LAWFUEL – Latest from Newsweek – “25 Hottest Schools” (p. 53). In this excerpt from the annual Newsweek/ Kaplan “How to Get Into College Guide,” Contributing Editor Jay Mathews lists the “25 Hottest Schools.” The list highlights the new trends students are looking for when selecting colleges and universities. Schools are ranked by interest areas […]

LAWFUEL – Latest from Newsweek – Senior Editor Steven Levy reports that Facebook, the wildly popular networking site among college students, has grown up and has also become a tool for people who are no longer students. Twenty three-year-old Mark Zuckerberg, the Harvard dropout that started the site, explains that Facebook is not a social-networking

LAWFUEL – Conrad Black, former newspaper magnate and convicted of fraud and awaiting sentence, is about to launch his biography on America’s famous, fallen president, Richard Nixon. The Chicago Tribune reports that it’s an awkward time to launch a book — a few weeks before being sentenced for fraud and obstruction of justice.Yet it may

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine– LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Yesterday, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff And Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez Announced A Series Of Reforms The Administration Will Pursue To Address Border Security And Immigration Challenges. The following reforms represent steps the Administration can take within the boundaries of existing law to secure our borders more

LAWFUEL – It may have been 60 years since the British left India, but British law students are returning to the sub-continent for legal experience in ever-increasing numbers. British law students from such acclaimed law schools as the London School of Economics, Queen’s Marry College, and Cambridge Law Faculty are seeking first-hand experience in India.

ATLANTA, Aug. 10 LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire — HomeBanc Corp. (“HomeBanc” or “the Company”) today announced that, after careful consideration, its Board of Directors has authorized the Company’s management team to seek protection for the Company through the bankruptcy process in order to best preserve the value of the Company’s remaining assets. Accordingly, HomeBanc

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Allen & Overy has ranked higher than any other international law firm in this year’s American Lawyer magazine Midlevel Associates Survey, dedicated to the U.S. legal market. The firm jumped nearly 20 places compared to last year in the U.S. National tables, ranking 25 out of 164 firms

NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2007 LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire — The Brualdi Law Firm announces that a securities class action lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on behalf of purchasers of Motorola, Inc. (“Motorola”) (NYSE:MOT) publicly traded securities during the period between July 19,

LAWFUEL – 1996 LAWS DENY NONCITIZENS BASIC RIGHTS Story Summary: A longtime legal U.S. resident is deported for shoplifting. A young mother, married to a U.S. citizen, is jailed for a bureaucratic snafu ten years ago. These are the stories that prove due process is disappearing. The punishment needs to fit the crime. Enforcing national

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 11 LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire — Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales arrived in Baghdad on Saturday to meet with and thank Department of Justice officials working in Iraq to rebuild the country’s legal and law enforcement infrastructure. This is Attorney General Gonzales’ third such visit during his tenure as Attorney General.