WASHINGTON–LAWFUEL – Oval Office 3:53 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT BUSH: Mr. President, welcome. First of all, I am so pleased to see that you’re looking good. The President’s health is strong, and that’s going to be very important for the people of Iraq. After all, there’s been no stronger defender of a free Iraq than President
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A federal appeals court has upheld a judgment of more than $182 million against PricewaterhouseCoopers in an auditing malpractice suit brought by the receiver for bankrupt Ambassador Insurance Co. The suit, brought by the Vermont regulators who seized control of Ambassador, accused PwC of negligence in its accounting procedures that caused the insurer’s debts to
Simpson Grierson is the only New Zealand law firm to feature on the just released Thomson Reuters legal advisory table for work in M&A transactions, cementing its position as the leading New Zealand commercial deal maker of 2008. The firm’s seventh placing for the first eight months of this year, on transactions valued at just
Simpson Grierson is delighted to be appointed legal advisors for the sale of Matariki Forests’ New Zealand assets. Matariki Forests owns the third largest forest estate comprising approximately 140,000 hectares of high quality Radiata Pine spread throughout New Zealand. “To be appointed to represent Matariki on this transaction is a high point for our specialist
London, 10 September 2008— LAWFUEL – Legal Announcements – Schulte Roth & Zabel International LLP is pleased to announce that senior and founding partner Daniel S. Shapiro, while continuing to serve as a partner in the firm’s London office, has also joined firm client Lincoln Vale, a multi-product asset management firm based in London and
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LawFuel – An FBI-led task force, working in conjunction with local police, has targeted a Santa Maria street gang, marking the first time that federal authorities have joined with local police and prosecutors to identify and prosecute people affiliated with a Central Coast street gang. This morning, in a coordinated effort involving approximately 75 law
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Legal fees from the court dispute pitting Mattel Inc. against MGA Entertainment Inc. over the rights to the Bratz doll line have eclipsed $90 million. MGA has accumulated $63 million in legal bills since the lawsuit was filed in 2004, while Mattel has racked up about $30 million in the first half of this year,
PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – A federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a 65-count indictment late yesterday against Evelyn James, 53, a Tribal Council member of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe in Arizona for various counts of theft. The charges are the result of a 15-month-long investigation by the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector
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TYLER, Texas (LAWFUEL) – Cowles & Thompson, P.C., is proud to announce that firm associate Kyna Roberts has been selected to the 22nd class of Leadership Tyler. Leadership Tyler is designed to help participants understand the critical issues affecting the region, and develop the leadership and stewardship skills necessary to resolve them. Each year, the
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DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Troy A. Eid, U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado, and Christopher M. Sigerson, Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation, announced that Laddie Livingston, age 67, of Paonia, Colorado, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Court Judge Walker D. Miller to a one count Information which charged him with filing a
