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Brussels (Dec. 18, 2008 – LAWFUEL) – Anthony Van der Hauwaert, a corporate mergers and acquisitions lawyer, has been named a European partner with global law firm Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., effective Jan. 1, 2009. Van der Hauwaert is resident in the firm’s Brussels office and has been a member of the Brussels Bar

WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) – Richard Hendryx, 78, of Morristown, Ariz., pleaded guilty today to traveling in foreign commerce with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with children, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich and U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona Diane J. Humetewa announced. During the plea hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michelle

December 23, 2008 – LawFuel – Legal Announcements Daily – Davis Polk & Wardwell advised a syndicate of underwriters represented by RBC Dominion Securities Inc. in connection with a C$2 billion offering of 56,750,000 common shares by Royal Bank of Canada. The offering consisted of a public offering in Canada and a private placement to

(LAWFUEL) – A two-year operation by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) has ended after the arrest in Australia, of a man alleged to be the head of a transnational drug trafficking syndicate spanning three continents. The man was formally charged on 26 December and is due to face Melbourne Magistrates Court today, following his extradition

NEW YORK, Dec. 29, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The regulatory settlements that forced UBS Securities to offer to repurchase all Auction Rate Securities (“ARS”) that the firm had improperly sold to investors, prior to the collapse of the ARS market in February of 2008, expired at the close of business on December 19, 2008. Maddox

Washington, D.C., Dec. 29, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has unanimously approved revisions to modernize its oil and gas company reporting requirements to help investors evaluate the value of their investments in these companies. “In the more than a quarter century since the SEC last reviewed its rules

LawFuel – Legal Newswire – SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP announced this month that Donald L. Korb, Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service, will join the firm to lead its tax controversy practice. A practicing attorney for nearly 35 years, both in the public and private sectors, Mr. Korb is widely recognized as one of

LawFuel the Solicitors Jobs Service has new legal jobs added most days, but reports a considerably heightened increase in the search for more experienced solicitors seeking legal jobs in New Zealand. LawFuel is New Zealand dedicated legal jobs and legal news site and regularly surveys and reports on legal jobs trends across New Zealand and

NEW YORK, NEW YORK (December 27, 2008) – LawFuel – Legal Newswire – Morrison & Foerster LLP is pleased to announce that ten lawyers have been elected to the partnership. Their election is effective January 1, 2009. “We have elected an exceptional group of lawyers to the partnership. This year’s newly elected partners reflect continued