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Tenet Healthcare Corporation Agrees to Pay $10 Million Penalty to Settle Charges Washington, D.C., April 2, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed civil fraud charges in federal district court against Tenet Healthcare Corporation and its former chief financial officer and co-president, its former chief operating officer and co-president, its former

The Supreme Court ruled today, in what amounts to a rebuke of the Bush administration, that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate carbon dioxide from automobile emissions, and that it has shirked its duty in not doing so. In a 5-to-4 decision, the court found that the Clean Air Act expressly authorizes

New York, NY – April 2, 2007 – LawFuel – California Law News – The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that Edward Zaelke has been named Managing Partner of the Firm’s office in Los Angeles. The move comes as part of Chadbourne’s substantial expansion of the office in the last

WASHINGTON, April 2 LAWFUEL – Lawyer News Daily — A federal jury in Jackson, Miss., has convicted Biloxi attorney Paul S. Minor, former Mississippi state chancery court judge Walter W. Teel, and former Mississippi state court circuit judge John H. Whitfield of charges related to their role in a bribery scheme in which Minor provided

WASHINGTON, DC (April 2) – LAWFUEL – American Lawyer News, Law Jobs – Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that Mark Levy and Steve Sacher were selected as 2007 Washington, DC Super Lawyers. This distinction denotes that these lawyers attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement as some of the region’s pre-eminent lawyers. To

WASHINGTON, D.C. – LAWFUEL – Law US – Law Jobs – Already a major player in the Energy/Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) law field nationwide, Schiff Hardin LLP has significantly expanded its capabilities in this practice with the addition of eight attorneys and one legislative affairs specialist, formerly with Sullivan and Worcester LLP. Six attorneys

LONDON – LawFuel – Law News + Business – Allen & Overy LLP has advised Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited on the acquisition of Paradigm Therapeutics Limited. Paradigm, which has been renamed Takeda Cambridge Limited, has become a subsidiary of Takeda Europe Holdings B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda. Paradigm was founded in 1999, and

LAWFUEL – A week after emerging from a rehab center, pop star Britney Spears has reached a divorce settlement with her husband, former backup dancer Kevin Federline, a spokesman for his attorney said on Friday, Reuters reports. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. But a statement issued by Michael Sands, spokesman for Federline’s lawyer,

LawFuel – Legal News, Lawsuits, Law Jobs – A federal judge has advanced a lawsuit against the government over its funding of overseas projects that environmental groups claim contribute to climate change, reports Associated Press. The lawsuit, filed by environmental groups and four U.S. cities, claims that the overseas projects will harm the U.S. environment