Citigroup Inc has won the dismissal of much of a multibillion-dollar New Jersey lawsuit over its alleged role in the 2003 collapse of Parmalat SpA, the Italian food company. The largest U.S. bank still faces a May 5 jury trial in the case. But Tuesday’s ruling by Judge Jonathan Harris of Bergen County Superior Court […]
To settle a New York Civil Liberties Union lawsuit challenging the policing of large protests, the NYPD has officially agreed to stop sending police horses into crowds without a warning and a chance to disperse, to ensure that pens do not become traps, and to assure that protesters have the information needed to get into
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NEW YORK, April 15, 2008 LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire — The following is a statement by a spokesperson for J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. Entertainment: “A fan’s affectionate enthusiasm should not obscure acts of plagiarism. The publishers knew what they were doing. The problem remains that the Lexicon takes an enormous amount of Ms. Rowling’s
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This is a very meritocratic environment,” says Kathy Honeywood, a corporate partner at Clifford Chance. “I have never come across any direct discrimination because I’m a woman,” reports Claire Smith at The Times. Nevertheless, in a notoriously male-dominated sector, Honeywood often finds herself the only woman around the meeting table. Fifty-one per cent of solicitors
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NEW YORK, April 15, 2008 (Lawfuel) — Beleaguered investors of Washington Mutual Inc. (NYSE:WM) were delivered more bad news by the company in Tuesday’s after-hours earnings announcement. The company reported a first-quarter loss of $1.14 billion and indicated that it expects to charge off $12 billion to $19 billion of its $187 billion portfolio of
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April 14, 2008 – LawFuel – Lang Michener Welcomes Three New Partners We are pleased to announce that David Debenham (commercial litigation & construction law), Martin Masse (commercial law & international trade) and George Waggott (employment & labour) have each been admitted to the partnership effective January 1, 2008.
HARTFORD, Conn., April 15, 2008 (Lawfuel) – Schatz Nobel Izard P.C., the law firm that filed the first securities class action lawsuit against Michael Baker Corporation (“MBC” or the “Company”) (AMEX:BKR), reminds investors that the deadline to move the Court to serve as a lead plaintiff is May 12, 2008, or 27 days away. The
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FORMER U.S. ARMY SOLDIER SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR GIRLFRIEND’S MURDER Victim was a member of the White Mountain Apache Tribe PHOENIX (Lawfuel) – Hunter Hugh Taylor, III, 24, of Phoenix, was sentenced here yesterday by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 20 years in federal prison for the death of
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April 15, 2008 – Lawfuel- Colorado must fight back by leveraging resources and expertise as never before, Eid urges state’s top law enforcement leaders Crimes linked to Colorado are increasingly “globalized,” requiring complex and expensive investigations involving foreign nations on an unprecedented scale, U.S. Attorney Troy Eid said at a statewide law enforcement conference today.
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