Briefcase Blog – John Bowie – One of the more recent, successful practices that has emerged in the Valley is the former Gaskin Avison, which has disappeared with great speed, including the internet presence. Evidently the firm was dissolved prior to Christmas upon the surprise resignation of Merv Gaskin. The firm is now renamed Avison
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The Briefcase Blog – John Bowie – I was terribly sad to learn that Wellington Crown Prosecutor Ken Stone had died late last week. Ken lost his leg to cancer nearly eight years ago and dealt with his health challenges with great dignity and courage. I worked with him for about five years and knew
LAWFUEL – Legal Announcement Service – Washington, D.C., Feb. 5, 2008 – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a $24 million settlement with a former Dow Jones & Company board member and three other Hong Kong residents accused of illegal tipping and insider trading ahead of news of an unsolicited buyout offer from News
A Sunni bloc in Iraq’s parliament on Monday criticized a new law that will allow thousands of Saddam Hussein-era officials to return to government jobs, with the bloc’s leader predicting the legislation would have a “short life.” The Bush administration views the law as central to mending deep fissures between minority Sunni Arabs and Kurds
LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and JOHN P. GILBRIDE, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Office of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), announced that MANUEL FELIPE SALAZAR-ESPINOSA, a/k/a “Hoover,” designated by the Justice Department as one of the world’s
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PHOENIX – LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – Isaac James Henderson, Jr., 28; Anthony Edwards, 21; and Christopher Andrew Lara, 22, who are criminal street gang members known as “Crips” from Los Angeles, have been sentenced to federal prison for a violent bank robbery that occurred in 2006 in Goodyear, Ariz. On August 31, 2006, Edwards
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LAWFUEL – Legal Announcements: WHO: Kristina Fumiko Rollins WHEN: January 28, 2008 WHERE: The Austin office of Winstead PC PRACTICE GROUP: Public & Regulatory Law/Associate EDUCATION: J.D., The University of Texas, 2001 Marianne Lee, Marketing Assistant Winstead PC | 5400 Renaissance Tower | 1201 Elm Street | Dallas, TX 75270
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BOCA RATON, Fla., Feb. 5, 2008 LAWFUEL – Legal Announcement Service — The Securities Law Firm of Klayman & Toskes, P.A. (“K&T”) (http://www.nasd-law.com) announced today that it filed a lawsuit against Morgan Keegan & Co. and Regions Financial Corp. (NYSE:RF) with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), on behalf of a Charitable Remainder Trust (“CRT”).
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WINSTON-SALEM (February 5) – LAWFUEL – Law Firm Newswire Service – Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that nine of the firm’s attorneys in the Winston-Salem office were selected as North Carolina Super Lawyers. This distinction denotes that these lawyers attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement as some of the State’s pre-eminent lawyers.
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LAWFUEL – Legal Announcements – The Court of Appeal has set 29 April -1 May 2008 as the dates for the Commerce Commission’s appeal against the High Court’s decision to be heard. The High Court’s decision in November 2007 cleared the way for the three Foodstuffs co-operatives or Woolworths Ltd to acquire up to 100%
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