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LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Bt Edward Fennell – It should have been no surprise that the Financial Services Authority (FSA) sounded the alarm last week that “criminal gangs” are cashing in on insider dealing. What may be more significant was that it issued a wake-up call to the financial and legal professionals that

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Winstead PC Construction attorneys Robert Bass and Michelle Rieger were elected as council members to the State Bar of Texas Construction Law Section. Austin shareholder Robert Bass was elected Chair and Dallas shareholder Michelle Rieger was elected Vice-Chair. Announcements were made at last week’s State Bar Of Texas Annual

CHICAGO – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – McGuireWoods LLP announces that Marta A. Stein, a partner in the firm’s Chicago office, was inducted into the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA) at its Spring Conference and Induction of Fellows in New York in June. The Litigation Counsel of America is a trial lawyer honorary

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – A Florida man who claims Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 scratches game discs has sued the company, saying the consoles are “negligently designed and manufactured,” FOX News reports. In the lawsuit filed Monday in a Florida federal court, Jorge Brouwer says Microsoft has received thousands of complaints but has not

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Legal threats against anyone who used words from the latest Harry Potter books have not occurred with the release this week of the fifth Harry Potter movies, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.” And July 21 is the release of Rowling’s seventh and final Potter book, “Harry

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has been accused of insufficient consultation leading up to its 2006 partners’ pension reform and forcing out its former insolvency partner Peter Bloxham, an employment tribunal heard today, The Lawyer reports. Bloxham, who retired from the firm last October, is making three complaints of direct and

TOKYO– LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire –Steel Partners Japan Strategic Fund (Offshore), L.P. (“SPJSF”) announced that it has submitted an appeal to the Supreme Court of Japan in connection with its request for a provisional injunction barring Bull-Dog Sauce Co. Ltd. (TOKYO:2804) (the “Company”) from initiating anti-takeover measures aimed at diluting SPJSF’s shareholdings and thwarting

Securities Class Action Filings in First Half of 2007 Remain Well Below Historical Averages Fourth Consecutive Below-Average Period May Represent a “Permanent Shift” BOSTON & PALO ALTO, Calif.–LAWFUEL – The Legal & Business Newswire – Securities class action filings are well below historical averages for the fourth consecutive six-month period, finds a new mid-year report

LONDON–LAWFUEL – The Law Issues Newswire – Ernst & Young welcomes today’s publication of the draft directives for Solvency II, which should ultimately lead to a more efficient European insurance market that would better serve the needs of both policyholders and shareholders. Solvency II, when implemented in a few years, will see a change in

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Anthony V. Mangione, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), Rear Admiral David W. Kunkel, Commander 7th Coast Guard District, John Beutlich, Director, Air Operation, Office of Air and Marine, U.S. Customs and Border