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Actor David Hasselhoff received some welcome good news on the legal front today when he won undisclosed libel damages from OK! magazine over claims that he was drunk and abusive at a nightclub. The BBC reports that the publication’s UK and US editions have also agreed to print an apology for making the allegations. The

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The families of six trapped miners are “waiting for a miracle,” their spokesman said, as rescuers made one last attempt to find the missing men and lawmakers in Washington announced twin probes into safety at the mine. Sonny Olsen, an attorney acting as spokesman for the families, said late

LAWJOBSPIPELINE – The Legal Career Blog – A Daily Telegraph report that LawFuel picked up yesterday showed that the top 100 law firms in Britain collected more than £12bn in fees over the last year and the best-paid partners netted more than £2m each from their share of profits. Not too shabby, you may think.

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – With international business markets booming at an unprecedented level, there has never been a better time to be a global law firm – especially if you bill in sterling. With the opening sentence of last year’s Global 50 survey, Legal Business announced that UK firms – for so long

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 23 LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire — FantasySportsBook.com (http://fantasysportsbook.com) has announced the launch of their 100% legal, public league and commissioner based, Fantasy-based Sportsbook contest website. The contests offer the public the ability to sign up and play for free using the same format found in the Las Vegas casino sportsbooks in

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Mr James Stanley Phillips, of Blackburn South and Mr Ian Francis Cole, of Frankston, Victoria, were yesterday sentenced to jail in the Victorian County Court following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Mr Phillips, 59, was sentenced to two years imprisonment and will serve a

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Lead story – Well known Auckland ex-lawyer, struck off the roll 20 years ago for his associations with Mr Asia, the drug king, and other activities, is readmiited to practice law following a High Court decision.

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Jon Stewart offered a Daily Show-style history of American arms policy in the Middle East on Wednesday’s program. “Obviously, the Iraq War is very complicated,” he began. “It’s another reason why Barack Obama’s foreign policy inexperience is going to be an important issue in this campaign. You can’t have

LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced the temporary suspension of trading of the securities of the following seven issuers, commencing at 9:30 a.m. EDT on August 23, 2007, and terminating at 11:59 p.m. EDT on September 6, 2007: Environmental Safeguards, Inc. (ELSF) Garden Botanika, Inc. (GBOTQ) Northwestern Steel &

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, July 3, 2002 David J. Friedman, Michael P. Rogan, Daniel E. Stoller On June 27, 2002, the SEC issued an Order, pursuant to its investigative powers under Section 21(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,1 requiring the principal executive and financial officers of many of the larger