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LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – A Democratic Congressman is facing assault and battery charges after an altercation Sunday at Dulles International Airport, outside Washington. Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA) allegedly tried to enter a restricted area at the airport baggage claim and pushed aside an airport employee who tried to stop him, according to the

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Spanish Football League (LFP) and Granada 74 have threatened to take legal action against UEFA and FIFA for recommending that the club should be excluded from the second division, Reuters report. “We will take out a suit against FIFA and UEFA because they haven’t the authority to go

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Sentinel Management Group Inc., the cash-management firm that froze client withdrawals last week, was sued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly lying to investors and misappropriating their assets. The firm fraudulently moved at least $460 million in securities from clients’ accounts into its own and misused

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Plaintiffs’ counsel announced today that U.S. District Court Judge Garland E. Burrell denied a motion by the University of Phoenix to dismiss a far-reaching lawsuit against the university for violating Federal law, the so-called incentive compensation ban. “The Higher Education Act prohibits colleges and universities that provide federal financial

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Portuguese police are investigating claims that Madeleine McCann could have been abducted by burglars behind a series of break-ins at the Algarve holiday complex from which she disappeared 110 days ago, the Times reports. Detectives are due to reinterview several members of staff at the Ocean Club in Praia

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The ABA Journal reports that a coalition of more than 80 law firms is petitioning the Internal Revenue Service to extend by one year a deadline for imposing new regulations on nonqualified deferred compensation under section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. The effort, led by Skadden, Arps, Slate,

CHICAGO, Aug. 20, 2007 LAWFUEL – The Lawsuit Newswire — Krislov & Associates, Ltd. Announces the Notice of Pendency and Proposed Partial Settlement of Class Action Involving DVI, Inc. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA Case No. 2:03-CV-5336 SUMMARY OF INFORMATION IN NOTICE OF PENDENCY AND PROPOSED PARTIAL SETTLEMENT OF CLASS

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Mel Gibson and Paris Hilton have inspired California lawmakers to propose legislation to protect celebrities caught breaking the law. Amid concern over the frenzy of entertainment internet blogs and tabloids competing for inside information on Gibson’s tirade during a drunk-driving arrest and Hilton’s days in jail, state lawmakers have

IP Attorney Brings Additional National Patent Litigation Experience to Firm CHICAGO – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that John T. Gutkoski has joined its Boston office as a partner and a member of the Intellectual Property Department and the IP Litigation Practice. “John’s addition is the next step

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Judges presiding over the war crimes trial of ex-Liberian leader Charles Taylor have postponed the trial until January 7 to give new defense lawyers time to prepare their case. Taylor dismissed his previous lawyer because he said he could not receive a fair hearing. Human rights lobbyists and victim