Friday 18 May 2007 LAWFUEL – The Law News Wire – The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned Mr Neil Louis Hartley, of Mackay, Queensland, from providing financial services for five years. Mr Hartley was an authorised representative for Mawson Securities (Mawsons), an Australian Financial Services Licensee. Mr Hartley resigned from Mawsons on […]

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm News Wire – The Times reports that one of England’s largest regional law firms is weighing up plans for an eventual stock market listing of part of its business, just as Australia prepares to welcome the world’s first flotation of an entire law firm. On Monday Slater & Gordon, a

LAWFUEL – The Law News Wire – Paul Wolfowitz, ending a furor over favoritism that blew up into a global fight over American leadership, announced his resignation as president of the World Bank Thursday evening after the bank’s board accepted his claim that his mistakes at the bank were made in good faith, the International

WASHINGTON – LAWFUEL – The Law News Wire – Kerr-McGee Corp. will spend $18 million on pollution controls in the first comprehensive settlement under the Clean Air Act that will reduce harmful emissions and conserve natural gas at production facilities across Utah and Colorado. The control measures and operational improvements are expected to reduce annual

– Core Claims of FLSA Violations and Breach of Contract to Proceed to Next Phase – IRVINE, Calif.–LAWFUEL – The Law News Wire – Jackson|DeMarco|Tidus|Petersen|Peckenpaugh (“J|D|T|P|P”) announced that on May 15, 2007, in the case of Abbe, et al. v. the City of San Diego, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

PHILADELPHIA, PA – LAWFUEL – The Law News Wire – The American Bar Association’s Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division has announced that it will honor Community Legal Services (CLS) of Philadelphia with the prestigious 2007 Hodson Award for Public Service. Catherine C. Carr, Esq., Executive Director of Community Legal Services, will accept the Award

Princeton, NJ – May 17, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm News Wire – Pepper Hamilton LLP announced that Steven D. Bortnick, a lawyer concentrating on domestic and international tax and private equity matters, has joined the firm as a partner. He will divide his time between the firm’s New York and Princeton offices.

Statement by Troy A. Eid, United States Attorney, District of Colorado “The role of a United States Attorney is entirely apolitical, and must be free from outside influence or pressure. That is how I have always approached this position, and I will keep doing so as long as I serve. “It has been widely reported

London – Allen & Overy LLP is advising Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP on the buyout of TSL Education Holdings Limited (The Times Educational Supplement business) for an undisclosed sum. The business is being sold by Exponent Private Equity and management, who will retain a stake in the business. The deal will close on 8 June

New York, May 17, 2007 – LAWFUEL Law News Network – Kaye Scholer LLP served as U.S. legal representation in Northstar Healthcare Inc.’s initial public offering of common shares, which raised gross proceeds of C$148,074,300. Northstar is a corporation formed to indirectly acquire and/or manage ambulatory surgery centres in the United States, focusing initially on