LawFuel – Debra Burlingame is a former attorney and a director of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation. She is also the sister of Charles F. “Chic” Burlingame III, the pilot of American Airlines flight 77, which was crashed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, she chronicles the […]
As the Bush administration announced a fresh plan to aid homeowners overburdened by their mortgages, initial figures suggest much-touted earlier efforts have done little to help most troubled borrowers. An earlier plan, brokered in December by the Treasury Department, called for the mortgage industry to freeze interest rates or expedite refinancing for potentially hundreds of
PHOENIX– LAWFUEL – Bernardo Mancinas-Flores, 29 of Escuinapa, Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced here late yesterday by U.S. District Judge Roslyn O. Silver to life in prison plus seven years. Mancinas-Flores was found guilty by a federal jury on August 29, 2007, of Conspiracy to Take Hostages, Hostage Taking, Conspiracy to Harbor Illegal Aliens, Harboring Illegal
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New York, NY – LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – February 12, 2008 Three attorneys from the New York office of the international law firm, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, will receive Commitment to Justice Awards from inMotion for their extraordinary contribution in fighting domestic violence. Shareholder William C. Silverman will receive the award for outstanding Partner. In
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HOUSTON (February 12, 2008) – LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – Bracewell & Giuliani LLP elected thirteen new attorneys to join the partnership. The new firm members are Michael E. Noe, Jr. in Austin; Kurt A. Mayr in Connecticut; Tricia R. DeLeon, Mason M. Griffin, Morgan D. Meyer in Dallas; Bradley J. Benoit, John M. McCrory,
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LawFuel – Ron Paul’s latest video message to supporters on surprising challenges and changes in the campaign for the presidency. Hailed as a constitutional hero, Ron Paul’s message remains ‘the mouse that roared’.
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LawFuel – It is almost inevitable that the new anti-terror law sought to be introduced by the Canadian government will face severe legal challenge. The government wants the new law in force before Feb. 23. In 2006, the Supreme Court found that parts of the previous legislation dealing with the same issue violated the Charter
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The “overwhelming” body of legal advice received by the Government in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was that it would be unlawful without a proper mandate by the United Nations, nine law lords were told yesterday. Lawyers at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office had made it clear that a second resolution
ALEXANDRIA, Va.- LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire -The world’s largest association devoted to human resource management today said proposed changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) would help ensure that the law is not misused, and guarantee that its benefits are available to employees for decades to come. “This was landmark legislation from the
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Criminal Justice Honor Society Grants Chapter to Capella University National Alpha Phi Sigma society MINNEAPOLIS– LAWFUEL – Legal Announcement Service –Capella University (www.capella.edu), an accredited(a), fully online university based in Minneapolis, announced that Alpha Phi Sigma, a national honor society for criminal justice majors, has granted Capella its own honor society chapter. The society recognizes
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