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John Key MP – National Party Leader 7 October 2008 Tax remains an important part of economic plan New Zealand’s economy is facing three serious challenges: * A worsening international outlook. * A recession. * And, under Labour, little prospect of the conditions needed for long-term growth. Each issue is manageable but each will require

LawFuel – Legal Newswire – The International Bar Association (IBA) today called upon the International Criminal Court (ICC) to increase its public information activities and engage more actively with lawyers from national jurisdictions around the world. Beyond The Hague: forging linkages between the International Criminal Court and key jurisdictions, a report issued today by the

TORONTO (October 6, 2008) – LawFuel – Legal Announcements – Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes), one of Canada’s leading business law firms, was named “Tax Firm of the Year” for Canada at the third annual International Tax Review (ITR) Americas Tax Awards, recently held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. The Americas

Austin— LawFuel – K&L Gates LLP welcomes Mary Schaerdel Dietz and Roderick (Rick) B. Williams as partners in the firm’s Austin office. Dietz, a member of the commercial litigation practice, joins K&L Gates from Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., while Williams joins the firm’s intellectual property litigation practice from Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. A former director

LawFuel – Legal Announcements – DLA Piper today kicked off a four-week-long campaign to encourage sustainable travel and commuting among its approximately 8,000 employees worldwide. The TravelSMART campaign, running from 6 to 31 October 2008, will encourage all employees to use alternatives to business travel, such as web conferencing and telephone conferencing. These alternatives take

TALLAHASSEE, FL LawFuel – Online Legal Jobs & Legal Announcements – Attorney General Bill McCollum announced today that Florida and 32 other states have reached a record-setting $62 million settlement with Eli Lilly and Company over allegations the company improperly marketed the prescription drug Zyprexa. The settlement is the largest ever multistate consumer protection-based pharmaceutical

During my presidential campaign, we set records and shocked the political establishment with “Money Bombs.” Individuals came together and pooled their contributions, large and small, to make a huge splash on one day. And, boy, did the Washington fat cats take notice! Today, I am asking you to do the same for my friend B.J.

LawFuel – Legal Jobs & Newswire – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Division, and Michael E. Yasofky, Jr., Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division, announced that defendants Vincent Artuso, John Vincent Artuso,

WASHINGTON – LawFuel Legal Announcements – Paul F. Little, 50, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison as a result of his conviction on multiple obscenity offenses, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Matthew Friedrich and Chief Postal Inspector Alexander Lazaroff announced. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bucklew for the Middle District

By Dr Dimitrios G Eliades, Barrister – BTh LLB LLM SJD Introduction Many of us have experienced the impact of computers to our respective practices or positions; in short we have seen the evolution of manual, to word processing equipment, and to the PC unit. The law has sought to respond to this ‘information explosion’