LawFuel.com – The firm mourns the death of our partner and friend Harold F. Moore, 67. As the founder and longtime leader of our project finance practice, Hal played an important role in our development as an international firm, representing underwriters, banks, borrowers, issuers and project sponsors in major matters across the globe. Hal joined […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio and DETROIT, Michigan – February 24, 2015 – LawFuel.com – Huntington Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ: HBAN; www.huntington.com) today announced the signing of a definitive agreement for Huntington National Bank to purchase Bloomfield Hills, Michigan-based Macquarie Equipment Finance, Inc. (MEF-US). With approximately $500 million of annual originations, MEF-US is the largest standalone, vendor independent provider
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Chris Dreyer is an SEO expert and founder of Attorney Rankings, a specialist internet marketing agency assisting lawyers and other to achieve top rankings. Ranking your law firm website involves what appears to be an increasingly complex web of requirements, SEO consultants, software and knowledge that you may, or may not possess. And one of
Retiring US Attorney General Eric Holder, interviewed by ABC, outlined his best and worst days on the job. Holder, 64, has had his ups and downs, and his share of controversies. WORST DAY ON THE JOB – The Sandy Hook shootings – Dec. 14, 2012: The day a 20-year-old opened fire inside Sandy Hook Elementary
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Polsinelli – Trademark rights arise out of use in commerce, and can provide protection for your name, brand, and reputation in the community provided, that the marks are continuously used in connection with your goods or services. While brands change over time, whether the result of re-branding or through mergers or other acquisitions, it is
Polsinelli – Arbitration is sometimes touted as less expensive and less risky for businesses than traditional courtroom litigation, especially when it comes to consumer disputes. But disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong’s most recent legal loss exposes some of the risks that face those who elect to arbitrate their disputes rather than go to court. The Armstrong
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Sylvia Stolz, a former German lawyer who has links with the country’s extreme right movement has been sentenced to 20 months’ jail for inciting racial hatred and denying the holocaust. The offences arose as a result of a speech given by Ms Stolz in 2012 when she said a court of law had never proved
“As a unanimous jury has found, for nearly a decade, Khaled al Fawwaz played a critical role for al Qaeda in its murderous conspiracy against America. Dedicating himself to al Qaeda in the early 1990s, Fawwaz was one of Osama bin Laden’s original and most trusted lieutenants, serving first as the leader of an
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Follow Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP – Earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade held a hearing during which there was a discussion of a Congressional proposal for a federal data breach statute. Currently, there are 47 different state data breach notification laws, with seven states introducing a
Skadden Arps – The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) can have a significant impact on transactions involving foreign acquirers. Parties considering cross-border merger and acquisition transactions should be aware of the following recent developments in this area and consider their potential implications. Impact of the Ralls Decision In September 2012, on
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