Ltd, was arrested in London on 20 May 2007, on preliminary arrest warrants issued further to an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation. For legal reasons,

LAWFUEL – Karl Rove has moved center stage in administration affairs again with his refusal to testify before the Senate panel inquiring into the firing of nine US Attorneys. Bloombergs report that President George W. Bush Karl Rove not to testify today before a Senate panel about the firings of the nine attorneys, escalating his

As many as a thousand foreign companies whose shares are traded in the U.S. can be punished under U.S. law for paying bribes to public officials anywhere. The law even reaches non-Americans acting outside the United States. Violators face enormous damage to their reputations, huge fines and time in U.S jails. SINGAPORE–LAWFUEL – The Law

LAWFUEL – A multimillion dollar copyright infringement lawsuit has been launched by rapper Eminem through his music publisher and copyright manager against Apple computers, alleging that downloads of his music was permitted onto iPods without consent. ALthough Apple pays Eminem’s record label Eigh Mile Style LLC for each download the company argues it has not