NEW YORK– LAWFUEL –A renowned Islamic Finance lawyer has joined Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. and will head the global firm’s Islamic Finance Practice. Michael J.T. McMillen, an accomplished practitioner and frequent lecturer and writer, is considered a trail blazer when it comes to Shari’ah compliant transactions. “Michael brings a vast knowledge of Islamic financing that […]

LawFuel – Former U.S. attorney and 4-term Congressman Bob Barr is expected to announce his candidacy for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination this Saturday, Apr. 5, writes George Dance. A U.S. attorney appointed by Ronald Reagan, Bob Barr won his Georgia seat in the 1994 “Contract with America” campaign, unseating a 6-term Democrat. He first

PwC International Study Presents Strategic Intelligence On Globalization of Law Firms NEW YORK, March 25 LAWFUEL – Law Firm Newswire — U.S. and U.K. law firms have made significant investments in China and project more than 10 percent profit growth there in 2008, according to the first-ever global strategic survey conducted by the Law Firm

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Newark, N.J. — The Newark office of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (K&L Gates) welcomes Charles F. Rysavy as a partner in the firm’s toxic tort practice. Rysavy joins K&L Gates from McCarter & English, LLP, where he was the past chair of the mass and toxic tort practice group. An experienced toxic

PHOENIX – A federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a 13-count indictment yesterday against Rigoberto Aramburo-Lizzaraga, 25; Juan Andres Ramirez-Aguirre, 34; Franki Alfonso Garcia-Sustaita 31; and Santiago Casteneda-Aramburo, 18, all of Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico; and Roberto Lopez-Hernandez, 23, of Durango, Durango, Mexico for the following criminal offenses: 1 count of Conspiracy to Commit Hostage Taking;

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London – LAWFUEL – DLA Piper has acted on behalf of a club of Banks comprising The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, HSBC Bank plc, Barclays Bank PLC and Lloyds TSB Bank plc in connection with their provision of debt funding for the management buyout of The Energy Cranes Group of Companies which has been