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LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – As part of its continuing initiative to address spam-driven stock manipulation, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission” or “SEC”) today announced the temporary suspension, pursuant to Section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), of trading in the securities of the following issuers, commencing at

LAWFUEL – See ‘Hot Gossip’, LawFuel.com – Walter F. Murphy, the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Emeritus, at Princeton University,gave a televised speech that slammed President Bush. The President’s administration have added his name to the Transportation Security Administration’s terrorist watch list. He since shared his experience at the law blog Balkinization. He’s already been refused

Pressure on World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz mounted when the bank’s former top legal officer confirmed that he gave the board’s ethics committee reasoning concerning the deal offered to Wolfowitz’s girlfriend that differs from that given by Wolfowitz. Paul Wolfowitz’s future as World Bank president hung in the balance yesterday after the bank’s board issued

BRISTOL, Mass., April 13 LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire — Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Spine Inc., lost an important ruling Wednesday, when a Massachusetts superior court judge denied the company’s effort to dismiss four lawsuits filed by patients claiming its product, the Charite Artificial Disc, is defective. Judge Susan Garsh ruled against DePuy’s claim

April 6, 2007 (Mountain View and San Francisco, CA) – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Law Jobs – Fenwick & West LLP represented Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: A) in its recently announced acquisition of Stratagene Corporation (NASDAQ: STGN). Stratagene, based in La Jolla, CA, is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of specialized life science

Ongoing legal issues with AOL have seen the popular instant messaging client Gaim, change its name to Pidgin – the second change for the developers to satisfy AOL. Wired magazine reports that in the early days of development the project was known as “GTK+ AOL Instant Messenger,” but AOL threatened to sue and so the

NEW YORK, April 13, 2007 LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire — Harwood Feffer LLP today announced that a class action suit has been commenced on behalf of all persons who purchased the common stock of HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:HCC), (“HCC” or the “Company”) between May 3, 2005 and November 17, 2006, both dates inclusive

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The Inquest into the unsolved killing of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer will begin in Kingston Jamaica on April 23. It is unknown how many people will be called to the inquest, which could last several weeks. Deputy Police Commissioner Mark Shields, a former Scotland Yard detective who became

NEW YORK–LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, one of the world’s leading international law firms, announced the recent hiring of Special Counsels Michael Anglin, Christopher Mirick, and Gary Ticoll, all resident in the New York office. “These three seasoned attorneys will be valuable additions to our Global Finance and