LawFuel – The Law Jobs & Law Newswire – “Investigate” Magazine editor Ian Wishart has made broader claims about Police corruption, child sex rings and related allegations involved alleged, Police cover-ups in his magazine’s ‘breaking news’ forum. To Quote: “Police Corruption Story: the bigger picture Ok, after we’ve all had a guffaw about broads and

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Prime Minister Helen Clark is defending the decision to give up access to the Privy Council in favour of New Zealand’s own Supreme Court, reports the NZPA. Yesterday a justice lobby group said last week’s decision of the judicial committee of the Privy Council to quash the murder conviction

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – See Hot Gossip – Patty Hearst, the famed (for those who remember) bank robber and heiress has reportedly been advising fellow socialite Paris Hilton on life in prison. Apparently “The Insider” TV show is reporting the fact, but TMZ.com, the gossip website, carries a letter from Ms Hearst that

May 11, 2007 LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Davis Polk & Wardwell is advising US Investigations Services, Inc. (USIS) and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) in connection with the acquisition of USIS by Providence Equity Partners Inc., a Rhode Island-based private equity firm. USIS, a Virginia-based portfolio company of WCAS and The

Monday 14 May 2007 LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Mr John Raymond Webb of Carine, and Mr Gregory John Millar of Bunbury, both of Western Australia, have appeared in the Perth Magistrates Court on criminal charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). ASIC alleges that Mr Webb participated in the management

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – In months-long plotting and secrecy worthy of a John Grisham novel, seven prominent attorneys in one of the Triad’s largest law firms defected early Tuesday morning and had their new firm up and running later that day. The attorneys, who made up the bulk of Nexsen Pruet Adams

Sources familiar with a consultants’ report on the biggest oil spill on the Alaskan North Slope last year told Reuters this week the document blamed cost cutting at BP following two mergers for decimating internal controls over operations with key findings deleted from the report. U.S. congressional investigators this week asked BP Plc to explain

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Australian securities regulators are finding an upsurge in insider trading cases following the rise in takeovers and the booming stock market, according to reports from News.com. The rise in takeovers and the booming stock market has led to a big increase in the number of potential insider trading cases