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NORFOLK, Va.- LAWFUEL – US Law & Business News–FHC Health Systems, …

NORFOLK, Va.- LAWFUEL – US Law & Business News–FHC Health Systems, Inc. filed a motion earlier today in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware seeking to expedite its previously announced lawsuit to compel Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSYS) to complete the acquisition of FHC’s Alternative Behavioral Systems (ABS) business. The motion alleges

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LAWFUEL – US Law News – R. Alexander Acosta, United States A…

LAWFUEL – US Law News – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Rear Admiral David W. Kunkel, Commander 7th Coast Guard District, and Jesus Torres, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, announce that defendant Amil Gonzalez-Rodriguez was convicted earlier today by a Key West jury following

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Fish & Richardson Wins $34 Million for Power Integrations in Patent …

Fish & Richardson Wins $34 Million for Power Integrations in Patent Infringement Case Against Fairchild SAN JOSE, Calif., October 13, 2006 – Fish & Richardson P.C. has won a major verdict for Power Integrations (OTC: POWI), the leader in high-voltage integrated circuits for power conversion, in its patent-infringement lawsuit against Fairchild Semiconductor. On October 10,

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The business of hiring, developing and retaining new lawyers is decidedly not what it used to be. In 1907, a prominent Wall Street firm wrote to a young Franklin D. Roosevelt offering him a position as an associate — “the first year without salary” — and the future president accepted the offer. That same firm now pays summer associates more than $10,000 per month.

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Today, firms that fail to take seriously the challenges of recruiting, training, mentoring and work-life issues can count on increasing turnover to such an extent that, by one estimate, nearly 50 percent of any given group of entering associates likely will leave the firm within three years. This trend illustrates fairly dramatically the challenges faced

The business of hiring, developing and retaining new lawyers is decidedly not what it used to be. In 1907, a prominent Wall Street firm wrote to a young Franklin D. Roosevelt offering him a position as an associate — “the first year without salary” — and the future president accepted the offer. That same firm now pays summer associates more than $10,000 per month. Read More »

Singapore – LAWFUEL – Law News Network -The Singapore office of inte…

Singapore – LAWFUEL – Law News Network -The Singapore office of international law firm Clifford Chance has advised State Street Global Advisors (State Street) on Asia’s first gold exchange traded fund (ETF), streetTRACKS® Gold Trust, which listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Wednesday 11 October. State Street is an affiliate of the marketing agent

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LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Corporate and commercial law firm SJ …

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Corporate and commercial law firm SJ Berwin LLP was one of the firms which advised The British Land Company PLC on the real estate aspects of a market leading, multi-tranche £1 billion restructuring of its debentures. The restructuring creates the largest individual UK debenture security pool valued at £1.8

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Düsseldorf, October 11, 2006 — LAWFUEL – Europe Business + Law – S…

Düsseldorf, October 11, 2006 — LAWFUEL – Europe Business + Law – Shearman & Sterling advised Kommanditgesellschaft Allgemeine Leasing GmbH (KGAL) in the auction process related to the sale of all shares in Disko Group (which includes Diskont und Kredit AG and Disko Leasing GmbH) and on the sale of all shares in ASL Auto

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(San Francisco, October 10, 2006) – The Palo Alto and San Fran…

(San Francisco, October 10, 2006) – The Palo Alto and San Francisco offices of Ropes & Gray have each added three new associates this Fall, bringing the total number of lawyers in each office to 24. The new lawyers are: Palo Alto Adam Goldman, IP Litigation; J.D. 2006, Stanford Law School Victor Hsue, IP Litigation;

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Wednesday 11 October 2006 LAWFUEL – Law News Network – A promoter of…

Wednesday 11 October 2006 LAWFUEL – Law News Network – A promoter of illegal property financing schemes has been ordered to pay more than $1 million in compensation and penalties and banned from ever running a company again. Ms Jan Redfern, Executive Director of Enforcement at the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) welcomed orders

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LAWFUEL – Legal News Network – The UK Courts last week handed down a…

LAWFUEL – Legal News Network – The UK Courts last week handed down a ground-breaking decision in a high-profile trade mark infringement case (L’Oreal v Bellure, 04 October 2006), finding that ‘look-alike’ perfume packaging infringed L’Oreal’s trade mark rights. For years, ‘look-alike’ products including perfumes have become more common and have more closely mimicked the

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