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Sydney, 24 September 2007 LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Clayton Utz[1] has acted as sole Australian legal adviser to Russian conglomerate the Norilsk Nickel Group[2] on its unsolicited all cash offer of C$5.3bn (US$4.8bn) to acquire LionOre Mining International[3], the company’s second major acquisition this year involving an Australian element. The deal closed this

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Blake Dawson Waldron lawyer, Cecilia Riebl is the recipient of the 2007 Victorian Women Lawyers Community Justice Award. The Award is made in recognition of a student or recently admitted lawyer who demonstrates a commitment to issues related to women and justice on a pro bono or volunteer

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – City law firms are gearing up for the aftershock of the credit crisis. They are preparing to advise investors who lost money and companies going bust as a result of funding problems. Several disputes are already in the pipeline. Earlier this month, UK investors were contacted by a New

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The WSJ Law Blog reports that Michael Vick should be studying the Houston Texans defensive schemes in preparation for Sunday’s game. Instead, the suspended Atlanta Falcons QB and his lawyers are having to wrestle with the Fifth Amendment and the “Dual Sovereignty” doctrine. That’s because a local grand jury

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Clyde & Co have advised Forsyth Partners Global Distributors Ltd and Forsyth Partners (Middle East) Ltd in connection with the first insolvency conducted in the DIFC (Dubai International Financial Centre). An order appointing liquidators to these companies was made on 19 September 2007 by the Honorable Sir Anthony

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – On 24 and 25 September 2007, independent audit regulators from 21 countries participated in the second meeting of the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (“IFIAR”). Details of the membership of IFIAR can be found on the IFIAR website-www.ifiar.org. The host for the meeting was the Canadian Public Accountability

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Mr Dominic Fodera, the former Chief Financial Officer of HIH Insurance Limited (HIH), today pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court of New South Wales to a charge arising out of an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation into the affairs of the HIH group of companies. Mr Fodera

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Counties Manukau Police investigating the death of a 10 month old baby girl say they are treating the enquiry as suspicious. Detective Senior Sergeant Sue SCHWALGER the officer in charge of the enquiry says police began investigating the girl’s injuries after being notified by medical staff at Starship Hospital

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to decide whether laws that require voters to take government-issued photo identification to the polls place an unconstitutional burden on the right to vote, the Washington Post reports. The justices, whose new term begins on Monday, will hear the case in January and

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Kiefer Sutherland was arrested for investigation of misdemeanor drunken driving early Tuesday while still on probation from a similar 2004 conviction. Sutherland, 40, failed a field sobriety test after he was stopped for making an illegal U-turn in West Los Angeles shortly after 1 a.m., police Officer Kevin Maiberger