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LAWFUEL – Lawyers, rather than consumers will benefit from changes prposed by the European Commission to legal issues involving business, according to an MSNBC report. European business faces huge bills under plans to grant individuals US-style rights to sue for damages over defective products or price fixing, German industry warns on Tuesday. The BDI, the

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The main event during Tuesday night’s Republican presidential debate in Michigan is Fred Thompson’s debate debut. The former Republican senator and “Law & Order” star’s plan is to assert himself as the “common sense, consistent conservative” and harken back, as he does on the campaign trail, to his place

LAWFUEL – The Law News Wire – Traces of Madeleine McCann’s DNA that were recovered from two Portuguese holiday apartments have failed to prove that she is dead, the Times reports. Despite the lack of conclusive evidence, detectives still believe that they were justified in making Kate and Gerry McCann official suspects in their daughter’s

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Senator Barack Obama presented a plan on Monday to decrease the nation’s dependence on foreign oil and fight global warming by creating an auction system requiring power companies and other industries to pay for their pollution. By the year 2020, he said, emissions would be reduced to levels from

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – British jurors involved in the Inquest into Princess Diana’s death descended into the traffic tunnel where she died to examine the site of her fatal car crash today, followed by the paparazzi. The Guardian reports that heart-shaped pictures of Princess Diana and graffiti reading “Goodbye English Rose” still decorated

3 October 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm News Wire – The boards of UK cashpoint machine operator Cardpoint plc and its Irish counterpart alphyra Holdings Limited have announced that they have agreed the terms of a merger to create a leading European consumer payments and cash distribution group. The parent company of the

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Minter Ellison has decided to close down its US operations and will bring back San Francisco-based partner Richard Horton (pictured) to Australia, where he will join the Sydney office. Horton, who specialises in intellectual property and IT, spent eight years in the US acting predominantly for clients in

E. Leon Carter added to Dallas law firm’s moniker DALLAS – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – The Dallas law firm Munck Butrus, P.C., is changing its name to Munck Butrus Carter, P.C., effective immediately, to reflect the addition of attorney E. Leon Carter’s name to the firm title and the continued growth of

Chicago, October, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Baker & McKenzie LLP advised J-POWER USA Generation, L.P. in its acquisition of the Green Country power plant in Jenks, Oklahoma, and Mizuho Corporate Bank’s US$110 million financing facility supporting the acquisition. The Green Country power plant was acquired from GE Energy Financial Services