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LAWFUEL – See ‘Hot Gossip’ on www.LawFuel.com – Being busted by Facebook is almost as bad as being busted on MySpace – kind of – but more classy for a banker like Kevin Colvin, an intern at a Silicon Valley bank who sought time off for a family emergency until he and his wand were

LAWFUEL – The US Legal Newswire – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, ROBERT M. MORGENTHAU, the District Attorney for New York County, MARK J. MERSHON, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and ADAM J. SZUBIN, the Director

LAWFUEL – New Zealand Legal Announcements – The Commerce Commission has cleared Cavalier Corporation Limited and Norman Ellison Holdings Limited to form a joint venture company that will acquire the carpet businesses of Norman Ellison Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries. Commission Chair Paula Rebstock said that the Commission was satisfied that the proposed acquisition would

9 November 2007 LAWFUEL – UK Legal Newswire – The Linklaters Hackney Schools Programme: Linking work with learning Linklaters announces the launch of the Linklaters Hackney Schools Programme – a ground-breaking volunteering initiative between the firm and every primary and secondary school in Hackney. The ambitious programme, the first of its kind, is designed to

12 November 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Legal Jobs & Newswire – Freehills has been awarded Australian Law Firm of the Year at the prestigious 8th Annual Chambers Global Awards, on 8 November at the London Hilton on Park Lane. The Chambers Global Awards are recognised as the most prestigious international industry awards on the

LOS ANGELES–LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Fulwider Patton LLP, one of the oldest and most respected independent intellectual property law firms in Southern California, made the most dramatic gains in U.S. trademark filings during the Second Quarter of 2007 according to The Trademark Insider®. In its recently published Second Quarter 2007 edition, The Trademark

Hong Kong: LAWFUEL – Legal Announcements – Leading law firm Clifford Chance has advised Morgan Stanley Asia Limited and CCB International Capital Limited on the listing of GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. GCL-Poly is one of the mainland’s largest foreign-owned independent cogeneration plant operators. The initial

LAWFUEL – Legal Jobs & Law Newswire – Bell Gully has again emerged as the pre-eminent New Zealand law firm in this year’s edition of international legal directory Asia Pacific Legal 500. For the sixth year running, Bell Gully has secured the most top-tier rankings in practice areas for New Zealand and has the highest

LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – A former La Shish restaurant chain waitress became an FBI agent and a CIA employee who pleaded guilty Tuesday to using her database access privileges to search for information on relatives suspected of having ties to a reputed terrorist group, and who fraudulently obtained U.S. citizenship. In federal court in