LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – January 7, 2008 (New York, NY) – International law firm Nixon Peabody LLP has named Richard F. Langan, Jr., to serve as the firm’s Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner. Mr. Langan will become leader of the firm and assume the titles of CEO and Managing Partner effective May
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LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Chicago, IL – January 7, 2008 – Baker & McKenzie announced today the election of 10 new Partners in North America, bringing the total number of Partners in the region to 360. The elections were effective as of January 1, 2008. North American Managing Partner David Hackett commented: “The
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LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and MARK J. MERSHON, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging twelve individuals with gambling and money laundering offenses relating
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LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Chicago, Illinois – January 7, 2008 – Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that Elizabeth L. Majers will join the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Corporate Department, working in the Commercial Finance and Bankruptcy, Workouts and Creditors Rights practice groups. Majers joins from McDermott Will &
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Everyday habits could become illegal under plans to modernize copyright laws in Canada. The National Post reports that taping a favourite show on television, using a personal cellphone overseas or listening to music on a newly-purchased CD. But industry officials and observers say that each activity is being threatened by existing copyright regulations and the
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Some experienced solicitors are shunning legal aid work as pay rates fall, a recent survey shows. The Guardian reports that solicitors are deserting legal aid work amid a shake-up of the scheme which will see their pay rates drop further. The exodus is particularly acute among expert lawyers who represent children and parents in cases
A woman in China is making legal history by suing authorities who forced her to have an abortion despite being nine months pregnant. The Telegraph reports that Jin Yani’s waters had already broken when China’s abortion police came for her. They took her to a nearby abortion centre, injected her unborn baby girl and removed
Tonight on local New Hampshire television and simulcast on our website at http://www.ronpaul2008.com/snippets/127/manchester-townhall/, Ron Paul will take questions from an audience of undecided voters in the Granite State. With the New Hampshire primary just two days away, Dr. Paul will bring his message of liberty and constitutional government directly to the people-real questions, real answers,
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LAWFUEL – Herbert Smith’s market-leading reserve-based lending practice has advised Société Générale as Mandated Lead Arranger of a $550 million credit facility to Calgary-based oil and gas company Niko Resources, which achieved financial close on 12 December. The senior secured facility will go towards financing the development of a large oil and gas field off
LAWFUEL – Law Firm Newswire – Skadden Arps was selected by The American Lawyer as a finalist for its “Litigation Department of the Year.” The publication based the award on interviews with partners, client references and litigation achievements in trial, appellate, pro bono and other areas. The January article, titled “On a Winning Streak,” cites
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