Lawfuel.com – The government got 10 months of J. Tony Serra’s freedom for his long-running tax boycott. This week, the rebel lawyer from San Francisco struck back with an attempt to get more money for the hours he worked behind bars. The government got 10 months of J. Tony Serra’s freedom for his long-running tax […]

LAWFUEL – The man behind the Hillary Clinton YouTube ad has been revealed as being someone who worked on the design of Barack Obama’s website. Philip de Vellis is a 33 year old strategist with a Washington company that provides consultancy advice to Democratic candidates and others. Blue State designed Obama’s Web site, and Associated

LawFuel.com – Reality TV stars Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman and his wife were honoured in Hawaii on Tuesday for their assistance in ridding the island of criminals. The DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER stars run a successful bounty hunting firm in Hawaii, which sees them apprehending people who have skipped bail or resisted their arrest warrant. The

Clifford Chance has advised long standing client Commerzbank on the sale of its UK asset management business, Jupiter, to management, for a consideration of £740 million. Jupiter’s management is backed by private equity and buy-out firm TA Associates. The transaction is subject to regulatory clearance and is expected to complete by July 2007. Alison Price,

NEW YORK–LawFuel – Pfizer Inc announced today that a federal court in the District of New Jersey (Newark) has upheld the three main U.S. patents covering Celebrex, the company’s selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) medicine used to treat pain and inflammation. The patents had been challenged by generic manufacturer Teva Pharmaceuticals USA. Judge John C. Lifland

LawFuel.com – In what could only be described as a major victory for Willie Gary and his legal team as well as their co-counsel Michael Sussman, The Department of Civil Service for the State of New York agreed to suspend the administration of the Promotion Test Batteries and also agreed not to use banked battery

LawFuel.com – See ‘Hot Gossip’ – Head Morgan Stanley legal honcho, Gary Lynch – he of former SEC, Credit Suisse, ‘Den of Thieves’ infamy, is used to wheelings and dealings on the Street, but his win for his bank the other day was a major score. MS was seeking a big collect on the $1.57

Thursday 22 March 2007 LAWFUEL – Australia Business – The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned Mr Callen Jeffrey Soffer, a former employee of the Goldman Sachs JB Were Group, from providing financial services for a period of five years. Mr Soffer, of Caulfield South, Victoria, was banned following concerns by ASIC that

LawFuel.com – Mark Kipnis, the former Hollinger lawyer accused of helping Conrad Black and others engineer a $60m fraud at the newspaper publisher, relied heavily on the legal and accounting advice of a top law firm in Canada and KPMG, according to his attorney’s opening defence statement on Wednesday