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18 October – LawFuel – The Law News Network – LawFuel.com’s lead story from Bloomberg reports on the Supreme Court’s rejection of a Government effort to force tobacco companies to pay $280 billion, forcing the Bush administration to a scaled-back version of its lawsuit.

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — By picking Harriet Miers — a judicial cipher and Texas crony — for the Supreme Court, President Bush infuriated a conservative movement that had grown estranged from him for other reasons, particularly his big-spending approach to such matters as education, highway pork-barreling and

17 October – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Ed Poll, The Practical Guide to Profit™ for lawyers, has observed over 15 years of consulting with law firms, that many lawyers are so enamored with technology as a way to contain costs that they forget to consider their use of technology’s impact on their

RALEIGH, NC -LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Maupin Taylor, a top rated North Carolina-based law firm, announces the addition of Robert Imperial to the firm. Robert focuses his practice primarily on business and commercial litigation with a strong emphasis on bankruptcy, creditors’ rights and distressed loan workouts. Firm clients will benefit from Robert’s

RICHMOND, Va. – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – James P. McElligott, a partner in the Richmond office of McGuireWoods LLP, has been named co-chair of the Benefit Claims and Individual Rights Subcommittee of the Employee Benefits Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section of Labor and Employment Law. As co-chair, McElligott’s duties include

WASHINGTON, DC – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – 10/13/2005 — W. Kenneth Ferree has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a member of the Entertainment and Media group to lead the firm’s new communications practice in Washington, D.C. Ferree previously served as Chief of the Media Bureau at the Federal Communications

Washington, DC— LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Washington office of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP (K&LNG) welcomes Roger S. Wise as partner in its tax group. Wise comes to the firm from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. Wise focuses his practice on tax issues in the investment management area,

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Saddam Hussein’s lead lawyer, Khalil Dulaimi, claims he has not been allowed to properly prepare a case for his client, report Baghdad Correspondent Babak Dehghanpisheh and Senior Editor Michael Hirsh. “All my meetings with him are being done under severe American monitoring,” Dulaimi

WASHINGTON, D.C.— LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Jeffery L. Springer of Phoenix, Arizona has pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA), the Department of Justice announced today. Springer, owner of an industrial facility in Phoenix, entered guilty pleas in the United States District Court

NEW YORK, Oct. 14 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – An investor sued Refco, Inc. (“Refco” or the “Company”) (NYSE: RFX) today, alleging that the Company issued materially false and misleading financial statements in connection to its August 11, 2005 initial public offering (“IPO”). Berman DeValerio Pease Tabacco Burt & Pucillo (http://www.bermanesq.com) filed