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LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – A legal assistant terminated by one of Toronto’s top law firms while in the throes of battling breast cancer has filed a $500,000 wrongful dismissal suit against her former employer, a renowned specialist in intellectual property law that has represented a number of high-profile clients involved in the fight

LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – A man sought by police in connection with a suspicious fire at a Columbia law firm has turned himself in, according to authorities. Police say 40-year-old Ronald Lynn Jenkins surrendered to police Sunday afternoon. The Columbia Police Department put out a warrant for Jenkins for stalking, second degree burglary and

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Linklaters has appointed Rui Palma, a tax specialist with particular experience in international tax planning, as head of tax in its Lisbon office. He has joined the firm from Deloitte where he was international tax service manager in Lisbon. Linklaters has been involved in a wide range of tax

LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – I believe that last week’s adoption by Auckland practitioners of the ‘One Society Plan’ by five to one (1406 votes for and 279 votes against) represents a landmark moment in the history of both Auckland and New Zealand lawyers. I believe that the right decision has been made for all

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – US ex-astronaut Lisa Nowak, who is accused of assaulting another woman over a romantic spat, was allowed to remove her electronic monitoring bracelet Thursday ahead of her trial next month. Nowak’s attorneys had argued that the bracelet was expensive — costing 105 dollars per month — as well as

LawFuel – The Legal Newswire – The Ages reports that even as the High Court yesterday struck down the Federal Government’s latest attempt to disenfranchise part of its citizenry, the right to vote is far from an axiomatic feature of Australian democracy. The High Court’s order in Vickie Lee Roach v Electoral Commissioner and Commonwealth

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Climate, a very hot topic, and carbon, the newest world commodity, come together in Alston & Bird’s Climate Change and Carbon Management blog. The blog addresses a variety of rapidly moving issues associated with greenhouse gas emissions, including international, federal, and state policies, climate change litigation, business initiatives,

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – A long-serving police officer accused of sexually violating a 12-year-old girl is still on full pay 10 months after first being charged. The officer, whose name is suppressed, has been suspended since December last year and will appear in court on October 1 for a pre-trial conference. Police have

LAWFUEL – UK Legal Newswire – The trial of six men charged in connection with one of the most extensive investigations carried out by the Met’s Anti-Corruption Team will begin at Southwark CC on 3/9/07. The defendants are: [A] Jeremy Howard YOUNG (7.5.67 – 40 ys), a former MPS PC, of Ilford, Essex, is charged