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New York, July 27, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Arnold & Porter LLP announced today that international corporate lawyer Juan Manuel Trujillo has joined the firm as a partner in New York. Mr. Trujillo’s practice focuses on corporate transactionalwork, including project, structured, and cross-border finance, as well as restructurings, mergers and

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The dramatic ruling in the Boston wrongful convicton case that accused the FBI of framing four men for a 1965 murder, all of whom served decades in jail and two died there, was widely reported. Judge Nancy Gertner held that the men were all convicted based on the perjured

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The Connecticut doctor whose wife and two daughters were murdered and raped delivered an emotional eulogy yesterday before nearly 2000 family, friends and supporters. The New York Post reports. Petit spoke slowly and haltingly for about 10 minutes at the end of the nearly two-hour ceremony. Hunched over the

LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – Five young men have been sentenced to a total of more than 13 years in jail after being found guilty of possessing large amounts of extremist material to help them prepare for training camps overseas and to carry out terrorist acts. Martyrdom and suicide bombings were a recurring theme in

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Talk has lead to legal challenges in the economic discussions between China and the United States. The New York Times reports. A year after the United States began a high-level “strategic economic dialogue” with China, the word “dialogue” hardly seems to apply. For a long time, the Bush administration

SANTA ANA – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The final two defendants who participated in a large tax fraud scheme that cost the government approximately $40 million were convicted today of conspiracy to prepare fraudulent tax returns that were filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Kelly Agbonmoba David, 29, of Irvine, and Anthony Todd

OAKLAND – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – U.S. Attorney Scott Schools announced that yesterday Black Point Shipping, S.p.A, an Italian shipping company, pled guilty to presenting false documents to the United States Coast Guard and agreed to pay a $25,000 criminal fine and $50,000 in restitution. Black Point Shipping is the owner of the

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – STAMFORD, CT: Purdue Pharma has spent the past two months communicating the initiatives the company has put in place that will help prevent errors in the promotion of its drugs from ever occurring again. On July 20 a federal judge sentenced three Purdue executives to community service and fined

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Writing to-do lists and keeping a schedule may keep you organized, but does it really help you get more done? I believe that organization is important, but what you really need is focus. Being able to sit down and concentrate intensely on your work for a few hours. Even

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – He is the man who has plunged diplomatic relations between three countries into a continuing crisis for the better part of a year now, the New Zealand Herald reports. One country, Australia, is convinced he is a fugitive who should be turned in to face serious sex-related charges. The