LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – Holman Fenwick & Willan’s Singapore office represented Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd., as mandated lead arranger and bookrunner, and new lenders in the modification of the existing US$170m senior debt facility of CBK Power Company Limited, a Philippine limited liability partnership jointly owned by J-Power and Sumitomo Corporation. The debt modification,
CHICAGO – Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the United States, is pleased to announce that attorney Manish K. Mehta has been appointed to the position of Vice President of Events and Publicity for the Indian- American Bar Association (IABA) of Chicago. In addition, nine new board
HOUSTON – The Haynes and Boone, LLP Energy and Power Practice Group participated in four deals selected by Oil and Gas Investor as winners in the 2007 Oil and Gas Investor Excellence Awards, an annual recognition program which identifies stand-out executives, M&A deals and financings, wildcatting, field rejuvenation, investor relations and corporate citizenship within the
They call it “face time” in the media – the amount of exposure candidates get. Clinton, Obama, Giuliani all get plenty. In fact, most do. But for Dr Ron Paul, the GOP candidate with the bursting campaign funds may as well not exist as far as the mainstream media, at least, are concerned. Take yesterday’s
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French bank Societe Generale said Thursday it has uncovered a $7.14 billion fraud — one of history’s biggest — by a single futures trader who fooled investors and overstepped his authority. The fraud destabilized a major bank already exposed to the subprime crisis. France’s second-largest bank by market value said it would be forced to
LawFuel – Reports from the NYPD indicate that deceased actor Heath Ledger was on a range of prescribed drugs, including anti-anxiety medications Alprazolam (Xanax), Diazepam (Valium) and Lorazepam (Ativan), all of which were found in the actor’s Manhattan apartment. TMZ.com also reports that the sleeping medication Zoplicone (Lunesta) and the sedative Temazepam (Restoril), used for
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LAWFUEL – Political & Legal News – Congress has been urged to expand the existing surveillance law before its expiry date on February 1, by Vice President Dick Cheney. The hastily prepared existing law permits the US government to intercept electronic communications without warrant. The law was passed to give the government greater powers to
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Attorneys bring expertise representing sports figures in salary arbitrations, contract analysis, grievance and disciplinary proceedings,Congressional hearings and criminal defense NEW YORK, Jan. 23 LAWFUEL – Sport & Entertainment Legal News — Dreier LLP announced today that prominent sports attorneys Jay K. Reisinger and Thomas J. Farrell have joined the firm’s Sports Practice as partners along
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WASHINGTON — LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service are pleased to announce the selection of 41 new members to serve on the nationwide Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP), a Federal Advisory Committee charged with providing direct taxpayer input to the IRS. The new panel members will join 57 returning
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Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2008 – LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a settled enforcement action against Andrew J. McKelvey, the former Chief Executive Officer of Monster Worldwide, Inc., for his participation in a multi-year scheme to secretly backdate stock options granted to Monster officers, directors and employees. Under
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