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LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Skadden was named “Client Service Firm of the Year” at the Chambers Global awards on November 8. The firm also was a finalist in four other categories: “Asia Law Firm of the Year,” “Global Capital Markets Firm of the Year,” “Global Antitrust Firm of the Year,” and “Global […]

LAWFUEL – Legal Announcements – International legal practice Allen & Overy has once again advised Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. as arranger in relation to a JPY279.9bn synthetic CLO for Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. This is the fourth synthetic CLO Allen & Overy has advised Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. on and it will assist the bank

13 November 2007 – LawFuel – The Law Firm Newswire – Leading international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised HP on its acquisition of Atos Origin Middle East group, (‘AOME’), one of the Middle East’s leading systems integrators, to broaden its consulting and integration capacity in the region. The transaction closed on Monday 5

LAWFUEL – The Australia + New Zealand Legal News & Jobswire – A Toorak man has been jailed for two years for his involvement in making corrupt and secret payments to a former ANZ bank officer, following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Mr Cedric Anthony was today sentenced in the

Police are still seeking to identify a silver Japanese car seen in the area around Bromley Park where missing Christchurch woman Emma Agnew’s car was found last Thursday evening. Detective Inspector Tom Fitzgerald says that it’s believed there was some sort of emblem on the back window of the silver car. “We’ve been told the

LAWFUEL – At a time when the Pentagon and Congress are struggling over the cost of the war in Iraq, Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul not only sees the war as illegal and unconstitutional but as a danger to the United States because it threatens to bankrupt the country. Paul, who ran for president on

LawFuel – See ‘Hot Gossip’ – A year behind bars has not necessarily meant personal trainer Greg Anderson is home free from his legal woes. Anderson refused to testify against Barry Bonds and now may face perjury charges if Bonds’ case goes to trial. According to his attorneys Anderson will never give evidence against Bonds.

Federal investigation shows he netted over $624,000 TUCSON, Ariz. – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Stephen Gallagher, 27, of Tucson, was arrested on November 9, 2007, and made his initial appearance in U.S. District Court on November 13, 2007 for allegedly engaging in a fraudulent scheme to obtain student loan funds which netted him

Expanding on a series of efforts that were first initiated in 2002, the FBI Laboratory announced today that it has undertaken an additional round of outreach, analysis, and review efforts concerning a discontinued forensic test known as Bullet Lead Analysis, or BLA. Previously, in September 2005, the FBI Laboratory announced that, after extensive study and