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DLA Piper has strengthened its pensions teams across the UK with new hires in Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester. LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The new hires, which are detailed below, position DLA Piper as one of the strongest firms in the UK for pensions expertise. David Wright, pensions head for the UK commented: “the […]

Hsu Also Accused of Using Straw Donors to Make Illegal Federal Campaign Contributions MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and MARK J. MERSHON, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today the unsealing of federal charges against NORMAN

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Steven G. Schulman, a former name partner in the law firm now known as Milberg Weiss, has agreed to plead guilty to a federal racketeering charge and acknowledge that he and others conspired to conceal from judges in federal courts Milberg Weiss’ secret payment arrangements with named plaintiffs in

WASHINGTON — LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Justice Department announced today the settlement of a lawsuit against the city of Walnut, Calif., alleging violations of the rights of Chinese- and Korean-speaking voters under the Voting Rights Act. “By agreeing to implement a comprehensive and effective remedial plan, the city of Walnut’s officials have

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – New Zealand Law Society should lobby banks to provide practitioners with the option of linking electronic payments on settlement to the registration process, says Sanderson Weir principal, Jonathan Flaws. Mr Flaws was commenting following two recent cases in which practitioners have been caught out by funds being reversed by

LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – The father of Nai Yin Xue, or ‘Pumkin’ as she has become commonly known, was convicted of assault over an incident in which his daughter Qian was injured, court documents show. Xue, who abandoned Qian – dubbed Pumpkin by Australian authorities – at a Melbourne train station before fleeing to

LOS ANGELES – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Melvyn I. Weiss, a co-founder of the New York-based Milberg Weiss law firm, was indicted today by a federal grand jury for allegedly participating in a scheme in which the firm paid millions of dollars in secret kickbacks to several individuals in exchange for them serving

Stock Loan Traders Paid Phony Finder Fees and Received Kickbacks in Schemes Netting More Than $12 Million in Unlawful Profits Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged 38 defendants in a series of fraudulent schemes involving phony finder fees and illegal kickbacks in

Conference Prepares Employers for New Changes ALAMEDA, Calif.– LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire –The Employer Resource Institute (www.ca-answers.com) is pleased to announce the second annual California Employment Law Update conference at the Claremont Resort & Spa in Berkeley, California on December 10-12, 2007. This exclusive conference for California employers and human resource professionals is sponsored

WASHINGTON–LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire James S. Brady Briefing Room 11:21 A.M. EDT SECRETARY LEAVITT: Good morning. The President has asked that I respond to any questions that you have with respect to S-CHIP. Yes, ma’am. Q While Congress was out the administration directed states to meet federal requirements before they could expand the scope