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LAWFUEL – Business & Law News Service – Whitcoulls, one of New Zealand’s leading and longest established specialty retail chains, has this month launched a dynamic new customer rewards programme. ‘Whitcoulls Rewards’ will offer a unique shopping experience with members receiving loyalty points, special privileges, rewards, prizes and benefits communicated to them on their state-of-

Monday 31 July 2006 06 LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has urged consumers to check the legitimacy of online tutoring providers after complaints over ABC Tutors Pty Ltd (ABC Tutors) – a company associated with Queensland-based organisation, Tutormaster Pty Ltd (Tutormaster). ASIC’s latest warning follows complaints earlier

PHILADELPHIA- LAWFUEL – Law News NETWORK-July 28, 2006–Baum Hedlund filed a lawsuit today against Philadelphia-based GlaxoSmithKline (“GSK”), the maker of Paxil, in Pennsylvania State Court, on behalf of its clients Anthony and Matilda Vasquez of Bedford, Texas, and their son Adrian. The family alleges that Mrs. Vasquez’s ingestion of Paxil during her pregnancy resulted in

SAN FRANCISCO, July 26, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Discovery Mining, Inc., a leader in electronic discovery technology, today announced the addition of Ann Heatherington as Director of Sales, Northeast. From the New York City office, Ann will lead the sales efforts for the Northeast region, with a particular focus on corporate

28 July 2006 – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed Miguel Klingenberg as the new managing partner of its Spanish offices from 1 August 2006. He will take over from John Byrne, who has held the role for 15 years, since the firm opened its first Spanish

Los Angeles, July 27, 2006 LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Jack Welch has joined the firm as of counsel in the firm’s Corporate Department, based in the Los Angeles office. Welch has extensive global experience in corporate, finance and securities transactions, having worked for firms

July 27, 2006 LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – United States Attorney Paul I. Perez today announced that ROBERT CRAWFORD, age 63, of Pinellas County, pled guilty yesterday to one count of income tax evasion before United States Magistrate Judge Thomas B. McCoun, III. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years’ imprisonment, up

LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – R. Alexander Costa, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and William T. Sims, Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service, announced today that defendant, William Heffernan, Jr. of Kendall, pled guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Adalberto Jordan to one count of distribution of child

LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – General Dynamics recently completed its acquisition of Anteon International Corporation, a leading defense and intelligence technology services company. Jenner & Block represented General Dynamics in the $2.2 billion deal, which will allow the defense contractor to expand the informational technology services it can offer to its U.S. government customers.

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – A parliamentary inquiry into corporate responsibility in Australia, concluded in June, has attracted little attention despite several recent high-profile corporate collapses and scandals. The Corporate responsibility: Managing risk and creating value report that surfaced from the inquiry found that no major changes to the law were necessary. Senior Associate