London – LAWFUEL – UK Business + Law – DLA Piper is pleased to announce the appointment of marine insurance specialist David McKie, who will join as a partner to further strengthen the Litigation and Arbitration Group’s growing shipping team. David was a partner at niche insurance and re-insurance firm, Elborne Mitchell, where he had
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The number of QC applicants has dropped by a quarter compared to last year, according to figures published by the QC Appointments committee in Britain. A total of 333 barristers applied, compared to 443 in 2006. The fall in applications, however, had been expected by the Bar following last year’s massive 175 lawyers becoming silks.
LawFuel.com – LawFuel.com’s lead story from McLeans – Former SEC chairman turned hedge fund manager Richard Breeden is making headlines in the U.S. and Canada simultaneously. Negotiations with his activist hedge fund Breeden Capital have broken down after Breeden rejected the company’s offer of two board seats and he’s making headlines in Canada for his
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A few years ago I used to know a fellow who produced all-star charity galas in New York and London for all the usual causes — AIDS, breast cancer, poverty in Africa, and so forth. All very worthy, I’m sure. Yet I used to feel a little queasy in his company: this man spent his
LawFuel.com – See ‘Hot Gossip’- Celebrity lawsuits – Courtney Love’s always good for a bit of real-time, Paris Hilton – she’s no half-measures, rock shocker this one. And now she’s being sued by a luxury Southern California rehab center that says she has not paid a $180,000 bill for drug and alcohol treatment in 2005,
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Singapore, 7 March 2007 – LAWFUEL – Asia Business + Law News, Law Jobs – Baker & McKenzie announced today that its member firm in Malaysia, Wong & Partners, acted as transaction counsel and advisor to The Bank of Tokyo – Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (“BTMU”) in connection with its subscription for 117 million shares in
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SAN DIEGO–LAWFUEL – Class Actions –A jury in Kansas City, MO awarded more than $17 million to a group of policyholders in a class action lawsuit against American Family Mutual Insurance Co. regarding the company’s policy of specifying after-market auto parts and omitting certain repair procedures in its repair estimates, according to Lerach Coughlin Stoia
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Reports indicate that Australian law firm Slater & Gordon is preparing to list on the Australian Stock Exchange. ‘The Age’ reported that the firm was drafting documentation and had appointed two independent non-executive directors ahead of the probable move. Managing director Andrew Grech revealed former Commonwealth Bank board member and ACTU vice-president Anna Booth had
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When William Moschella sat down before a House subcommittee last week to discuss the firings of seven U.S. Attorneys in December, he was in full apology mode. “In hindsight,” said Moschella, a senior Justice Department official, “perhaps this situation could have been handled better.” What could be called the understatement of the week did little
LAWFUEL – Australia Business News – Former director of Progressive Investment Securities Pty Ltd, Nellie Elizabeth Enares, has been convicted on nine charges of making false statements under oath to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Ms Enares, of Pyrmont in New South Wales, was convicted in the Downing Centre Local Court on charges
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