London Expansion For US Law Firm – Sidley Expands in London with Hiring of Hedge Fund and Financial Markets Partner

LONDON–LAWFUEL – Legal Announcements –Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Bruce Gardner has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the Investment Funds, Advisers and Derivatives group. Gardner will continue to focus on hedge funds, alternative asset management and related matters as he has for the last ten years. Gardner advises on all […]

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BP Case – Attorney To Depose Former BP CEO John Browne In BP Explosion Case

HOUSTON–LAWFUEL – Legal News –Attorney Brent Coon, of Brent Coon & Associates, will depose Lord John Browne, the former CEO of British Petroleum (NYSE:BP), on Friday, April 4, beginning at approximately 10:00 AM CDT. Plaintiffs in the Texas City Explosion litigation initially sought to depose Lord Browne in the summer of 2006. In October of

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Data released Thursday shows that U.K. and U.S. firms touched a third fewer M&A deals in the first quarter of 2008 than a year earlier with the credit crunch slamming firms in M&A and LBO work.

Noting that the deals market has experienced “something of a ‘death rattle,’” MergerMarket reports that the volume of global M&A work has dropped substantially at the largest global firms. Data released Thursday shows that U.K. and U.S. firms touched a third fewer M&A deals in the first quarter of 2008 than a year earlier. At

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US Attorney – Leader and Operator of Counterfeit Check Ring Sentenced

R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael Fithen, Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service, Miami Field Office, and Henry Gutierrez, Postal Inspector in Charge, United States Postal Inspection Service, announce today’s sentencing by United States District Court Judge Kenneth Ryskamp of defendant Reginald Deriphonse. Deriphonse was sentenced

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Recent developments in filing European patent applications – From AJ Park – Intellectual Property Lawyers

Work at AJ Park <a href= Work at AJ Park Intellectual Property Lawyers LawFuel – The Law Jobs and Legal NewsWire Two recent changes in European patent practice will affect anyone who has a current European patent application, or is planning to file a patent application in Europe soon. First, the London Agreement, which takes

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Stock management of pharmaceuticals – ECJ to toughen its stance?

LAWFUEL – On 1 April 2008 the European Court of Justice released Advocate General Ruiz-Jarabo’s opinion in a case involving GlaxoSmithKline’s stock management policy of certain drugs in Greece. This creates unwelcome uncertainties about the legality of stock management systems operated by pharmaceutical companies for dominant products. The opinion of the Advocate General is not

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Attorney General Warns Of Email And Internet Scams Involving Wire Transfers or Bank Deposits

~ Scams are evolving to look more “official,” often appearing to be government documents ~ TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today issued a consumer advisory warning Floridians about evolving email and internet scams, particularly those which solicit assistance in moving large sums of money through wire transfers or bank deposits. The Attorney General

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