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Settlement Restores Competition for Temporary Nursing Services in Arizona WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice and the state of Arizona today announced that it has reached a settlement with the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association (AzHHA) and its subsidiary, prohibiting the organizations from setting uniform bill rates paid to nurse staffing agencies. The Department’s Antitrust

22 May 2007 LAWFUEL – The Law Firm News Wire – Ashurst advised a consortium comprising Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board and Victorian Funds Management Corporation in relation to its acquisition of a major stake in Birmingham International Airport. The consortium, through acquisition vehicle Airport Group Investments Limited, will pay £420 million for a 48.25

LAWFUEL – The Law News Wire – The San Franciso Chronicle reports that Floyd Landis wriggled through an uncomfortable cross-examination Tuesday, carefully answering questions about the color of his tie and the timing of the firing of the manager who threatened to reveal Greg LeMond’s childhood sex abuse if he testified. It was yet another

LAWFUEL – The Law News Wire – The seat of the fire that caused major damage to theCutty Sark is being treated as a crime scene, police told the ship’s trustees yesterday. The Times reports. Forensic scientists and fire investigators have cordoned off the area around the rear deck hatch. Their first tasks are to

LAWFUEL – The New York Times reports – Few of them may become Michael Moore fans. But some insurance industry officials and health policy experts acknowledged yesterday that the film documentary “Sicko,” Mr. Moore’s indictment of health care in this country, taps into widespread public concern that the system does not work for millions of

LawJobsPipeline.com – Law Jobs – DLA Piper have joined the international firms offering an international training secondment programme from the UK, being one of only two UK firms that hasn’t done so to date. Lawyer 2B reports, who’s inaugural survey pointed out the ’shortfall’, that DLA Piper will be offering trainee secondments to Hong Kong,

LAWFUEL – The Law News Wire – Top California officials implored federal environmental regulators Tuesday for permission to unilaterally impose reductions on greenhouse gases from cars and other vehicles. An auto industry official dismissed the state’s approach as “counterproductive,” Associated Press report. If California gets the federal waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency that it

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm News Wire – Chicago, Irvine, San Diego, and Washington office welcome new lawyers May 2007 Jones Day welcomes a number of prominent attorneys to the Firm this month. Chicago M&A – May 18, 2007 – Belville Joins Jones Day, Adds to International M&A Build-Up in Chicago [Link] Chicago M&A –