LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – On February 15, 2008, the Texas Supreme Court, reversing itself, handed down a significant decision favoring insureds in coverage disputes and rendered judgment of $5.75 million for Total Petrochemicals USA, Inc. Evanston Insurance Co. v. Atofina Petrochemicals, Inc. (n/k/a Total Petrochemicals USA, Inc.), Case No. 03-0647, 2008 WL 400394 (Tex. […]
SEATTLE, Feb. 27, 2008 LAWFUEL – Litigation Newswire — A consortium of law firms announce that they filed a nationwide class action lawsuit on behalf of all purchasers of Weyerhaeuser ChoiceDek(r) decking products. The Plaintiffs filed their suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle against Weyerhaeuser Company
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February 26, 2008 – LAWFUEL – Law Firm Newswire – Cole Schotz announced the addition of five new members and one new associate, effective March 1. Norman L. Pernick, J. Kate Stickles and Michael F. Bonkowski will practice in the firm’s newly opened Wilmington office, while Irving E. Walker and Gary H. Leibowitz will practice
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ATLANTA, Feb. 26 LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire — H&R Block, Inc. NYSE: HRB and H&R Block Financial Advisors, Inc., the financial services unit of H&R Block, are liable to the former Chief Operating Officer of H&R Block Financial Advisors for breach of their contractual and severance obligations, according to a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
WASHINGTON — LAWFUEL – Tax Law Announcements – The Internal Revenue Service is initiating enforcement action involving more than 100 U.S. taxpayers to ensure proper income reporting and tax payment in connection with accounts in Liechtenstein. The national tax administrations of Australia, Canada, France, Italy, New Zealand, Sweden, United Kingdom, and the United States of
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European Union regulators fined Microsoft Corp. a record 899 million euros ($1.35 billion) for failing to comply with a 2004 antitrust order to stop overcharging for using its patents to connect to Windows. “Microsoft was the first company in 50 years of EU competition policy that the commission has had to fine for failure to
LawFuel – The Ron Paul campaign is now intend on shaping the future of the Republican Party with the election of national election delegates. The campaign’s Maine coordinator Ken Lindell wrote to supporters: “The presidential preference polls at the Maine Republican Caucuses on Feb 1st, 2nd and 3rd were an indicator of grass roots support,
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Panel Examines Rise in Class-Action Lawsuits and New State and Federal Government Probes and Regulatory Initiatives CAMBRIDGE, England and PLEASANTON, California, February 27 LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire — Autonomy ZANTAZ, a leader in the archiving, eDiscovery and Proactive Information Risk Management (IRM) markets, (LSE: AU. or AU.L), today announced electronic discovery best practices to prepare
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Los Angeles – LAWFUEL – Abdul Wahid, of Chino Hills, the owner of Global Accounting and Tax Service in Los Angeles, made his initial appearance in United States District Court yesterday. Wahid appeared to answer charges that he personally evaded nearly $1,000,000 in federal income taxes as well as stole client payments that were intended
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When Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald wanted to find out what was going on inside Vice President Dick Cheney’s office, the prosecutor in the CIA leak probe made a logical move. He dropped a grand jury subpoena on the White House for all the relevant e-mail. One problem: Even though White House computer technicians hunted high
