London – LawFuel – Legal Jobs & Law Announcements – Allen & Overy LLP said today that it is advising HBOS plc on its proposed merger talks with Lloyds TSB Group plc. The Allen & Overy team is being led by corporate partner and HBOS relationship partner Alistair Asher, and corporate partner David Broadley, assisted
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LawFuel – Legal Jobs & Law Announcements Daily – Ten-Week Operation Targets Violent Offenders Statewide MIAMI – Scores of fugitives – from the Panhandle to the Keys – are now behind bars courtesy of a U.S. Marshals-led sweep targeting the “worst-of-the-worst” offenders statewide. The U.S. Marshals Service, assisted by federal, state and local law enforcement
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(LAWFUEL) – A Christchurch based electrical appliance repairer has pleaded guilty to breaching the Fair Trading Act. Andrew Marks, trading as Mobile Electronic Servicing has been fined $4,500 with costs of $650 in the Christchurch District Court for making misleading claims in the Yellow Pages, for misleading a customer about her rights under the Consumer
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(LAWFUEL) – The Commerce Commission has today issued the final determination in relation to an application under section 58 of the Commerce Act by two Todd companies in relation to access to the Maui gas pipeline. This is consistent with the Commission’s preliminary view stated in its April draft determination. The application by Todd Petroleum
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WASHINGTON, DC (September 18) LAWFUEL — Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that Gary Baise, Counsel on the firm’s nationally recognized Environmental Team, will be joining other industry leaders as part of the high-profile Agriculture Panel at the US-Mexico Chamber of Commerce’s “Transporte Internacional & Supply Chain Integration 2008: Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Agriculture Summit.” The Summit
So now the hackers have taken on Sarah Palin by hacking her Yahoo! email. How bold. The Republican camp proclaimed: “This is a shocking invasion of the Governor’s privacy and a violation of law. The matter has been turned over to the appropriate authorities and we hope that anyone in possession of these emails will
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Heller Ehrman appeared on the brink of dissolution Wednesday, with some partners already looking to move with what amounted to tacit approval from firm management. In office meetings on Wednesday, partners were told that dissolution is one of several options facing the 119-year-old firm, a Heller partner said. As a result, management said it was
Pair found guilty of securities fraud, wire fraud, money laundering and failing to file tax returns Los Angeles – LawFuel – A former Santa Barbara man and his co-defendant were found guilty yesterday afternoon of securities fraud, wire fraud, money laundering and failing to file tax returns after a trial by jury in United States
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(LAWFUEL) – Two 19-year-old United States nationals have been charged with allegedly importing 200 grams of cocaine into Australia. Customs officers at Sydney International Airport stopped the men for questioning after they had arrived on a flight from Los Angeles yesterday. During a search of one of the men, Customs officers allegedly discovered two packages
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NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2008 (LAWFUEL) — On September 17, 2008, Scott+Scott LLP filed a class action complaint against Signalife, Inc. (“Signalife” or the “Company”) (OTCBB:SGNX) and certain officers and directors in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. The action is brought on behalf of those purchasing Signalife common stock during
