Catherine Sun To Lead Shanghai Office & Advise Clients On Intellectual Property Strategy, Asset Management & Litigation Chicago – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that the Ministry of Justice of the People’s Republic of China has approved the firm’s application and granted it a license to open
Washington, D.C., Dec. 4, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed civil charges against Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., a Silicon Valley semiconductor company, and the company’s former CEO and CFO, alleging that they reported false financial information to investors by improperly backdating stock option grants to Maxim
LAWFUEL – UK Legal Announcements – 3 December 2007 – Tim Jones has been appointed chair of the London Management Group (LMG) of international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. The role, an appointment by the chief executive supported by the London department heads, focuses primarily on clients and people in London, and on ensuring the
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Tokyo, 4 December, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Baker & McKenzie GJBJ Tokyo Aoyama Aoki Koma Law Office (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise) announced today that Ken Okawara has joined the Tokyo office as Head of Transfer Pricing and Economic Analysis. A team of tax professionals (zeirishi) and economists will also follow to
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LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – Yesterday’s vote in Venezuela is a substantial victory for the rule of law in our hemisphere and a message to oppressive regimes around the world that their causes will not be tolerated at the expense of freedom. The 69 amendments that Hugo Chavez sought for Venezuela’s constitution included provisions to
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LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – A Whittier tax preparer has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for conspiring with her daughter to file bogus income tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service for the purpose of fraudulently obtaining refunds. Inez Garcia, 50, was sentenced Friday by United States District Judge Dean D.
President Omar al-Bashir is a military dictator who rules Sudan with an iron fist. Yet even he cannot resist the temptation of making a magnanimous gesture for propaganda value. His decision to pardon and free Gillian Gibbons, the British teacher who was locked up for allowing schoolchildren to name a teddy bear ”Mohammed”, was designed
LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Want to know a secret? There were two moments I especially enjoyed at the CNN/YouTube debate — despite my frustration at some of the questions, and the maldistribution of time. First, I was pleased at John McCain’s attack, which he clearly had planned. Not because that sort of stream-of-consciousness
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Documents Proving Citizenship and Identity Will be Required When Entering The United States Through Land and Sea Ports of Entry WASHINGTON – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of State (DOS) remind the traveling public that as of Jan. 31, 2008, all adult travelers
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PHILADELPHIA–LAWFUEL – Litigation Newswire – The law firm of Spector, Roseman & Kodroff, P.C. announces that a class action has been filed against Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MER) for potential violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). The lawsuit follows the SEC’s announcement of its inquiry into whether Merrill Lynch
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