Wednesday 17 January 2007 LAWFUEL – Australia Law News – The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has filed an application in the Federal Court in Melbourne to wind up E.K.B. Properties Pty Ltd (E.K.B), Sandgrove Specialised Securities Ltd, (Sandgrove) and Cardinia Specialised Securities Ltd (Cardinia). ASIC is also seeking orders that Mr Karl Heinz […]

Philadelphia, PA – January 16, 2007 – LAWFUEL – Law Firm News – Pepper Hamilton LLP announced that it elected 11 lawyers to the partnership and three to of counsel effective January 1, 2007. All were promoted from within the firm. They represent six practice areas and five offices. The 11 new partners are as

LAWFUEL – Legal News Network – Today, high ranking members of the Department of Justice held a roundtable discussion with members of the press to highlight the Department of Justice’s activities to combat gangs. In this regard, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, R. Alexander Acosta, announced that his Office has

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – In the nation’s first jury conviction under the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, an Azusa man has been convicted of sending thousands of e-mails to America Online users that appeared to be from AOL’s billing department and prompted the customers to send personal and credit card information, which he used

LAWFUEL – Legal News Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Karen P. Tandy, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Miami Field Division, announced that Ze’ev Rosenstein today pled guilty to conspiracy to import Ecstasy and conspiracy to

Foley Attorneys Pen Chapter of “Getting the Deal Through” Series Washington, D.C.— LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that the firm’s Environmental Regulation Practice has been selected to contribute the U.S. law chapter in a book summarizing the environmental laws of 25 countries. The book is the latest in

New York, (January 16, 2007) – LAWFUEL – Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (Paul Hastings), a leading international law firm, represented Fila Korea Ltd. in its acquisition of the global Fila footwear and apparel business from Sports Brand International Ltd. The sale is structured as a sale of SBI’s subsidiary, Fila Luxembourg, which holds

LAWFUEL – M&A News – New research from DLA Piper reveals no end in sight for the M&A boom witnessed in 2006, with one third of European corporates and almost 40 percent of private equity houses expecting their acquisition rate to increase over the next two years. Only one in ten corporates and one in

Lawfuel.com’s Hot Files – Saddam Hangings – Iraq Executions – Video – Reports that Iraq film of the executions of two Saddam aides could have been directed by Mel Gibson, given their gore. But perhaps we’re just looking at this sort of thing in a post-modern sort of way. After all, the bastards are dead