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Brings Strong Background in Law Firm Management NEW YORK, September 24, 2007 — LAWFUEL – The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that Hal M. Stewart has joined the Firm as Chief Operating Officer, based in the New York office. “We welcome Hal as a key new member of the management […]

SAN FRANCISCO – LAWFUEL- The Legal Newswire – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today fined with Richmond American Homes of Arizona, Inc. $155,000 for alleged dust violations that occurred at five residential construction sites in Maricopa County. The violations were discovered during routine inspections from 2003 to 2005 conducted by the Maricopa County Air Quality

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Large Christchurch-based law firm Mortlock McCormack has put its weight behind its local Community Law Centre (CLC) by seconding a staff member for a whole year. And it is challenging other firms around the country to do the same. Community Law Centres provide free community legal services to communities

Washington, D.C., Sept. 24, 2007 – LAWFUEL- The Law Newswire – The Securities and Exchange Commission issued orders today granting the registrations of seven credit rating agencies as nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSRO). The firms are the first to be registered with the Commission under the Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006. The

Santa Ana, California – LAWFUEL- The Legal Newswire – This morning, United States District Judge James V. Selna ordered Samuel Joseph DeAngelo, the operator of DeAngelo Tax Service in Yorba Linda and Western Tax Service in Anaheim, to spend 51 months in federal prison for conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and aiding and

LAWFUEL – See ‘Hot Gossip’ Lawsuit – Deborah Opri’s at it again, filing suit against her least-favourite, ex-client, Larry Birkhead. TMZ.com report that in the lawsuit Opri claims Birkhead slandered her during a recent appearance on “Larry King Live,” during which Birkhead said Opri had leaked confidential documents in his paternity case to Rita Cosby.

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Tempers flared at a venerable Toronto law firm – Pinkofskys – when lawyer Benjamin Moss arrived back from court on May, 14, 2004, to announce that a client, Carlington McKenzie, had just been convicted of a vicious, armed home invasion. Mr. McKenzie had not testified in his own defence

25 September 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Mallesons Stephen Jaques has retained the title of Hong Kong Construction Law Firm of the Year for the second consecutive year at ALB’s annual Hong Kong Law Awards. This is the fourth time that Mallesons has received the award. The Asian Legal Business magazine Awards

LAWFUEL – Detectives have established a DNA link between two murder victims, 32 years after their deaths. Officers are now reinvestigating the 1975 murders of Eve Stratford in Leyton, E10, and Lynne Weedon in Hounslow after determining that the same DNA was found on both victims. No-one has ever been charged with either murder. To

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The ‘Google’ exposure for major law firms is a useful, if unscientific instrument to monitor the most prominent law firms in the country. LawFuel’s Google-mentioned law firm survey shows the names one would normally expect at the top of such a survey – Russell McVeagh, Bell Gully, Chapman Tripp