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Lawfuel.com – Eddie Murphy is dead, says the latest ‘dead celebrity’ hoax, a phenomenon that continues to gather pace as the online world responds to the most titillating or enticing news piece about. Rumors that actor Eddie Murphy had died began circulating on the Internet on Friday as the hashtag “RIP Eddie Murphy” began trending

TORONTO (February 2, 2012) – Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes), one of Canada’s leading business law firms, welcomes 13 new partners. “I am pleased to announce our latest group of partners,” saidRob Granatstein, Firm Managing Partner. “Each of these individuals has worked very hard for this next achievement in their legal careers. It is

February 3 at 1:55 p.m. PST. The court documents are available via email by request. Former Rosemead Mayor Agrees to Plead Guilty to Federal Bribery Charges for Taking More Than $10,000 in Payments from Developer LOS ANGELES – The former mayor of the City of Rosemead was charged today in federal court with soliciting and

‪ ‪New York – February 3, 2012 – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP advised EIG Global Energy Partners (EIG) in a definitive agreement under which the China Investment Corporation (CIC) will purchase a stake in EIG. ‪ ‪EIG is a leading institutional investor to the global energy sector with $9.5 billion under management as of November

Thomas Brown Brings Medi-Cal, Insurance Fraud, and Section 17200 Experience San Francisco – Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Thomas S. Brown has joined the firm as of counsel in the San Francisco office working with the Government Enforcement, Compliance & White Collar Defense Practice Group. Previously, Brown was a Deputy District Attorney at

Legal Backgrounder Looks Ahead to Tobacco, Cell Phone Litigation WASHINGTON, DC – January 31, 2012 The law firm of Ober|Kaler announced today that DC partner Charles M. “Chip” English has written a “Legal Backgrounder” article for the Washington Legal Foundation on the topic of “Compelled Speech and the 1st Amendment: Neutral Fact or Government Opinion?”

New York – February 1, 2012 – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is pleased to announce that Sally Gibson and Matthew J. Griffin, both members of the firm’s investment funds practice and based in its London office, have been named International Counsel to the firm, effective February 1, 2012. James C. Scoville, Managing Partner of the

January 31 2012 LOS ANGELES – The two owners of a local toy manufacturing company were sentenced today to over three years in federal prison for their roles in a cash “structuring” scheme that prosecutors say was linked to the “Black Market Peso Exchange” that allows drug cartels to launder the proceeds of their narcotics

(London) – 2 February 2012 – Leading international law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is to add two partners to its London funds practice. Tim Pearce and Ian Meade will join the firm from Simmons & Simmons. Their arrival at Akin Gump will significantly expand the firm’s London practice which advises leading

LOS ANGELES, 1 February 2012 – Hogan Lovells announced today that Barry J. Thompson has joined its Litigation, Arbitration and Employment practice as a partner in the Los Angeles office. “Barry’s tremendous talent as a litigator and his deep understanding of the life sciences industry will strengthen our practice on the West Coast and further