Tuesday 27 March 2007 LAWFUEL -Australia Business + Law – The Federal Court of Australia has made orders against Mr Karl Heinz Hermann Veljkovic, of Beaconsfield, Victoria, banning him for 20 years from carrying on a financial services business. Mr Veljkovic was also banned from parting with any funds that have come into his possession […]

In the first conviction of a Guantánamo detainee before a military commission, an Australian who was trained by Al Qaeda pleaded guilty here Monday to providing material support to a terrorist organization. The guilty plea by the detainee, David Hicks, was the first under a new military commission law passed by Congress in the fall

LawFuel.com – Legal News Daily – Australian detainee David Hicks has pleaded guilty at a military court at Guantanamo Bay to charges of providing material support for terrorism. The 31-year-old Muslim convert was accused of attending al-Qaeda training camps and fighting with the Taleban. The plea means that Hicks, who has been at the camp

New York, March 26, 2007 — LAWFUEL – Law Firm News – Kaye Scholer represented Novartis in an agreement with Bayer Schering Pharma AG that will provide Novartis the opportunity to introduce its own branded version of interferon beta-1b for patients with the debilitating neurological disease multiple sclerosis (MS). Bayer Schering Pharma will provide regulatory

PARIS– LAWFUEL – Law News Network –Regulatory News: The United States District Court in New York that is hearing the class action initiated against Vivendi in July 2002 has decided that the persons from the United States, France, England and the Netherlands who purchased or acquired shares or ADS of Vivendi (formerly, Vivendi Universal) between

MONTRÉAL (March 26, 2007) – LawFuel – Canada Law News – Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes), one of Canada’s leading business law firms, today announced that Bruno Arnould has joined the Montréal office as a Partner. “Bruno is a well-regarded practitioner, specializing in business law,” said Jim Christie, Chairman of Blakes. “His experience will

Press Conference New York, New York March 26, 2007 LAWFUEL – Securities Law News – In addition to the criminal charges that have just been described, today the Commission filed a civil fraud action against nine former officers and directors of Collins & Aikman Corporation: David A. Stockman, former CEO and Chairman of the Board;

Lawfuel.com – Anna Nicole Smith’s final days were lived out with a high fever, stomach flu, an infection on her buttock and living amid a flurry of pill bottles, soda cans, gum and tablets, according to a detailed autopsy report. She also died accidentally, of a drug overdose based on at least nine prescription drugs.