July 14, 2008 (Otto Smyth) According to reports by Los Angeles car accident attorneys, as well as statements from the police Karen Smith two pedestrians were killed when a driver was trying to outrun police. The accident occurred when policed tried to pull over a vehicle that was being driven in a reckless manner when […]
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Brings Students Together with Survivors WASHINGTON, D.C. – LAWFUEL – Law Firm Newswire – June 2, 2008 – Holland & Knight and the Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation are pleased to announce the 10 first-place winners of the firm’s Holocaust Remembrance Project, an annual national essay contest for high school students designed to encourage and
LAWFUEL – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, David W. Bourne, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Criminal Investigations, Miami Field Office, and Eddie McKissick, Miami Resident Agent in Charge, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, announced that Strictly Reptile, Inc., of Hollywood, Florida,
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The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court on Monday asked for an arrest warrant against Sudan’s President Omar al-Beshir for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur. Beshir had “personally instructed” his forces to annihilate three ethnic groups in the western Sudanese region, prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told journalists in The Hague. “His motives
Washington, D.C., July 14, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Meridith Mitchell has been named the agency’s Deputy General Counsel for Legal Policy and Administrative Practice. Ms. Mitchell fills the position previously held by Alexander F. Cohen, who recently became the SEC’s Deputy Chief of Staff. She joins Andrew N.
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Washington, D.C., July 14, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance today announced the selection of Greg Burton as the Academic Accounting Fellow for a one-year term beginning this month. “The value of the Academic Accounting Fellow program becomes more evident as we address more complex accounting and reporting issues.
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Wilmington, Del. (LAWFUEL) – July 14, 2008 – Benjamin Strauss, a partner in the Commercial Department of Pepper Hamilton LLP, has assumed the position of president-elect of the Delaware State Bar Association for 2008-2009. Mr. Strauss practices in Pepper Hamilton’s Wilmington office and heads the firm’s Delaware corporate and Israeli practices. He counsels private and
According to reports by cruise ship accident attorneys website over here, the Spirit of Glacier Bay ran aground earlier in the week in Tarr Inlet while in route from Juneau to Ketchikan. The cruise ship was on its way to Ketchikan for scheduled repairs when it began to take on water. The company, Cruise West
Miami, FL, July 10, 200 LAWFUEL – Law Firm Newswire – Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP (www.stroock.com), a national law firm with offices in Miami, New York and Los Angeles, announced that Robert Wright, Jr. has joined the firm’s Litigation Practice Group as a Partner, effective immediately. “We are pleased to have Bob leading
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The ABA Journal recently called the billable hour “the dandelion of law practice: pervasive and not so popular.” The billable hour billing system has been criticized for fostering inefficiency and putting the interests of lawyers and clients in conflict. Now an Ohio firm is joining a few law firms that are changing the way they
