LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – London-based law firm CMS Cameron McKenna is to make almost half of its IT staff redundant as part of plans to outsource more work to India. After embarking on a review of its IT operations at the end of last year, the law firm has now signed a £10m

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Freshfields’ concocted a complex reform of its pension system as part of a wider secret plan to force out older employees, it was alleged today. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer claims it reformed its pension scheme because the existing system – where current partners pay for retired partners’ pensions – was

LAWFUEL – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, MARK J. MERSHON, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), PETER J. SMITH, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – With the enduring popularity of web-based mail services like Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and Google’s Gmail, it’s hardly surprising that courts have found themselves considering requests in civil lawsuits for electronic discovery of e-mail messages. But with many people using these sites for both work and personal business, the scope

Washington, D.C., July 11, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted unanimously to adopt a new antifraud rule under the Investment Advisers Act that will clarify the Commission’s ability to bring enforcement actions under the Advisers Act. “This rule applies to investment advisers not only of hedge

BOSTON, July 11 LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire — A man and two women were charged today in federal court with Conspiracy and Identity Fraud for fraudulently obtaining mortgage financing in connection with the fictitious sale of a Dorchester residence that they did not own. United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan, Warren T. Bamford, Special

London – LAWFUEL – Europe Law Newswire – DLA Piper is delighted to announce the launch of its fifth annual European Public Private Partnership (“PPP”) Report. The report reveals that the European market has recorded double digit growth for the third consecutive year, expanding by 37% from 2005 to 2006. At the same time the

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Mayer Brown, one of the biggest law firms in the US and two leading accountants should face legal claims over their role in alleged fraud at Refco, according to the examiner in the collapsed broker’s bankruptcy case, the Financial Times reports. Refco’s creditors have strong claims against Mayer, Brown,

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – LawFuel’s lead story, from the LA Times, reports on a former Bevery Hills doctor has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and obstruction of justice in relation to the federal investigation into class action law firm Milberg Weiss. Steven Cooperman’s plea in federal court in Los Angeles came a day after