LawFuel.co.nz – Legal Jobs Online – More solicitors are seeking jobs offshore, particularly in the Middle East and Asia, recruiters report Legal recruiters report a major influx of CVs as lawyers seek work in the Middle East and Asia. The problem for many is that the lawyers seeking jobs face an even bigger influx of […]
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Washington, D.C., Nov. 25, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Chief Accountant Conrad W. Hewitt will leave the agency in January 2009 following two-and-a-half years of public service devoted to increasing the accuracy and usefulness of financial reporting. Mr. Hewitt has been integral to the Commission’s efforts to increase transparency
WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) –– Taxpayers who make qualifying cash contributions for disaster relief efforts in the Midwest could benefit from a recently passed law that suspends the percentage-of-income limits that would normally apply when taxpayers deduct the contributions on their 2008 federal tax returns. Under the Heartland Disaster Tax Relief Act, an individual taxpayer who itemizes
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WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) — The Internal Revenue Service today released the fall 2008 issue of the Statistics of Income Bulletin, which features information on 138.4 million individual income tax returns filed for tax year 2006. Adjusted gross income less deficit (losses) reported for 2006 totaled $8.0 trillion, an 8.2 percent increase from the previous year, while
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WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) — The Internal Revenue Service today issued the 2009 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes. Beginning on Jan. 1, 2009, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups, or panel trucks) will be:
Should one of Detroit’s Big Three auto manufacturers go bankrupt, it will be among the largest Chapter 11 filings in U.S. history. So who are the likely candidates for the assignment? The Am Law Daily interviewed several leading restructuring lawyers–most on the condition that they not be named–to find out. The apparent early frontrunner for
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Washington, D.C., Nov. 24, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Alexander F. Cohen, Deputy Chief of Staff and former Deputy General Counsel, will leave the agency on December 18, with plans to return to the private sector. Since joining the Chairman’s office in May 2008, Mr. Cohen, 48, has assisted
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Washington, D.C., Nov. 24, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Technical Committee launched three task forces to support G-20 aims following a meeting by teleconference today. The meeting was convened by SEC Chairman Christopher Cox to craft a detailed work program to address the continuing market turmoil, focused on strengthening financial
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DALLAS (LAWFUEL) – The Dallas Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), an organization dedicated to the preservation of America’s civil justice system, has named Judge Craig Smith of the 192nd Civil District Court in Dallas as the 2008 “Judge of the Year.” Judge Smith received the award at the organization’s annual meeting
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