LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – From Tax Etcetera – The Full Federal Court of Australia has confirmed NZ’s practice (TRA 001/02, Decision No 19/2003, Judge Willy) of reversing the GST on a deposit where the contract is cancelled and the deposit forfeited. The AAT (our TRA equivalent) had ruled that the deposit was a
LAWFUEL – Following the failure of the James Brown prosecution for rape, the Illinois law has been altered to permit accusers more than two years to sue. The new law, which will be implemented on January 1, 2008 suspends the statute of limitations when the victim has been intimidated or manipulated into staying quiet. The
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LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office (“FBI”), and Michael E. Yasofsky, Jr., Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division (“IRS-CI”), announced that defendant Warren H. Newell,
LawFuel’s Hot Gossip reports that High School Musical’s Vanessa Hudgens has been offered half a million to “join the GGW brand”, by Girls Gone Wild owner Joe Francis, who issued the contract offer via a press release from a Nevada prison.
LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – LawFuel’s lead story reports that Idaho Sen. Larry Craig moved to undo his guilty plea to a sex-related charge by filing a motion Monday saying that he was in a “state of fear” and worried about “unnecessary publicity” this summer when he signed the plea. The motion, filed in
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Idaho Sen. Larry Craig moved to undo his guilty plea to a sex-related charge by filing a motion Monday saying that he was in a “state of fear” and worried about “unnecessary publicity” this summer when he signed the plea. The motion, filed in court Monday in Hennepin County, Minn., seeks to withdraw the Idaho
LAWFUEL – The UK Legal Newswire – Hextalls, the City law firm, has promoted Julian Cox to Head of its Employment Law team. Julian has over ten years’ experience as an employment law specialist gained both In House and in private practice. He replaces Jane Liddington who had been Head of Employment at Hextalls since
LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Long-time opponent of the Serious Fraud Office, Winston Peters, had another dig at the SFO over their lacklustre record, as the Government announce the creation of a new Organised Crime Agency. New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has welcomed the creation of the Organised Crime Agency, announced by the
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WASHINGTON, D.C., September 11, 2007 — LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that prominent international arbitration attorney Mark Clodfelter has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as of counsel. Clodfelter will focus his practice on international arbitration, including investor-State arbitration. Clodfelter is returning to private practice after serving for
LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announced that defendant, Frederick Bradley Nowell, Sr., aka “Brad Nowell,” was sentenced this morning to 84 months in prison based on
