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(LAWFUEL) – Clyde & Co LLP has advised ADIC MENA Partners, a private equity fund managed by Abu Dhabi Investment Company (ADIC), on the acquisition of a majority stake in the Al Zarouni family’s Unitra METS Group, a Dubai-based speciality beverage distributor with 2008 revenues expected to be in excess of AED 600 million. Through

LawFuel – Legal Secretary Jobs – The legal secretary market in New Zealand is relatively firm with many legal secretaries looking for jobs after a reduction in jobs. For instance, one recent job involves working for a high quality float position If you love the excitement of wondering what your next assignment for the day

(LAWFUEL) – The Australian Federal Police has become aware this morning of an article in Fairfax newspapers outlining a security breach of sensitive documents which allegedly took place in Kathmandu. The breach is believed to have involved an officer using a USB stick in a hotel computer. The AFP can confirm that a number of

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Juan Nunez, 39, of Coolidge, Ariz., was arrested by the FBI yesterday and charged today with Attempted Provision of a Prohibited Object to an Inmate and Possession of Cocaine With Intent to Distribute. Nunez is employed as a corrections officer by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and currently works at CCA’s Central

DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Kennedy Oduro, age 32, of Denver, was sentenced this morning to serve 12 months and 1 day in federal prison and 12 months of supervised release for aiding in the preparation of false tax returns, United States Attorney Troy A. Eid and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (LAWFUEL) — Corpus Christi attorney Bob Hilliard is announcing a $4.2 million verdict handed down today in favor of Corpus Christi’s popular San Luis Mexican Restaurant against the restaurant’s insurance company. The jury in Judge Lisa Gonzales’ County Court at Law No. 2 in Nueces County found that Illinois-based Evanston Insurance Co.

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – A federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a 3-count indictment yesterday against Juan Moreno-Gonzalez, 26, a Lawful Permanent Resident of Eloy, Ariz., for Conspiracy to Transport Illegal Aliens, Transporting Illegal Aliens and Transporting Illegal Aliens resulting in Death. Four illegal aliens drowned in the San Tan High Line Canal during a failed

WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) – A federal court in Arizona has permanently barred Dennis O. Poseley, Patricia Ann Ensign and Rachel McElhinney from selling tax fraud schemes, the Justice Department announced today. The complaint in the civil injunction case alleged that the defendants, through a business called Innovative Financial Consultants (IFC), falsely advised customers that they could

DENVER (LAWFUEL) – A federal grand jury in Denver this week returned two sealed indictments charging eight individuals with crimes related to the preparing or assisting in preparing false tax returns. Of the eight indicted, three were arrested today without incident. Authorities are seeking five others. All of those arrested today appeared this afternoon in