WASHINGTON – A former Alcatel CIT executive pleaded guilty to participating in the payment of more than $2.5 million in bribes to senior Costa Rican government officials in order to obtain a mobile telephone contract from Costa Rica’s state-owned telecommunications authority, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the Department of Justice announced […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 7 LAWFUEL – Law Jobs & Law Newswire — Special Counsel(R), the legal staffing unit of MPS Group Inc. (NYSE: MPS), today announced the expansion of its TurnKey Legal Center outsourced offerings to Chicago, Illinois. In addition to Chicago, other TurnKey Legal Centers are located in New York City, Washington, DC, Pittsburgh,

Washington, DC — LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (K&L Gates) partner Michael J. Missal has been confirmed as the Examiner in the bankruptcy proceedings of subprime loan specialist New Century Financial Corp. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) appointed Missal as Examiner on June 5,

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The FBI’s Digital Evidence Laboratory (DEL), one of the largest digital evidence laboratories in the world, was formally recognized today for its efforts in achieving international accreditation by the American Society of Crime Lab Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB). The DEL, which is part of the FBI’s Operational Technology Division

HARRISBURG, Pa., June 7 LAWFUEL – First With Law News– Andrew F. Susko, a partner in the Philadelphia-based law firm of White and Williams LLP, will become the 113th president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association during the organization’s Annual Meeting June 20-22 in Philadelphia. Susko’s top priority will be to lead efforts by the organized

LAWFUEL – In a controversial move, socialite heiress and drunk driver Paris Hilton has been let out of jail and put under house arrest after serving just three days of a three-week sentence. During a news conference, Steve Whitmore of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s office declined to reveal the medical issue that led to

LOS ANGELES, June 7 LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire — Richard A. Hutton, attorney for Paris Hilton, today issued the following statement on behalf of Ms. Hilton. From Paris Hilton: “I want to thank the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and staff of the Century Regional Detention Center for treating me fairly and professionally. I

LAWFUEL – The controversial ‘non compete’ fees charged by former Hollinger International Inc. Chairman Conrad Black from the sale of company assets, the focus of his fraud and racketeering trial, were commonly used to lower Canadian tax payments, a tax expert said, Bloombergs report. The testimony by Ralph Neville supported defense claims that such agreements

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Commercial law firms must organise themselves according to their clients best interests rather than their own if they are to remain profitable, the senior partner of Allen & Overy said today, The Times reports. In the last of three unprecedented essays on the future of the UK legal profession,