LAWFUEL – The Law Firm News Wire – This alert summarizes the background and details of changes to the tax laws announced by the Australian Federal Government. These changes aim to enhance competitiveness of Australian REITs when competing for overseas assets and is intended to be applied to the 2006-07 income year once legislated.

Music producer Phil Spector’s murder trial in Los Angeles is going “CSI,” according to an ABC report. After five weeks of dramatic personal stories about the music producer and the B-movie actress shot to death in his home, prosecutors are shifting their focus on Tuesday to science and the critical forensic evidence. There will be

LAWFUEL – The Law Jobs & Law News Wire – Actress Lindsay Lohan has been arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence after she lost control of her car and crashed it, RTE reports. The 20-year-old could also face further charges after a substance suspected to be cocaine was later found in her

NEW YORK–LAWFUEL – The Law News Wire – Today’s issue of The National Law Journal features profiles of the “50 Most Influential Women In Law,” selected by the newspaper’s reporters and editors. The listing, the paper’s first since 1998, reflects the growing influence of women attorneys, in-house counsel and law professors within the profession, business,

LAWFUEL – A Siberian court on Monday threw out a lawsuit filed by the BP PLC’s local subsidiary over the amount of gas it produces, opening the way for regulators to pull the license to the company’s giant Kovykta gas field, Businessweek reports. Analysts have called the case symptomatic of a broader drive by the

LawFuel – The Law News Wire – MySpace may not seem to be the most obvious marketing tool for lawyers, but for Snoop Dog’s lawyer, Leslie Cross, it provides a useful tool to develop his client base.

LAWFUEL – An overhaul of the UK law on how to split a divorcing couple’s assets was urged by senior judges yesterday as they ruled that a woman can keep her £48 million award – the biggest ordered by British courts in legal history. Three appeal judges headed by Sir Mark Potter, the most senior

LAWFUEL – See ‘Hot Files’ – A disgraced former judge was led out of Manhattan Supreme Court in handcuffs yesterday for stiffing his wife out of more than $250,000 in support, the New York Post reports. Reynold Mason, 57, was ordered locked up after failing to come up with any cash or even a plan