LawFuel.com- The Net’s Best Law News site – International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Terex on the squeeze out of the minority shareholders of Terex Material Handling & Port Solutions AG (formerly Demag Cranes AG). The squeeze out became effective on 21 January 2014 upon its registration in the commercial register. On the […]
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Bruce Buck, the man who chairs the Chelsea Football Club and is also a partner at mega-firm Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, is to step down from his position with the law firm’s London office. Buck’s replacement is former Skadden Moscow head Pranav Trivedi, who also specialises in corporate finance. Buck joined Skadden in
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Andrew Balfour, a former partner of Slaughter and May, has been appointed Chairman of the firm’s Africa Practice Group with effect from 03 February 2014. As Chairman, Andrew will be responsible for shaping the firm’s Africa strategy. He will work closely with the partners and will act as an ambassador, promoting our practice in Africa.
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Here’s a problem for the world’s biggest coffee shop. A parody store, “Dumb Starbucks” has stuck a needle up Starbucks nose and stretched legal interpretations of first amendment protection, but violated Starbuck’s trademark and – almost certainly – its public image and credibility. What does a coffee chain do? Sue? The parody store, which opened
Dr George Beaton reports exclusively for LawFuel on the ReInvent Law conference in New York last weekend. Hot on the heels of the recent story in LawFuel featuring George Beaton and NewLaw New Rules, his new book on trends in the legal services industry, he has sent this exclusive report to LawFuel from the February
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RIVERSIDE, California – A former Guatemalan Special Forces officer was sentenced today to serve 10 years in federal prison for covering up his involvement in the 1982 massacre of nearly everyone in the village of Dos Erres, Guatemala. Jorge Sosa, 55, of Moreno Valley, received the statutory maximum sentence of 120 months in prison
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New York police unions are going to court to decide whether changeds to the stop-and-frisk program are properly made, having filed papers in the Federal Appeals court. The unions claim the judge who ruled the stop-and-frisk practise was discriminatory insulted officers and they want the courts to examine the issue. New York City judge Shira
LawFuel.com – Schulte Roth & Zabel (“SRZ”), a leading provider of legal services to the global financial services industry, is pleased to announce its new London location. Since opening its doors in London in September 2002, the firm has gained an impressive share of the European legal market in investment management and has recently expanded
LOS ANGELES – A former teacher at Arrowview Middle School in San Bernardino was sentenced this morning to 120 months in federal prison for attempting to entice a 13-year old girl in New Jersey to engage in sexual activity. Eugene Ballantyne, 30, of Running Springs, California, pleaded guilty in July 2012 to one
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TORONTO (February 10, 2014) – Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes), one of Canada’s leading business law firms, was honoured with four awards at the second annual nationwide Benchmark Canada Awards ceremony held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Toronto late last week. Blakes won Securities Litigation Firm of the Year, Insolvency Firm
