LAWFUEL – Europe Legal Announcements – A controversial ruling by the Advocate-General at the European Court of Justice has confirmed that UK disability discrimination legislation must be amended to better reflect the essence of European discrimination rights based on the Framework Directive. In particular, the changes will need to provide that protection from disability discrimination […]

New York— LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (K&L Gates) welcomes Beth L. Golden as a partner in the firm’s New York office. A former Deputy Attorney General under then-New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Golden will be a senior member of the firm’s white-collar crime and internal

Posted by David Drummond, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer The openness of the Internet is what made Google — and Yahoo! — possible. A good idea that users find useful spreas quickly. Businesses can be created around the idea. Users benefit from constant innovation. It’s what makes the Internet such an

ATLANTA–LAWFUEL – Litigation Announcements – Chitwood Harley Harnes LLP (http://www.chitwoodlaw.com) today announced the filing of a class action in the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee on behalf of all persons who, during the period of December 6, 2004 through November 7, 2007, purchased or otherwise acquired the shares of certain

LawFuel – Federal investigations into the subprime crisis have been stepped up, putting further pressure on Wall Street, the WSJ reports. LawFuel’s main story reports thast federal criminal prosecutors in New York are investigating whether UBS AG misled investors by booking inflated prices of mortgage bonds it held despite knowledge that the valuations had dropped,

LawFuel – Republican candidate Ron Paul, the feisty libertarian candidates who has scored big on social network sites, has resonated with the youth of the country because of one word: freedom. “Guess what I offer them? Freedom: Freedom to live their lives as they choose, freedom to spend their money as they choose and freedom

Lawfuel – Actor Wesley Snipes, who was found not guilty of federal tax fraud charges that may have sent him to prison for up to 16 years, may still be fined several millions of dollars in civil actions from the IRS. Snipes’ success in court may have been largely due to co-defendants Eddie Ray Kahn,

January 31, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) – The 110 freeway was the scene of a four car collision that closed the freeway for a short time a little after 8am, during the morning commute. According to the California Highway Patrol one of the drivers involved in this accident that is thought to have been the

R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Robert Parker, Director, Miami-Dade Police Department and Michael V. Powell, Special Agent in Charge, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Internal Investigations, announced that defendant Matthew Price II, the former Director of Housing and Economic Development for Florida City, pled