LawFuel – The Law Newswire – In a slap in the face for the New Zealand judiciary, the Privy Council has deemed the multiple murder convictions of David Bain a ‘substantial miscarriage of justice’ and quashed the convictions. The embarrassing decision also leaves open the major question: will the Crown proceed with another trial, given […]

May 10, 2007 Hong Kong LAWFUEL- The Law Newswire – International companies are being forced to engage in expensive and time-consuming litigation because the Hong Kong Companies Registry is not adequately protecting the rights of trademark holders, according to international law firm Jones Day. At a briefing in Hong Kong today, Sebastian Hughes, a solicitor

by Andrew Beutmueller Last week in the US, hordes of angry libertarian geeks stormed the self-proclaimed “social content” website Digg.com. The virtual mêlée was sparked when Digg removed several postings of the code used to crack High Definition DVD content. Outraged by what they regard as “censorship” more than a million registered users deluged the

CLEVELAND–LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Ulmer & Berne LLP announced today that two of its partners, Maria Del Monaco and Elizabeth A. Jerdonek, have recently been honored as YWCA Women of Professional Excellence at the YWCA’s Women of Achievement Awards Luncheon held on May 7, 2007. This event “provides employers with a unique opportunity

LawFuel – The Law Newswire – The New York Times reports that World Bank president Paul D Wolfowitz may have been helped by Condoleezza Rice to keep his job. Bowing to pressure from the Bush administration, the World Bank board agreed Wednesday to give Mr Wolfowitz, the bank’s president, slightly more time to defend himself

BOSTON–LAWFUEL – The Law Jobs & Law Newswire –Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. announced that the following nine attorneys have been promoted to Member (partner) status at the firm. David Alin – Real Estate (New York) David Barres – Litigation (New York) Paul Cronin – Intellectual Property (Boston) Samuel Davenport – Litigation

LawFuel – The Law Newswire – ITV reports that a British man accused of masterminding a coup plot against the President of the Equatorial Guinea is to be extradited from Zimbabwe. Simon Mann, 53, was jailed in September 2004 after being convicted in Zimbabwe of illegally trying to buy weapons. He was arrested with a

LawFuel – The Law Newswire – Read New Zealand Law Jobs Report – LegalWeek reports that the UK’s top firms are set for a record year of financial results on the back of double-digit hikes in revenue. Early indications are that a group of the UK’s top firms will break the £1m average equity partner

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Paris Hilton has issued the following statement through attorney Richard Hutton: “After reading the media’s coverage of my court hearing, I feel the need to correct what I believe are misperceptions about me. I absolutely realize how serious driving under the influence is. I could not live with myself

New York – May 9, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is acting as U.S. counsel to the Supervisory Board of ABN AMRO Holding N.V. in connection with the company’s pending agreements to sell its LaSalle Bank subsidiary to Bank of America Corporation for $21 billion and to merge