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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Feb. 22 LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company applauds the near unanimous verdict handed down today by a jury in Independence, Mo., in favor of R.J. Reynolds and other cigarette manufacturers named in an individual smoking and health case. Eighty year old William A. VanDenBurg claimed that smoking

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 21 LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Philadelphia Bar Association filed a brief as a friend of the court today in support of the judicial litigants seeking to declare as unconstitutional PA Act 72, which rolled back pay raises for certain elected officials, including pay raises for judges, but which did

TALLAHASSEE – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Attorney General Charlie Crist today announced a multimillion dollar settlement with Tenet Healthcare Corporation, resolving allegations that the company falsely inflated its hospitals’ charges from 2000 to 2003 to obtain reimbursements from a Medicare fund. The agreement brings to a close a federal court lawsuit alleging

MIAMI- LAWFUEL – The Law News Network -Feb. 21, 2006–The law firms of Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A. and Podhurst, Orsek, P.A. (the “Law Firms”) announce that they have filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of all persons who purchased, sold, held and/or retained investments in retirement trust plans offered by Pension Funds of

LawFuel – The Law News Network – In a story that could have come from any TV law drama, a young graduate from Boston’s Suffolk University Law School went law job hunting. Her efforts landed her an interview with William A. Korman of Korman & Associates. She landed a job. But it wasn’t entirely to

DALLAS – The Dallas-based trial, transaction and technology law firm Davis Munck, P.C., has combined with Butrus Khoshbin Wilson Vogt, LLP, a litigation firm focused on large-scale commercial disputes. The new technology boutique, Davis Munck Butrus, P.C., will have offices in Dallas, Texas and Charlotte, N.C. Under the new moniker, the firm will handle intellectual

Palo Alto, CA (February 21, 2006) — LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – White & Case bolstered its burgeoning China practice with the addition of Anna Han, who joins the Firm as counsel in its Palo Alto office. Han has extensive experience advising clients on doing business in China, with a focus on negotiating

22 February – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Enrique Gutierrez, Postal Inspector in Charge, United States Postal Inspection Service, announced that defendant, Harris Cohen, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Cecilia Altonaga in connection with his participation

LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Manches LLP – a leading law firm in London and the Thames Valley announces an upcoming seminar based on the issue of IT Outsourcing. The seminar is designed for users and suppliers of IT outsourcing services as well as anyone considering outsourcing some or all of their IT

20 February – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Clifford Chance is to offer two legal scholarships a year to Indian advocates and solicitors to sit the Qualified Lawyers’ Transfer Test (QLTT) in Mumbai or Delhi. The UK Law Society is introducing semi-annual QLTTs in Mumbai and Delhi to allow Indian lawyers to qualify