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DALLAS (January 7, 2009 – LAWFUEL) – Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP (Gardere) announces they have been selected as U.S. legal counsel for the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA), an organization focused on accelerating the growth of the global semiconductor industry. Gardere offers GSA a full range of legal services including antitrust, trademarks and international activities. GSA

HOUSTON (LAWFUEL) – Internationally known clean tech leader Paul Dickerson has rejoined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a Houston-based partner to lead the firm’s Clean Tech Practice Group. This practice group will work with venture capital and private equity firms as well as the emerging leaders in bio-fuels, solar, wind and other new energy technologies,

(LAWFUEL) – New York – January 7, 2009 – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is pleased to announce that John Forbes Anderson, Neil I. Chang, Nathan Parker and Victor A. Snegirev have been named International Counsel to the firm. John Forbes Anderson, based in the firm’s London office, is a member of the firm’s Tax Department.

China (LAWFUEL)- DLA Piper today announced the appointment of Kit Kwok as a partner in its corporate practice. Kit will be based in Shanghai yet will spend significant time working with other members of the corporate team in DLA Piper’s Beijing and Hong Kong offices. He adds further heft to DLA Piper’s well-established and growing

(LAWFUEL) – The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is seeking witnesses to a serious assault at Melbourne Airport’s Qantas domestic check-in hall on Wednesday 17 December 2008. The incident occurred around 4pm, when a 43-year-old man was assaulted by another man, leaving him with extensive head injuries. The victim spent several days unconscious in hospital as

WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) — The Internal Revenue Service today kicked off the 2009 tax filing season by announcing a number of new steps to help financially distressed taxpayers maximize their refunds and speed payments while providing additional help to people struggling to meet their tax obligations. IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman encouraged taxpayers to take advantage of

DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Colleen C. Ertle, age 54, of Denver, Colorado, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Court Judge Marcia S. Krieger, to serve 3 years probation, with the first 12 months in home detention with electronic monitoring, for embezzling funds from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Judge Krieger also ordered Ertle to

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Albert William Harris, III, 49, of Gilbert, Ariz., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake to 12 months and one day in federal prison. Harris pleaded guilty to two Counts of Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property on October 14, 2008. Harris was a warehouse employee of Verizon Wireless in

Washington, D.C., Jan. 6, 2009 (LAWFUEL)– Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox today announced the appointment of James L. Kroeker as the Acting Chief Accountant in the SEC’s Office of Chief Accountant. In this capacity, Mr. Kroeker will oversee accounting interpretations, international accounting matters, and professional practice issues. Mr. Kroeker replaces Conrad W. Hewitt,

WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) — The Internal Revenue Service today announced the selection of four new members of the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council (IRSAC), which provides an organized public forum for IRS officials and representatives of the public to discuss key tax administration issues. “IRSAC plays a key role in making our tax system work better,”