LAWFUEL.com – Legal Newswire Beijing, 27 February 2009 – Baker & McKenzie recently advised the State Grid Corporation of China (“SGCC”) on (a) its bid, together with two Philippine companies (collectively, the “Consortium”), for a 25-year concession to operate, maintain and expand the nationwide transmission system and electricity grid in the Philippines (the “Concession”), (b) […]

(LAWFUEL) – A 38-year-old Pyrmont woman will face Sydney Central Local Court today charged with smuggling heroin into Australia. The woman arrived at Sydney International Airport on a flight from Vietnam on Friday, 27 February. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped the female passenger for questioning. During baggage examinations officers became suspicious that the woman

Asia – DLA Piper announced today that it will be restructuring its Asia practice. “The staffing adjustments we are making are necessary and appropriate given the deteriorating economic climate. We are reshaping our resource structure and cost base to better align with current business activity levels as a result of the recent market downturn,” said

Washington, D.C., March 2, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today is warning investors and financial services firms about con-artists who may use the names of actual SEC employees to mislead potential victims. The agency also is providing information to help potential victims protect themselves from SEC impersonators. In some instances, investors in

Washington, D.C., March 2, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Oregon-based Sunwest Management Inc. with securities fraud and is seeking an emergency court order freezing its assets. The SEC alleges that Sunwest, which operates hundreds of retirement homes across the United States, lied to investors about its operations and concealed the

Web traffic rules have changed with the changing internet and new social network sites – a matter covered in a new free internet traffic report introduced by Key Web Traffic Reports. See Web Traffic Rules The free web traffic reports looks at five key steps necessary to develop internet traffic to websites. The report is

LAWFUEL.COM – Legal Announcement Service Philadelphia, PA, March 2, 2009 — Greenberg Traurig attorney Kevin P. Ray, in the Business Reorganization and Bankruptcy, and Financial Institutions Practices of the Philadelphia office, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Bar Association. “We are proud to support

James H. Kelly, Jr. Selected to Top 100 Attorney Listing NORTH CAROLINA (March 2 – LAWFUEL) — Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that 16 of the firm’s attorneys were selected as North Carolina Super Lawyers. This distinction denotes that these lawyers attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement as some of the State’s

Law Firm Walkers Predicts Key Private Equity Changes For 2009 GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, Feb. 3 LAWFUEL.com – Legal Announcement Service — Despite the recent volatility within the private equity market, the industry’s longer term prospects remain intact, according to Walkers, the global offshore law firm of choice for companies, financial institutions and international lawyers.

Firearms Industry Reminds Congress to Respect Second Amendment Rights NEWTOWN, Conn., Feb. 26 LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire — Responding to Attorney General Eric Holder’s comment yesterday that the Obama Administration will attempt to reinstate a ban against semi-automatic rifles, the National Shooting Sports Foundation reminded Congress and all Americans that such a ban would cause