Oscar Pistorius, the “Blade Runner” defendant in the shooting of his girlfriend, appears to have had previous gun issues. A month before the para-Olympian was alleged to have killed his girlfriend he accidentally fired a gun under a table in a Johannesburg restaurant, requesting that a friend, Darren Fresco, take the blame for the discharge. […]
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NEW YORK, March 4, 2014 LawFuel.com — The Rosen Law Firm, P.A. announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of purchasers of the securities of The Medicines Company (Nasdaq:MDCO) between February 20, 2013 and February 12. 2014, inclusive (the “Class Period”) seeking remedies under the federal securities laws. To join The
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The Defendant Stole Funds from Television Actors to Buy Personal Luxury Goods and Artwork Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced that PETER STRAIN, a talent agent for film,
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Pam Bondi issued the following statement regarding the lawsuit filed today seeking a declaratory judgment establishing the liability of BP and other companies for the natural resource damages sustained by the State of Florida as a result of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. “Today’s filing is a crucial step toward securing
How can a bike share operation be the subject of a $15 million lawsuit? Where does personal injury law end and common sense begin? Or is the lawsuit one that has total merit? These are all questions facing Ronald Corwin, 73, and his personal injury lawyers, who are suing Citi Bike and New York City
So who is Oscar Pistorius paying a rumoured £3,500 to defend himself? Barry Roux is a big name lawyer in South Africa and regarded as a master of cross examination. His witness demolition has been compared to clubbing baby seals to death. Roux already showed his abilities in court when he discredited police detective Hiilton
How can lawyers accept that the internet is a genuine market for them to use to sell their services. For many lawyers, using the internet to market and sell their services has been as strange as have an electrician fix your broken toilet. Why? Well, an article from Legal Futures outlines exactly what can be
LOS ANGELES – A Northern California man has been convicted of federal fraud charges for his involvement in a $7 million investment scheme that lured investors with false promises relating to the development of an alternative energy technology, Richard S. Hartunian, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York,
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The use and abuse of power of attorney documents is something that is concerning lawyers and law makers in several jurisdictions. The power of attorney is an age-old legal document that has a major place on the affairs of individuals. Providing a mechanism to give another person the right to deal with their financial and
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It may have been no great surprise about Matthew McConaughey’s Oscar win for Dallas Buyers Club, but our favourite here at LawFuel remains his outing in The Lincoln Lawyer. The 44 year old was always the on-the-money guy to scoop the best actor nod this time around and his aw-shucks Texas style conceals a sharp actor
