WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2014 LawFuel.com — The Mesothelioma Compensation Center says, “The most costly mistake a diagnosed victim of mesothelioma, or their family members can make, is thinking a local personal injury law firm can do a great job on a mesothelioma compensation claim—or assuming that a mesothelioma middleman marketing law firm is really going […]
Silk Road Was Used by More than 100,000 Users to Buy and Sell Hundreds of Kilograms of Illegal Drugs and Other Unlawful Goods and Services LawFuel.c0m – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the indictment in Manhattan federal court of ROSS WILLIAM ULBRICHT, a/k/a “Dread Pirate
LawFuel.com – International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised the underwriters on the global offering and listing of HK Electric Investments on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, which commenced trading today. The firm also advised lenders on the provision of two syndicated loans (worth a cumulative total of approximately US$4.8bn) in connection with the
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The question of who sold Philip Seymour Hoffman his drugs, of which there were almost 50 envelopes of heroin beside the body, is being followed up with an extensive NYPD search of the city to find his dealer. The actor, 46, died on Sunday from an apparent drug overdose, with a syringe in his arm
LawFuel.com – The Defendant Recruited Drivers and Passengers to Crash Vehicles Into Cars Being Driven by Innocent Victims In Order to Submit Bogus Insurance Claims 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 Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
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LawFuel.com – Davis Polk is advising the special committee of the board of directors of SWS Group, Inc. in connection with an unsolicited acquisition proposal from Hilltop Holdings Inc. to acquire the outstanding common stock that Hilltop does not already own for $7.00 per share. The special committee will carefully evaluate Hilltop’s unsolicited proposal and
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The Italian judge who (once again) found Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito guilty of murder is to face some tough questioning himself after making inappropriate comments about the tactics used by defense lawyers. The comments could result in an appeal, Sollecito’s lawyer has been reported as saying. Sollecito’s lawyers are to seek
UK’s liberalisation of legal services under its “Tesco Law” has seen an equity group take a stake in the adminstrative services arm of an offshore law firm, Ogier. Last week insurers Direct Line and accountancy group PwC won licences to provide legal services. The Ogier deal sees it separate its adminstrative arm to the
Okay, millions watched the Seattle Seahawks demolish the Denver Brocos, but many came to see the super bowl commercial, too. They are, after all, the most delicious and premium of any advertisement anywhere on the planet – so how come this lawyer scored this truly terrible Super Bowl ad? Here’s a guy who somehow managed
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Carl Stewart was appointed by President Clinton to sit on the Fifth Circuit – its first African American to do so. It is also a court – as the ABA Journal report – that is regarded as “one of the most controversial, rancorous, dysfunctional, staunchly conservative and important appellate courts in the country.” But the
