May 11th, 2007 – LawJobsPipeline.Blog – Linklaters just fired three associates in Portugal after discovering they were setting up a firm on the quiet for a major competitor. The Lawyer reports that the lawyers and their secret project (”Project Iberia”) was saved on the desktop of a laptop, detailing the plans. Jorge Bleck, Linklaters’ corporate […]

TALLAHASSEE, FL – Following a collective initiative launched earlier this week to target underage drinking, Attorney General Bill McCollum today expressed his concern to Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. about its production and promotion of alcohol energy drinks containing caffeine and other stimulants. Citing serious health concerns, Attorney General McCollum called on the company to provide readable

Friday 11 May 2007 LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Australian Securities and Investments Commission Chairman, Mr Jeffrey Lucy, and Tax Commissioner, Mr Michael D’Ascenzo, have signed a new memorandum of understanding to consolidate and strengthen the working relationship between the two agencies. The new MOU is a principles-based document that will underpin the future

Friday 11 May 2007 LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The Supreme Court of New South Wales today found that super switching advice given by First Capital Financial Planning Pty Ltd (First Capital), a Sydney-based financial planning firm, was misleading or deceptive, and did not have a reasonable basis. The Court made the orders by

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Fox News reports that despite the common notion that America remains plagued by a divorce epidemic, the national per capita divorce rate has declined steadily since its peak in 1981 and is now at its lowest level since 1970. Yet Americans aren’t necessarily making better choices about their long-term

Sheffield – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – DLA Piper has advised telecoms company Kingston Communications in its drive towards corporate expansion. This has included three major acquisitions in six months, worth more than £46 million. Most recently, the Hull-based business acquired leading Internet service provider Mistral for £19.6m. The company provides a range of

Defendant Identified as a result of the HUD’s “FedRent Initiative” OAKLAND – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – United States Attorney Scott N. Schools announced that on Wednesday, May 9, 2007, Marjorie Chatman, 47, of Richmond, California a Social Security Administration (“SSA”) employee was arraigned on an Indictment charging her with five counts of committing

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The New York Times reports that an appeal on the suspension of Tennessee Titans cornerback Pacman Jones for the 2007 season was unlikely. His lawyers were thought to see little point in asking for a review, considering that N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell, who imposed the suspension for conduct detrimental

(May 10, 2007, Washington, D.C.) – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Reed Smith LLP, one of the 15 largest law firms in the world, today announced the addition of Lawrence S. Sher as a partner in the Regulatory Litigation Group in its Washington, D.C., office, effective immediately. Mr. Sher was formerly a partner in

Paris Hilton has received death threats from prisoners, according to reports. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Hilton, who is set to begin a 45-day jail spell on June 5, has received threats from inmates at California’s all-female Century Regional Detention Facility reportedly have started to let her know she won’t be a welcome guest.