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Douglas A. Cifu Date/Time October 11-12, 2007 Location San Francisco, CA Corporate partner Doug Cifu will speak at PLI’s Mergers and Acquisitions: What You Need to Know 2007 program, which will take place on October 11 and 12 in San Francisco. Doug, along with the other featured speakers, will discuss emerging trends and developments in

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – DLA Piper is delighted to announce their appointment to the panel for the Healthcare Purchasing Consortium (HPC) and London Procurement Programme (LPP). The HPC is the major NHS provider of purchasing, supply chain and commercial services across the West Midlands and North Central London. The new partnership formed on

LAWFUEL – The NZ Law Newswire – Wellington mayor Kerry Prendergast was aware of a letter written to the Ministry for the Environment by her husband, a property developer with hotel interests, seeking to prevent funding from the Ministry to help fund legal opposition to the proposed controversial Hilton Hotel development on Wellington’s waterfront. The

LAWFUEL – An associate editor and columnist for the Washington Post says that until George W. Bush and others in his administration endure the “harsh” treatment to which terrorism suspects are subjected, then Bush “will be remembered as the president who tried to justify torture.” RawStory reports, saying his proposal is a “serious” alternative to

LAWFUEL – The Australia New Zealand Legal Newswire – The Australian Labor Party yesterday attacked John Howard for supporting the death penalty for the Bali bombers as it launched a campaign to stop all executions in Asia. Four days before the fifth anniversary of the first Bali bombing, which killed 202 people including 88 Australians,

LAWFUEL – Deputy Assistant Commissioner Chris Allison, said: “From the start of discussions with the Stop the War Coalition, we made it clear that we wanted to facilitate lawful demonstration; upholding their rights to protest whilst balancing the requirement upon police to maintain access and egress to Parliament under the Sessional Order. After more negotiation

LAWFUEL – The US Election Newswire – Rep Ron Paul appeared on Good Morning America to discuss his election campaign and recent fund raising success.

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – A US federal prosecutor killed himself in jail last month after facing charges of molesting a 5 year old girl. Assistant U.S. Attorney John D.R. Atchison was found unresponsive, taken to a hospital and pronounced dead, said a spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington. A previous

LAWFUEL – The UK Legal Newswire – A regional UK pension fund has been appointed to spearhead a US class-action lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), accusing the pharmaceutical giant of misleading the market over its controversial diabetes pill Avandia, the Times reports. Avon Pension Fund, which manages about £1 billion on behalf of public sector workers,

Asia, London, Madrid – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – DLA Piper today announces that Nick Seddon will step down from his position as Managing Director of Asia after more than four years in the role. Alastair Da Costa, current EMEA Head of Corporate, will take over from Nick with effect from 1 January 2008.