LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – A twist in the custody case involving pop songstress Britney Spears took another turn yesterday when a former bodyguard offered to testify against her at a custody hearing for her two young sons. Bodyguard Tony Barretto has claimed that he is concerned for the safety of Spears’ two children, […]
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The new spokesman for Kate and Gerry McCann has insisted that the parents of missing Madeleine are “innocent victims of a heinous crime.” Kate and Gerry McCann after attending church in their home town of Rothley, Leicester, on Sunday. Mitchell told reporters on Tuesday: “I am extremely grateful to Kate and Gerry for asking me
LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – OJ Simpson is again facing the possibility of life in prison. The former American football star was last night being held at a Las Vegas jail awaiting a court hearing on charges he robbed two sports memorabilia collectors at gunpoint. He faces at least seven charges relating to the
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LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – A Houston law firm said Monday that Dynegy Inc. (DYN) agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit with more than 1,900 retirement plan beneficiaries and participants for $9.98 million. Law firm McClanahan & Clearman said the settlement was approved by a Houston judge Friday. According to a Dynegy representative, the
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire — House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) issued the following statement today after the president announced his nomination of retired Federal Judge Michael B. Mukasey to serve as attorney general of the United States: “The nomination of Mike Mukasey to serve as our next attorney general comes
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LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Serious doubts are being cast on a crucial part of the police case against Kate and Gerry McCann. Portuguese police began to suspect the couple after a sniffer dog trained to detect “the scent of death” reacted strongly to their hire car and Madeleine’s Cuddle Cat toy. However similar
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LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The right to apply for habeas corpus was in many respects anachronistic, given that remand inmates had the right to appear before a court every seven days and were assisted by legal aid, said Criminal Bar Association of New Zealand President, Graeme Newell. Mr Newell, who was asked to
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Former NSW barrister William Roy Davison, has been struck off the roll of legal practitioners for failing to meet $1.3 million in tax obligations between 1989 and 2005, Lawyers Weekly reports. The NSW Court of Appeal dismissed Davidson’s challenge to an Administrative Decisions Tribunal decision ordering his name be removed from the roll. Davison had
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Funding Supports Efforts to Combat Gang Violence and Increase Prevention Efforts WASHINGTON – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The Department of Justice announced more than $3.5 million in anti-gang funding to California. Funding will be used to combat gang violence and increase gang prevention efforts under the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Initiative. The Attorney
Washington, D.C., Sept. 17, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it filed civil fraud charges against two former officers of a Syracuse-based retail and wholesale food company for repeatedly inflating reported income by improperly accounting for vendor rebates and other promotional allowances. The Commission’s complaint,
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