LawJobsPipeline.com – Law Jobs Blog – Law Blog Above the Law reports on clerkship bonuses in the US – the largest being from Sullivan & Cromwell and now Simpson Thacher at $50,000. The feeling from ATL is that the bonus boost from S&C (and presumably Simpson’s too) is that they could well face a tough […]

LawFuel – See ‘Hot Gossip’ – Child custody and visitation issues have always been a sensitive issue, but when it comes to celebrity custody issues the recently released voice tapes of Alec Baldwin balling out his 11-year-old daughter and his former wife, Kim Bassinger, places him in a new, voice-over category. Perhaps he’ll be the

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993 required the Attorney General to establish the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). This name check system is utilized by Federal Firearms Licensees to conduct background checks on potential buyers of firearms or explosives. The purpose of the background check

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – A former firefighter with the Orange County Fire Authority was sentenced today to 96 months in federal prison for receiving child pornography over the Internet and possessing multiple images of child pornography, including images depicting bestiality and bondage. Tyrone A. Ganoe, 42, of Norwalk, was sentenced this afternoon by

LawJobsPipeline.com/blog – The Law Jobs Blog – The WSJ Law Blog’s Peter Lattman reports on a very rare occurrence – a lateral appointment to the legendary Watchtel Lipton – one of New York’s top-rated law practices. For only the third time in 42 years, Wachtel’s have taken on a lateral partner, this one being Michael

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The wife of an imprisoned Chinese dissident has sued Yahoo Inc. for divulging information about her husband’s Internet activity, which allegedly led to his arrest and torture, the IDG news service reports. The suit was filed by the World Organization for Human Rights USA on behalf of Yu Ling,

TALLAHASSEE, FL – LAWFUEL – Law Newswire – Attorney General Bill McCollum today praised both the House and Senate for passing the CyberCrimes Against Children Act of 2007 (SB 1004), a measure that toughens penalties for those who use the internet to sexually prey on children. This bill now positions Florida as a national leader

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – April 19, 2007 – LAWFUEL- The Law & Business Newswire – Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2007. “The global growth of our core search and ads business and our focus on building our partnerships drove our strong results in the quarter,” said

SAN JOSE – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – United States Attorney Scott N. Schools announced that Edward Aaron Harvey, Jr. pleaded guilty Monday, April 16, 2007 to advertisement of child pornography, transportation and attempted transportation of any visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct; and possession of matters containing any visual

Washington, D.C. – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Director Robert S. Mueller, III has named Weysan Dun Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Newark Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Mr. Dun was most recently SAC of the Springfield Division. Mr. Dun began his career as an FBI Special Agent in 1982.