NEW YORK, April 3, 2008 LAWFUEL — After two straight weeks of declines, fixed mortgage rates rebounded, with the average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate moving up to 6.12 percent. According to Bankrate.com’s weekly national survey of large lenders, the average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.4 discount and origination points. The average […]

LawFuel – Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP, a prominent California law firm, today announced two of its attorneys have accepted roles within the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). Charlotte Ito, a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office will become a Fellow, while longtime Fellow and former Regent Louis Mezzullo, whose

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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