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Monday 23 July 2007 LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The Companies Auditors and Liquidators Disciplinary Board (CALDB) has reprimanded Mr Robert Eugene Murphy, of Brisbane accounting firm RE Murphy Chartered Accountants, after finding that Mr Murphy had failed to carry out or perform adequately and properly his duties as a registered liquidator. The orders

Monday 23 July 2007 LAWFUEL – The Business & Law Newswire – The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has today released a consultation package on competition for market services (trading in listed securities and market data). ASIC is considering separate applications from AXE ECN Pty Ltd (AXE) and Liquidnet Australia Pty Ltd (Liquidnet) for

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Country singer Mindy McCready was arrested early Saturday morning in Florida and charged with battery and resisting arrest. McCready, 31, was charged with the two misdemeanors, according to booking information, TMZ.com reports. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office would not discuss what happened nor what led to her arrest. McCready,

LawJobsPipeline.com – The Legal Jobs Blog – The Facebook craze continues, with members signing up faster than for a U2 concert. The point of difference for Facebook, over rivals like MySpace, is supposedly its less commercial, greater networking, college-based flavor. But questions arise, and we liked the entry from a law student’s blog, LegalAndrew, who

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Democratic Senator Russell Feingold is reviving his effort to have the U.S. Congress censure President George W. Bush, a move that his party’s leader in the Senate doesn’t support, Bloombergs report. Feingold, of Wisconsin, said today he is preparing two resolutions to censure Bush and other administration officials over

Two multibillionaires – former collaborators turned bitter rivals – are lining up for a legal battle over the future of what claims to be the world’s longest-running trophy in sport, the America’s Cup. The San Francisco-based Oracle computer software chief executive officer Larry Ellison, through the Golden Gate Yacht Club, has lodged a petition in

July 20, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP is pleased to announce that its Trademarks and Global Brand Strategies Group has been recognized as the top ranking practice among law firms in three publications: IP Law360 gave the firm top rankings in its survey of

LAWFUEL – The International Law Firm Newswire – International law firm Eversheds continues to be ranked as the number one provider of legal services in both the higher education (HE) and further education (FE) sectors. Both the Higher Education and Further Education Financial Yearbooks have once again recognised the firm as the “leading legal advisor

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – LawFuel’s lead story – London-based, ‘magic circle’ law firms had a break through year with the second year of double-digit growth and record earnings as they make their mark in the international legal world. London’s big four have secured their place among the emerging global elite after what will