LAWFUEL – A half billion dollar fine levied on British Airways for collusion over fuel surchargesis likely to lead to a massive damages claim from passengers. British Airways faces a massive damages claim from millions of passengers after the airline was fined for colluding with its rival Virgin Atlantic over fuel surcharges on tickets. BA […]

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Mr Roger Thomas May, of Macedon, and his son Mr Jason Roger May, of Port Melbourne, Victoria, yesterday pleaded guilty in the Victorian County Court on one charge each brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Mr Roger May, 61, and Mr Jason May, 35, pleaded guilty

LAWFUEL – A man convicted of murdering seven people and injuring 19 in 1987 in Australia wants to write to his victims – a move Victorian police oppose. Julian Knight was sentenced to life imprisonment, with a 27-year minimum. Police and Emergency Services Minister, Bob Cameron has vowed to put a stop to Hoddle Street

LAWFUEL – The Lawyer Newswire: St. Petersburg Lateral Brings Strong Abilities in Capital Markets and Corporate Transactions New York, NY – August 1, 2007 – The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that Irina Skidan has joined the Firm as Counsel in the St. Petersburg office. Ms. Skidan will draw on

HARTFORD, Conn., July 31, 2007 LAWFUEL – Class Action Litigation News — The law firm of Schatz Nobel Izard P.C., which has significant experience representing investors in prosecuting claims of securities fraud, announces that a lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New

LAWFUEL – The Catholic Church is up to its armpits in trouble of one kind or another but a priest in Australia, whose foul-mouthed rant at a group of skateboarders was filmed and put on YouTube, has been sent on leave. Monsignor Geoff Baron, dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne, shouted and swore at

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire Phillipines – Former first lady Imelda Marcos would testify in a case against Lucio Tan, the country’s richest businessman, law firm Marcos, Ochoa, Serapio & Tan, which represents her son has said. The “unusual” alliance between the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) and the son of the late dictator

LAWFUEL – Lawyer and Republican U.S. presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani sprung to the defense of his wife following a Vanity Fair article referring to her as a “princess bride” who the magazine portrayed as adopting the spoilt girl attributes of someone like Conrad Black’s wife. Questions about the critical magazine piece emerged at a press

Washington, D.C., August 1, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has started distribution of the $267 million Fair Fund created as part of settlements with Qwest Communications International Inc. and several of its former executives. The funds will be distributed to approximately 200,000 investors