HOLLYWOOD–LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – Big Screen Entertainment Group (OTC:BSEG) has signed with legendary actor, writer and director William Shatner on multiple projects, and has begun production on their first joint venture. “We are beyond thrilled to be working with William Shatner, one of the most beloved and respected actors of our time,” enthused BSEG’s […]
There has been a recent flurry of foreign dictators, oligarchs and despotic governments using the English courts to have a pop at anyone with whom they have a grievance. This has led to much comment on the rights and wrongs of “forum shopping”, but it also raises the issue of whether law firms should be
<a href= Legal Jobs Blog reports on the ABA Journal article on Stephen Susman, the star litigator and his $1000+ an hour legal factory. How good does it get? How tough do you need to be? And who’s kicking who?
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TUCSON, Ariz. – LAWFUEL – Former Sonoyta, Sonora, Mexico Chief of Police Ramon Robles-Cota, 33, of Sonoyta, Sonora, Mexico, was sentenced here today by Chief U.S. District Judge John M. Roll to 7 ½ years in federal prison. Robles-Cota pleaded guilty on July 11, 2007 to Bribery of a Public Official. U.S. Attorney Diane J.
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LAWFUEL – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and PATRICIA HAYNES, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), Criminal Investigation Division, announced today the filing of a superseding Indictment adding two new defendants and multiple additional charges in connection with the
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2008 LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire — Finkelstein Thompson LLP has filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland on behalf of purchasers of Municipal Mortgage & Equity LLC (“MuniMae” or “Company”) (Pink Sheets:MMAB) common stock during the period between May 3, 2004, and January
PHILADELPHIA (Feb. 19, 2008) — LAWFUEL – Legal Announcements – The Drexel University College of Law has received provisional accreditation from the American Bar Association (ABA), Drexel President Constantine Papadakis announced. The seal of approval comes at the earliest point allowed under the ABA’s accreditation guidelines. Provisional accreditation means all Drexel Law graduates will be
Five Long Island school districts falsely reported to the state that a part-time private attorney was a full-time employee in each district, enabling him to earn a public pension of nearly $62,000 and health benefits for life. At the same time, the districts paid his law firm more than $2.5 million in fees, records show.
STAMFORD, Conn. and LONDON, Feb. 19 LAWFUEL – Legal Announcements — The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and Reuters (LSE: RTR, Nasdaq: RTRSY) today announced that the European Commission (EC), US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Canadian Competition Bureau (CCB) have given approval for Thomson’s proposed acquisition of Reuters. In order to obtain clearance,
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