~ Major auto dealerships will alter procedures to address consumer complaints ~ TALLAHASSEE, FL – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that his office has reached a settlement with Bill Heard Chevrolet of Sanford and Bill Heard Chevrolet of Plant City Florida, resolving multiple consumer complaints about the dealerships’ […]
LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that PAUL HUMPHREYS, the former Chief Financial Officer of Safety-Kleen Corporation (“Safety-Kleen” or “the Company”), was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by United States District Judge LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN to 70 months in
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s battle with Peter Bloxham, a former partner who unsuccessfully sued for age discrimination, took a new twist this week when the firm said that they would pursue him for their legal costs. Freshfields, who won a unanimous victory last month, confirmed that they had written to the Employment Tribunal raising the issue
Police are disappointed in the decision of Solicitor General David Collins’ failure to authorise the laying of terrorism charges against those arrested in recent Police raids in the North Island, but satisfied that they have “done their duty”. Solicitor-General David Collins said he had advised the Commissioner of Police that he was “unable to authorise”
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New Zealand’s no fault Accident Compensation Scheme is being considered for Malaysia. LAWFUEL – New Zealand Law Jobs & Legal News – Two Wellington lawyers, David Cochrane and Siobhan Hale from public law firm Chapman Tripp, have been invited to Malaysia by the Malaysian Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail to assist Attorney General’s Chambers
LAWFUEL – Australia Legal Announcements – TressCox Lawyers is delighted to announce the appointment of Peta Tumpey as a Partner in its Sydney office. Peta is a specialist in employment law and is highly experienced in contentious and non-contentious aspects of employment and industrial relations law. Peta brings a wealth of experience to TressCox, having
LAWFUEL – NZ Legal Jobs & News – “While Police are disappointed that consent has not been given for charges to be laid under the Terrorism Suppression Act we note the Solicitor-General’s endorsement that Police had a sufficient and proper basis for investigating the activities in question,” the Commissioner of Police, Howard Broad, said this
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LAWFUEL – Legal Jobs NZ, Legal News – The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today announced it would take legal action for the benefit of investors in the Westpoint Group seeking compensation for their failed investments. This announcement follows ASIC’s statement to the Federal Court yesterday that the Commission had resolved to take over
WASHINGTON LAWFUEL – The US Legal Newswire – The Internal Revenue Service this year received nearly 80 million tax returns through e-file, breaking the record set last year. The 2007 level is up about 9 percent from the 73 million returns filed for the same period last year. Of the 139.3 million returns filed in
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BALTIMORE November 7, 2007 LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Ober|Kaler is pleased to announce that Sylvia Ontaneda-Bernales, an associate in the firm’s Complex Civil Litigation practice, has been appointed by Governor Martin O’Malley to the Maryland Health Care Commission (MHCC). Ms. Ontaneda-Bernales is one of six new appointees to the 15-member commission, an independent
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