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On December 19, 2008, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed antitrust conspiracy claims against Unilever U.S., Inc., Unilever N.V. and Unilever PLC (“Unilever”) and other alleged conspirators on the ground that the allegations of the U.S. impact of German cartel activity to which the Unilever German subsidiary (and others)

Sydney, 23 December 2008. The shortlist for the 2008 Blake Dawson Prize for Business Literature has been announced by Blake Dawson and the State Library of New South Wales. The $30,00 prize, launched in 2004, is acknowledged as being one of Australia’s most important awards for business writing, attracting entries covering a wide range of

Chicago, December 24, 2008 – LawFuel – Legal Announcements – Baker & McKenzie has been voted Best Law Firm of the Year in three of five categories in Environmental Finance and Carbon Finance’s market survey of fast-growing environmental markets. The annual survey, closely watched by leading participants of the carbon, U.S. emissions, weather risk management

NEW YORK — LawFuel – Legal Announcements – Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is pleased to announce that three prominent white collar crime lawyers are joining Skadden’s New York office as partners. The new partners — John Carroll, David Meister and Warren Feldman — are joining the firm’s New York White Collar Crime

DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Dominic Eugene Hughes, age 33, of Weld County, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Wiley Y. Daniel to serve 30 months in federal prison for failure to register as a sex offender, United States Attorney Troy Eid and U.S. Marshal Edward Zahren announced today. After his prison sentence, Hughes

DALLAS (LAWFUEL) – The 2009 officers for the Legal Marketing Association’s Dallas City Group have been announced. Lisa Whitley Coleman, Communications Manager, Gardere Wynne Sewell, LLP, has been elected as Chair. Ms. Coleman has worked in the legal marketing field for the past five years, after working for the proceeding five years covering the legal

(LAWFUEL) – A 45-year-old New Zealand citizen was arrested last night (23 December) in connection with an international music piracy ring. The man was arrested after arriving at Sydney Airport on a flight from Auckland. The investigation began in June 2007, after the Australian Federal Police (AFP) received a referral into allegations of music piracy