LawFuel.com – January 8, 2015 – Reed Smith LLP today announced the election of 24 new partners, effective January 1. Fourteen of the new partners practice in Reed Smith’s U.S. offices; seven in the firm’s London office; and one new partner is in each of the firm’s offices in Abu Dhabi, Shanghai and Hong Kong. Reed Smith
Blank Rome – -Ninth Circuit Holds that Putative TCPA Class Action Is Not Subject to Arbitration Clause in Shrinkwrap Contract Action Item: Companies utilizing “shrinkwrap” or form contracts within product packaging or in “Welcome Kits” should take steps to conspicuously disclose the terms of such agreements. The disclosures to consumers must be explicit and preferably written
LawFuel.com –Law Firm News & Commentaries – Skadden represented The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation, the state-owned Egyptian petroleum company, on a $1.3 billion pre-export financing, which closed December 29, 2014. The financing was raised though a syndicated bank facility. This was the first time the company had been able to raise long-term debt in the international
Obsession Phrases – The dating & relationship program for women which reveals how to use “Secret Phrases” To Win Over Any Man.Watch How its done hereThe lurid tale of a convicted sex offender, Prince Edward and one of the most famous lawyers in the US is enough to intrigue anyone.But the Prince Andrew / Alan
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LawFuel.com – Detroit – January 7, 2015 – Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Gina M. Torielli to its Taxation Group as senior counsel in the firm’s Ann Arbor office. Torielli, who was an associate with Dykema from 1991-96, rejoins the firm after serving as a consultant on municipal finance
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LawFuel – com Ropes & Gray Counsels Dunkin’ Brands on $2.4 Billion Whole-Company SecuritizationRopes & Gray is advising Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. on the planned refinancing of its senior secured credit facility with a new $2.4 billion securitized financing facility. The new facility is expected to be comprised of $2.3 billion of senior fixed-rate term notes
Stéphane Charbonnier, the Charlie Hebdo publishing director and cartoonist, was on an al Qaeda “wanted” list and lived under police protection after defending his newspaper against his Prophet Muhammad cartoons that outraged the Muslim world and ultimately lead to the murder of the cartoonist, known as “Charb”. Richard Malka, Charlie Hebdo’s lawyer, said the magazine’s
Mona Dotcom is the target of US attempts to access her husband Kim Dotcom’s assets with court papers filed in December that seek to define the extent of her marital property under a matrimonial property order that she is yet to seek in New Zealand.Kim Dotcom’s millions have been frozen after his January 2012 arrest.
Losing weight and reducing diabetes risks is always a good new year resolution, however two-thirds of overweight adults in the US face difficulty receiving insurance coverage for new drugs like the anti-obesity drug Saxendra.Diabetes Destroyed – Watch the video on reducing diabetes naturally – Click Here to WatchIn December, the Food and Drug Administration approved
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Tensions among competing cartel enforcers were on the rise in 2014 Allen & Overy – To name only a few, the U.S. faced challenges over the extent of its jurisdictional reach; China was criticised for questionable investigative practices and allegedly protectionist use of its antitrust powers; and Japan faced questions relating to appropriate due process
