The number of QC applicants – for the creme-de-la-creme role in British law – has dropped by a quarter compared to last year, according to figures published by the QC Appointments committee in Britain. How come?

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The number of QC applicants has dropped by a quarter compared to last year, according to figures published by the QC Appointments committee in Britain. A total of 333 barristers applied, compared to 443 in 2006. The fall in applications, however, had been expected by the Bar following last year’s massive 175 lawyers becoming silks. […]

The number of QC applicants – for the creme-de-la-creme role in British law – has dropped by a quarter compared to last year, according to figures published by the QC Appointments committee in Britain. How come? Read More »

LawFuel.com – LawFuel.com’s lead story from McLeans – Former SEC chair…

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LawFuel.com – LawFuel.com’s lead story from McLeans – Former SEC chairman turned hedge fund manager Richard Breeden is making headlines in the U.S. and Canada simultaneously. Negotiations with his activist hedge fund Breeden Capital have broken down after Breeden rejected the company’s offer of two board seats and he’s making headlines in Canada for his

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Former SEC chairman turned hedge fund manager Richard Breeden is making headlines in the U.S. and Canada simultaneously. Negotiations with his activist hedge fund Breeden Capital have broken down after Breeden rejected the company’s offer of two board seats and he’s making headlines in Canada for his role in the case of Conrad Black, whose criminal fraud trial is expected to begin next week in Chicago. “The court-appointed “corporate monitor” at the collapsed WorldCom and an “adviser” to the special committee of Hollinger International, is on course to become the first corporate governance billionaire,” writes conservative Canadian columnist Mark Steyn in Macleans.

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A few years ago I used to know a fellow who produced all-star charity galas in New York and London for all the usual causes — AIDS, breast cancer, poverty in Africa, and so forth. All very worthy, I’m sure. Yet I used to feel a little queasy in his company: this man spent his

Former SEC chairman turned hedge fund manager Richard Breeden is making headlines in the U.S. and Canada simultaneously. Negotiations with his activist hedge fund Breeden Capital have broken down after Breeden rejected the company’s offer of two board seats and he’s making headlines in Canada for his role in the case of Conrad Black, whose criminal fraud trial is expected to begin next week in Chicago. “The court-appointed “corporate monitor” at the collapsed WorldCom and an “adviser” to the special committee of Hollinger International, is on course to become the first corporate governance billionaire,” writes conservative Canadian columnist Mark Steyn in Macleans. Read More »

LawFuel.com – See ‘Hot Gossip’- Celebrity lawsuits – Courtney Love’s a…

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LawFuel.com – See ‘Hot Gossip’- Celebrity lawsuits – Courtney Love’s always good for a bit of real-time, Paris Hilton – she’s no half-measures, rock shocker this one. And now she’s being sued by a luxury Southern California rehab center that says she has not paid a $180,000 bill for drug and alcohol treatment in 2005,

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Singapore, 7 March 2007 – LAWFUEL – Asia Business + Law News, Law Jo…

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Singapore, 7 March 2007 – LAWFUEL – Asia Business + Law News, Law Jobs – Baker & McKenzie announced today that its member firm in Malaysia, Wong & Partners, acted as transaction counsel and advisor to The Bank of Tokyo – Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (“BTMU”) in connection with its subscription for 117 million shares in

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SAN DIEGO–LAWFUEL – Class Actions –A jury in Kansas City, MO award…

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SAN DIEGO–LAWFUEL – Class Actions –A jury in Kansas City, MO awarded more than $17 million to a group of policyholders in a class action lawsuit against American Family Mutual Insurance Co. regarding the company’s policy of specifying after-market auto parts and omitting certain repair procedures in its repair estimates, according to Lerach Coughlin Stoia

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Reports indicate that Australian law firm Slater & Gordon is preparing…

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Reports indicate that Australian law firm Slater & Gordon is preparing to list on the Australian Stock Exchange. ‘The Age’ reported that the firm was drafting documentation and had appointed two independent non-executive directors ahead of the probable move. Managing director Andrew Grech revealed former Commonwealth Bank board member and ACTU vice-president Anna Booth had

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By the end of last week, some of the most conservative Republican senators were publicly assailing the US Department of Justice’s handling of the matters relating to the termination of US Attorney positions. Some even suggested that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales might have to step down. And in an about-face, Gonzales said on March 8 that he would support a change in the law that would limit the attorney general’s ability to appoint interim U.S. Attorneys.

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When William Moschella sat down before a House subcommittee last week to discuss the firings of seven U.S. Attorneys in December, he was in full apology mode. “In hindsight,” said Moschella, a senior Justice Department official, “perhaps this situation could have been handled better.” What could be called the understatement of the week did little

By the end of last week, some of the most conservative Republican senators were publicly assailing the US Department of Justice’s handling of the matters relating to the termination of US Attorney positions. Some even suggested that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales might have to step down. And in an about-face, Gonzales said on March 8 that he would support a change in the law that would limit the attorney general’s ability to appoint interim U.S. Attorneys. Read More »

LAWFUEL – Australia Business News – Former director of Progressive I…

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LAWFUEL – Australia Business News – Former director of Progressive Investment Securities Pty Ltd, Nellie Elizabeth Enares, has been convicted on nine charges of making false statements under oath to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Ms Enares, of Pyrmont in New South Wales, was convicted in the Downing Centre Local Court on charges

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LAWFUEL – Law News Worldwide Daily – The Anna Nicole Smith lawsuits th…

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LAWFUEL – Law News Worldwide Daily – The Anna Nicole Smith lawsuits that swirled around the former Playboy model in life and accelerated upon her death have lead to Anna Nicole law lessons at law schools around the US, according to reports. Smith’s court feud with the family of her late elderly husband, oil tycoon

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