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~ McCollum is joined by spokespersons to roll out the cybersafety initiative statewide ~ TALLAHASSEE, FL – Continuing his innovative approach to the issue of cybersafety, Attorney General Bill McCollum today unveiled several new resources to fight cybercrime, including Operation SafeSurf, a cybersafety website located at http://www.safeflorida.net. Speaking at press conferences in Tampa, Ft. Lauderdale

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Clifford Chance in conjunction with Al Jadaan Law Firm in Saudi Arabia has advised Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company in the US$1.8 billion IPO of Saudi Kayan, a petrochemicals project. The offer is the second largest offering ever in Saudi Arabia and closed

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer announced today that David Winfield has taken over as head of the banking group in London. David has been a partner in the firm since 1995 and has worked in the firm’s London and New York offices. Martin Hutchings has also joined the partnership with

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Cravath represented Basic Element in connection with the US$1.54 billion strategic investment by Russian Machines, a wholly owned subsidiary of Basic Element, in Magna International Inc. The lawyers involved in this matter are partners Richard Hall and Mark I. Greene and associate Melinda I. Wang on corporate matters,

DALLAS–LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Detective Debbie Ingram of the Bellevue Police Department knows about stolen property and forgery. She’s spent her share of time beating the street. But today the detective and hundreds of others throughout the Northwest simply log on to their computers to access information on more than 120 million transactions

LOS ANGELES– LAWFUEL – The Law Jobs & Law Newswire – David J. Epstein (UCLA Law ‘64) and Nelson C. Rising (UCLA Law ‘67) will be honored as the UCLA School of Law 2007 Alumni of the Year recipients on Friday, May 18, from Noon-1:30 p.m. at the California Club on 538 South Flower Street

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Home Secretary John Reid has warned that human rights laws must be re-written to protect the public against terrorism, ITV reports. In a controversial speech, he described the current legal set-up as “unacceptable” and said politicians who followed case law “to the letter” were failing to protect their citizens.

Nancy Lasersohn, Dechert’s chief marketing officer, pauses at a Lucite magazine rack in the firm’s Philadelphia offices and notices that something is amiss. “Oh,” she says, grabbing a fistful of glossy brochures touting the firm’s state tax practice, “I guess we should get rid of these.” Less than a day has passed since CEO and

HOUSTON (May 7, 2007) — LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Bracewell & Giuliani LLP associate Francis E.W. Chin has been selected as a member of the Houston Bar Association’s Minority Opportunities in the Legal Profession committee for 2007-2008. The committee develops and sponsors educational programs and service projects aimed at promoting equal opportunities for

SAN FRANCISCO (May 9, 2007) – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Bingham McCutchen LLP announces the arrival of Deborah M. Rosenthal and L. Elizabeth Strahlstrom as partners in the firm’s Land Use and Development Practice Group. Rosenthal joins the Orange County office, and Strahlstrom joins the San Francisco office. Strahlstrom comes to Bingham from