LAWFUEL – The NZ Law Newswire – The Commerce Commission has released its 2006/07 draft determinations on the: cost of the Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) for the hearing impaired; and the allocation of the cost of Telecommunications Service Obligations (TSO) for local residential telephone service and for the TRS. The TRS is a telecommunications service […]
LAWFUEL- The Legal Newswire – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that FRANK PROSCIA — a former shop steward and Executive Delegate of Local 157 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners (the “Carpenters Union”) — pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge BARBARA
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LAWFUEL – The Australia-New Zealand Legal Newswire – Before their recent amendment, the 1991 Patent Regulations required that any search results issued against a foreign patent application corresponding to an Australian patent application were required to be filed against the Australian patent application. See the Blake Dawson alert at: http://www.bdw.com.au/
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LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – On November 6, Cravath Partners Richard W. Clary and David R. Marriott will speak at “Managing Complex Litigation 2007: Legal Strategies and Best Practices in ‘High-Stakes’ Cases”, a conference in New York City presented by the Practising Law Institute. Rich will Chair the program and moderate two panel
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LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Last Friday, Paul, Weiss secured a jury verdict in the SDNY on behalf of its pro bono client, a Korean nail salon worker who had not been paid overtime wages and who had been illegally fired for asserting her statutory rights. The firm also secured favorable settlements for two
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NEW YORK– LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire –Business Technology Partners (BTP), Inc., one of New York City’s premier IT consulting firms, announced today that it has successfully designed and deployed a state-of–the-art voice and data network for Allegaert Berger & Vogel LLP. As part of an office relocation project, the 20-plus person New York City-based
CHICAGO – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the U.S., is pleased to announce that Jerome Gilson, a named partner and senior shareholder at the firm, has been inducted into the IP Hall of Fame for 2007. The IP Hall
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LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – One of New Zealand’s leading law firms is focussed on the future with the announcement of a new CEO. Auckland-based law firm Brookfields has appointed David Graham as its new CEO, continuing its tradition of having a businessman at the helm rather than a lawyer. Howard Johnston, Chairman for
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LAWFUEL – NZ Legal Jobs & Law News – Geneva Finance Limited has refunded $588,114 to over 900 customers, following an out-of-court settlement with the Commerce Commission. Under the settlement, Geneva Finance admitted that it breached the Fair Trading Act by representing it had the right to charge customers additional interest and fees on their
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A crooked insurance chief and two of his former directors were jailed for up to seven years each today for covering up one of Britain’s “worst commercial disasters”. Led by Michael Bright, once feted as one of the country’s leading businessmen, they desperately sought to safeguard their reputations and well-paid jobs by hiding the company’s
