The Bear Stearns fire sale has already lead to the first of – what many consider – to be a raft of lawsuits against the former securities and banking giant. U.S. law firm Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP said on Monday it had sued Bear Stearns Co Inc, accusing the investment bank, sold […]
Following today’s communication from the European Council on Sovereign Wealth Funds, international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer welcomed the constructive approach taken by the European Council in supporting a co-ordinated international approach to future guidelines. ‘The European Council has signalled that the EU will continue to remain open to investment and will not be pressured
BEIJING– LAWFUEL –Five lawyers in Beijing and Hong Kong have been added to Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.’s Asian presence as the international firm continues enhancing its strategic network of global offices and gaining recognition for its work. Legal Consultant Yuping He joins Fulbright’s Beijing office from a large national oil company in China and Associate
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Over the years, Richard F. “Dickie” Scruggs earned a reputation as one of the nation’s wiliest and most powerful plaintiff’s attorneys. Along the way he was hailed as a champion of the little guy. He was also derided as a scoundrel who would stoop as low as necessary to get his way — and fatten
MINNEAPOLIS, March 14, 2008 LAWFUEL – Law Firm Newswire — J. Thompson & Associates and Zimmerman Reed, PLLP announced today that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on behalf of a Class consisting of all persons who purchased unregistered securities from Edward P.
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LawFuel.co.nz – See David Letterman’s Top 10 excuses from the former Governor of New York, Eliot Spitzer. LawFuel.co.nz – Legal Jobs and Newswire
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The LawFuel Legal Jobs Board has resource management and other jobs added daily. Consider working in resource management at Hamilton with the resource management and employment law team at Harkness Henry. If you have more than 2 years PQE, possess enthusiasm, a high level of technical ability, an eye for detail and the ability to
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An ongoing Pentagon investigation into the videotaping of terror suspect interrogations has uncovered at least 50 videotaped interrogations, the New York Times reported Thursday. Most of the videotaped interrogations involved two terror detainees, Jose Padilla and Ali al-Marri. Officials denied that any of the tapes depict interrogation tactics that would qualify as torture, although one
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2008 – The Defense Department has taken custody of a “high-value” al Qaeda operative, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said today. Whitman said that Muhammad Rahim is now in custody at the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Rahim is a high-level member of al Qaeda and a close associate of Osama bin
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We represent Ms. Ashley Alexandra Dupre. Ex-Governor Spitzer is a public figure. Ms. Ashley Dupre is not. She was thrust into the public glare at age 22 without her consent. While the circumstances surrounding Governor Spitzer’s resignation are newsworthy, some publications, in violation of journalistic norms, have used the occasion of Governor Spitzer’s political misfortunes
