Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission has voted to require public companies and mutual funds to use interactive data for financial information, which has the potential to increase the speed, accuracy and usability of financial disclosure and eventually reduce costs for investors. With interactive data, all of the facts […]

DALLAS/HOUSTON (LAWFUEL) – Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is proud to announce that seven partners from the firm’s Dallas and Houston offices are included among the top employment and employee benefits attorneys in the country in the most recent Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition. Dallas partners Ronald M. Gaswirth, Douglas D. Haloftis and Carrie B. Hoffman,

INDIANAPOLIS (LAWFUEL) — Matthew R. Levy has joined Baker & Daniels LLP as an associate in the firm’s international practice group. Before joining Baker & Daniels, Levy was an associate at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP in Boston and at Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP in Providence, R.I. Levy, who works from Baker

Voting Rights and Election Law TO BE DISCUSSED Coral Gables, FL (December 18, 2008 – LAWFUEL) – The University of Miami Law Review Symposium will take place on Saturday January 31, 2009 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Storer Auditorium of the business school located at 5250 University Drive on the Coral Gables

Costa Rica’s former president, Rodrigo Carazo, to speak Coral Gables, FL (December 18, 2008 – LAWFUEL) – The University of Miami School of Law’s Inter-American Law Review Symposium will take place on Saturday, March 7th,from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Storer Auditorium of the business school, located at 5250 University Drive on the

By John Bowie – The Briefcase ‘Boscars’ – See <a href= LawFuel for NZ Legal Jobs Online It’s hard to believe it’s Boscars time again. The Briefcase Oscars were last presented before Iceland melted and Wall Street overheated. It seems like yesterday when the prestigious awards were last handed out. So much has happened in

Los Angeles, California – This morning, an Altadena man was sentenced to spend one year and one day in federal prison after previously pleading guilty last year to federal income tax and firearms charges. Guy Richard Moore, of Altadena, was sentenced by United States District Judge George H. Wu to spend one year and one

(LOS ANGELES) – A Federal Grand Jury has indicted Dr. David Cary Hansen, a dermatologist in West Hollywood, with participating in a scheme to substitute a cheaper, unapproved drug for the brand name Botox®. Dr. Hansen is charged in a ten count indictment with mail fraud, causing the interstate transportation of a misbranded drug, receipt

A tight market may herald a new-look for kiwi law firms – LawFuel Law Jobs Website LawFuel – The Law Jobs and News Wire – LawFuel, the legal jobs site has spoken with a number of recruiters and law firm heads who indicate that there is considerable belt-tightening occurring. A significant number of legal executives

(LAWFUEL) – A 28-year-old Doncaster East man faced Melbourne Magistrates Court today charged with manufacturing and selling pirated computer games and software. The investigation began in June 2008 after the Australian Federal Police (AFP) received a referral into allegations of pirated games and software. On 17 December, the AFP executed a search warrant at a