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LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Carol Ross-Burnett Named Firm’s First Manager of Diversity and Inclusion Talent Management Positions Spearhead Firm Recruitment, Development and Diversity Efforts LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1, 2007— LAWFUEL – Robert Neufeld has joined Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP as the firm’s first Chief Talent Officer (CTO), based in the […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – October 1, 2007 – Holland & Knight LLP is the nation’s top law firm for dealing with director liability issues according to a new survey released by Directors & Boards magazine. The results of the first annual Top Corporate Governance Law Firms survey were based

LAWFUEL – The Lawyer Newswire – Crain’s New York Business named complex mass torts partner Sheila Birnbaum to its list of “100 Most Influential Women” as well as to the “Power 25” — “New York City women who wield the most clout” — in the Oct. 1-7 issue. “Birnbaum has battled in many of the

LAWFUEL – Jerome A. Cohen Date/Time October 4, 2007 Location Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China Of counsel Jerry Cohen will speak to the American Chamber of Commerce’s Law Committee at a breakfast meeting on the importance of PRC criminal law to foreign business people on October 4 in Hong Kong. Drawing on experiences from

LAWFUEL – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Hungarian office is to split from the firm, it was announced yesterday. The five-partner Budapest operation, which will take the name of Oppenheim, is to become an independent practice in the region from 1 November due to a desire by the Hungarian partners to undertake more local work. The 28-lawyer

LAWFUEL – LegalWeek reports that Linklaters is to axe its Cologne office following the magic circle firm’s decision to launch in Duesseldorf, the firm announced today. Only 10 of the office’s 24 partners will relocate to Duesseldorf, with the rest in negotiations over their future. All the associates in the firm’s 110-lawyer Cologne office have

LAWFUEL – Failure to take a random drug and alcohol test cost Britney Spears her childrens’ custody, her lawyer has said. The troubled singer’s lawyer Sorrell Trope said her failure to get a California driving licence by the judge’s deadline was also a factor in the court’s decision to grant sole custody to her ex-husband

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Blackwater USA guards have used deadly force weekly in Iraq and have inflicted “significant casualties and property damage,” according to a congressional staff report released Monday that cites internal company and State Department documents. Blackwater’s contractors fired their weapons 195 times — or an average of 1.4 times a

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – According to this article at Wired, Senator Fred Thompson’s campaign has said that it has raised some $8 million dollars in the third quarter of the first campaign year. In the Democratic camp, Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton do much better, but not as good as they did

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – A federal judge invalided part of a 2001 order by President Bush allowing former presidents to review executive documents before they can be released under open records laws. The decision on Monday tossed out part of a 2001 order by President George W. Bush that lets former presidents keep