LAWFUEL – NZ Law Announcements – Commerce Minister Lianne Dalziel today announced the appointment of the Honourable Sir Ian Barker and Helen Cull, Q.C. as Cease and Desist Commissioners for a term of five years. Cease and Desist Commissioners can make orders to restrain anti-competitive conduct, or to require a person to do something to
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MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 22, 2007 LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire — Charles H. Johnson & Associates announces that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on behalf of purchasers of NutriSystem, Inc. (“NutriSystem” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:NTRI) publicly traded securities during the period February 14,
Images Include Over 1,234 Pictures of Identified Children SAN JOSE– LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – United States Attorney Scott N. Schools announced that Erik Fisher Erdman, 47, of Sunnyvale, California pled guilty today to receiving thousands of images of child pornography over the internet. Erdman pled guilty to one count of receipt of child
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Microsoft Corp. on Monday abandoned its nine-year antitrust fight with European regulators, saying it won’t appeal a judgment handed down last month, and will agree to “substantial changes” required by the European Commission. The move sounds a warning for other market-dominating companies doing business in Europe under the current regulatory climate. It also marks the
San Francisco, October 22, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that Patricia Gillette, the former co-chair of Heller Ehrman’s Labor and Employment Law Department, and Andrew Livingston, a shareholder from that group, have joined Orrick’s Employment Law practice. This accomplished team of trial attorneys has practiced
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Washington, D.C. (October 22, 2007) – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, a leading international law firm, announced today that the firm advised InterGen, a leading global power generation company, in raising $3.4 billion in debt and revolving credit facilities to refinance its debt at the parent company level
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A team of leading UK lawyers has intervened to halt the execution by lethal injection this week of America’s longest-serving prisoner on “death row” — pending a US Supreme Court decision on whether the method is “cruel or unnecessary.” Lawyers from Clifford Chance, the world’s biggest law firm, along with a group of top barristers
LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Skadden is representing Textron Inc. in its $1.1 billion acquisition, via a tender offer, of United Industrial Corporation. Both Textron Inc. and United Industrial Corporation are manufacturers and designers of aircraft and equipment used in the aerospace and defense industries. Textron makes Bell helicopters and Cessna aircraft, as
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Friday 19 October 2007 LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Following an application by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), Justice Finkelstein of the Federal Court of Australia today appointed Mr Brian McMaster and Mr Mark Mentha of KordaMentha, liquidators of Western Retirement Village Management Pty Ltd (Western). ASIC alleged that Western was involved
LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Wellington Police are satisfied that an incident took place in Lower Hutt last weekend with a young woman and men linked with the New Zealand Rugby League team. Detective Senior Sergeant Paul Borrell, Wellington CIB, said some minor inquiries have yet to be completed but police are not pursuing
