WASHINGTON, D.C. – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, Assistant Attorney General for National Security Kenneth L. Wainstein and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III today announced a series of comprehensive measures to significantly enhance national security oversight and compliance at the Justice Department and FBI. Among the primary components […]

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Litigator Weston C. Loegering has joined the Dallas office of international law firm Jones Day as a partner. Formerly a partner with Hughes & Luce, Mr. Loegering has a diverse practice representing clients in complex federal and state civil and criminal litigation, including those involving agencies such as the

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The victim of a fraudster who stole $32,000 in computer parts is unhappy with Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman, TV’s Bounty Hunter series star, the Vancouver Sun reports. This follows the conviction of in Canada of Charles David Parent, 40, who pleaded guilty to fraud over $5,000 in provincial court in

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Microsoft UK has restructured its legal department, promoting commercial lawyer Dervish Tayyip to manage the legal group, The Lawyer reports. Tayyip replaces Chris Parker, who has been promoted to senior director for law and corporate affairs in the UK. Before starting his new role, Tayyip managed the legal support

The Dutch Supreme Court ruled on Friday that takeover target ABN AMRO can go ahead with its $21 billion sale of U.S. subsidiary LaSalle to Bank of America, clearing a key hurdle for suitor Barclays. The Court said there were “no grounds” to block the sale, overturning a lower court ruling that said ABN Amro

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Canada is giving $8-million to projects in Afghanistan to set up a national legal aid program and to promote other justice and rule-of-law initiatives, the federal government said Thursday. Josee Verner, the minister of international cooperation, said the projects will be implemented by the International Criminal Defence Attorneys Association

LAWFUEL – The Net’s Law Newswire – The Times Lawyer of the Week – The partner at Taylor & Kelly who has been representing the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing Tony Kelly, a partner at Taylor & Kelly, Lanarkshire, acts for Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the Lockerbie bombing, whose case

DUBLIN, Ireland–LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c62509) has announced the addition of “Selling a VC-Backed Portfolio Company in 2007-2008: Video Leadership Seminar Featuring Insights From Leading Venture Capitalists and Lawyers on Key Deal Structure Changes (DVDs)” to their offering The goal of this desktop-based seminar is to provide venture capitalists with

LAWJOBSPIPELINE.COM – Law Jobs Blog – We live in an age of lawyer satisfaction surveys – how happy are you? What’s the work environment? What’s your work/life balance? – and so on and so on. These issues arise whether lawyers practise in America or Australia, New Zealand or Newfoundland. In the UK, the Law Society

DUBLIN, Ireland- LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c62496) has announced the addition of “Lawyering: A Realistic Approach to Legal Practice” to their offering. Lawyering: A Realistic Approach to Legal Practice picks up where law school leaves off and teaches associates what they really need to know about the everyday practice of