LAWFUEL- The Legal Newswire – Employees of Blackwater USA have engaged in nearly 200 shootings in Iraq since 2005, in a vast majority of cases firing their weapons from moving vehicles without stopping to count the dead or assist the wounded, according to a new report from Congress. In at least two cases, Blackwater paid […]
LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – A massive police operation that closed down an organised crime gang has left taxpayers with a $700,000 bill – one of the biggest – for legal aid. And that figure could climb, the Legal Services Agency that administers the aid said. This is because it has not yet processed
The legal bill for a police operation is already at $700,000 and could rise further, reports the New Zealand Herald. A massive police operation that closed down an organised crime gang has left taxpayers with a $700,000 bill – one of the biggest – for legal aid. And that figure could climb, the Legal Services
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LawFuel – Securities Newswire R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Julie Torres, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and Robert Parker, Director, Miami-Dade Police Department, announced the arrests of defendants Osdrenel Padron ,
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Madeleine McCann’s parents are preparing for a long legal fight and have hired a top Portuguese legal team, reports The Press Association. Gerry and Kate McCann have told friends that they are prepared for a long battle to clear their names after being declared “arguidos”, or official suspects, in the case. The couple have hired
Figures have revealed that Scotland’s legal aid bill increased to more than £150m last year. This is an increase on 2% from the previous year and brought spending up to the second highest ever level, reports BBC News. Criminal cases accounted for nearly two thirds of the total. The cost of civil legal aid increased
LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – – Steptoe & Johnson LLP, a leading international law firm, has added Jeffrey M. Weiner as a partner in its highly rated Corporate, Securities and Finance Group. Mr. Weiner will work in the firm’s rapidly growing Century City office, effective immediately. “Jeff is an outstanding lawyer with diverse corporate
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Ron Paul Presidential Campaign concluded the third quarter of 2007 yesterday with two substantial milestones, raising over $1,000,000 on-line in one week and staging a major canvassing effort in the key battleground state of New Hampshire. Paul campaign officials set an ambitious goal on Monday,
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LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Ten terrorists involved in the first and second Bali bombings are set to have their jail terms reduced to celebrate the end of Ramadan, it was revealed yesterday on the second anniversary of one of the bombings. As victims and families gathered in Bali yesterday to commemorate the second
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LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Perth lawyers should shut up and let police get on with catching the killer of Supreme Court registrar Corryn Rayney, Western Australia’s Attorney General Jim McGinty says. Members of Perth’s small legal circle have publicly criticised police in the wake of a decision by detectives last week to name
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