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LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announced the formation of a district-wide U.S. Attorney Violent Crimes Task Force. The Task Force, which will be comprised of 15 federal prosecutors from the four branch offices of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, will focus on utilizing

LAWFUEL – See LawFuel’s ‘Hot Gossip’ – Seems to be the week for slander suits. Joining Howard K Stern is Dancing With The Stars alumna Sara Evans’ husband, who’s now suing one of Evans’ lawyers for slander and libel. Craig Schelske claims attorney John Hollins made false statements to the press about Schelske’s alleged adultery

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – It took Howard K. Stern’s new, high profile lawyer L Lin Wood only a matter of days to get into action – a lawsuit against Anna Nicole Smith’s mother for defamation. Stern filed the federal slander lawsuit against attorney John O’Quinn, who represents Smith’s estranged mother, Virgie Arthur, accusing

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The Washington Post reports today that beseiged World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz sent his lawyer, DC attorney Robert Barnett, to negotiate the terms, seeking more than a dozen amendments to the standard contract that had served World Bank presidents for decades Barnett has represented a number of high profile

LAWFUEL – A Federal Court sitting in San Diego, California has upheld a jury’s unanimous verdict that QUALCOMM Incorporated abused the standards process by failing to make timely patent disclosures during the process of developing a technical standard. The litigation arose when Qualcomm filed suit against arch-enemy Broadcom Corporation, an implementer of the standard. The

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Kate Middleton, the girlfriend of Prince William, has split after four years with some speculating that life in the public eye had taken its toll. Middleton’s lawyers, Harbottle & Lewis, who also act for the Prince of Wales, wrote to the UK Press Complaints Commission last week saying they

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – A special committee of the board of directors at computer software company CA Inc. accused its founder and former Chairman and Chief Executive Charles Wang of fraudulent accounting and urged legal action, in a report on its investigation released on Friday. Wang was accused by the committee of having

WALTHAM, Mass.–LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Virtual Paralegal Services, LLC (VPS) (www.virtualparalegalservices.com), a provider of affordable, on-demand, experienced paralegal assistance exclusively for lawyers and their clients, announced today the expansion of its paralegal services to include litigation support services. VPS Welcomes Kimberly Chrisom Kimberly Chrisom. Kimberly brings 7 years paralegal experience working in law

ATLANTA – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Chitwood Harley Harnes LLP announced today that it has filed a lawsuit seeking class action status in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on behalf of all persons (the “Class”) who purchased the securities of CheckFree Corp. (NASDAQ: CKFR) (“CheckFree” or the