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LawFuel.com – Law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is launching a US litigation practice with the election of three prominent New York litigation partners. Aaron Marcu, Benito Romano and Adam Siegel will join Freshfields’ New York office on 26 January 2009. They form the foundation of a new complex litigation and white-collar defence and investigations practice.

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP today announced it, together with PASSCO Companies, LLC, OMNI Brokerage, Inc., and Argus Realty Investors, L.P., just received a no-action letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) taking the definitive position that Tenant in Common (TIC) transactions, structured either as a master lease or property management, are considered

LONDON – LawFuel.com – Allen & Overy LLP is providing advice on English legal and regulatory matters to Interwoven, Inc. (“Interwoven”) on its acquisition by Autonomy Corporation plc (“Autonomy”) for US$775 million in cash. Interwoven is a NASDAQ listed company specialising in content management software solutions. Fenwick & West LLP is advising Interwoven on US

January 22, 2009 (San Francisco, CA – LAWFUEL) – Fenwick & West LLP represented its long-time client Interwoven, Inc. (NASDAQ: IWOV) in its pending acquisition by Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU), Europe’s second largest enterprise software company. Interwoven, based in San Jose, CA, is a leading provider of enterprise content management systems. The transaction is

(LAWFUEL) – A 25-year-old Holt man has been arrested and charged with stalking and possession of anabolic steroids. The man was a staff member of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and his arrest was the result of an internal investigation. He has been suspended from duties as an AFP employee. The man is due to

(LAWFUEL) – A 20-year-old Malaysian woman faced court in Melbourne today charged with attempting to import approximately 400 grams of heroin into Australia concealed within her bra. Officers from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship referred the woman to Customs for a baggage examination when she arrived at Melbourne International Airport on a flight from

R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael K. Fithen, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service, Miami Field Division, announced today that defendant Ricardo Figuerado, a former employee of Bank of America, has been charged with bank fraud arising from a multi-million dollar scheme to misappropriate funds from

LawFuel.com – Legal Newswire – LEV L. DASSIN, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that HARITH ALJABAWI, a/k/a “Harry,” pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge JOHN F. KEENAN in Manhattan federal court to charges stemming from his payment of thousands of dollars in kickbacks to a