London, 15 January 2007 – LAWFUEL – Business Law News – Baker & McKenzie, London has advised both TAG Group (Holdings) S.A. and Ron Dennis CBE (McLaren Group Chairman & CEO) on the sale of a 30% strategic stake in McLaren Group Limited to Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, a company wholly owned by The Ministry […]

London -LAWFUEL – Business & Law News Network – Allen & Overy LLP are advising Smiths Group plc on the USD 4.8 billion sale of Smiths Aerospace division to General Electric Company, and on a proposed joint venture with GE to form Smiths GE Detection. Following the sale of Smiths Aerospace, Smiths board of directors

Lawfuel.com – Iraq Saddam Hanging Video – Iraq officials filmed the double hanging of Saddam’s half brother and another aide, but say they will not release the footage of the executions.

Lawfuel.com’s Hot Files reports on O. J. Simpson’s ‘If I Did It’and the controversy it provoked before the book was canceled. But what did he actually say? An exclusive look at the crucial chapter from Newsweek.

New Era of Transparency Looms for Hedge Funds & Broker Dealers NEW YORK–LAWFUEL – US Corporate Law, Business Law –The clock is ticking toward a January 24 deadline for bringing hedge fund trading and other practices into compliance with new guidance set forth by the Securities and Exchange Commission in a July 2006 directive. About

WASHINGTON–LAWFUEL – Law News Network –The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which specializes in constitutional law, said today it is launching a nationwide campaign to oppose legislation on Capitol Hill that would drastically affect the operation of churches and non-profit organizations by restricting free speech by classifying them as “grassroots lobbying firms” subject

LAWFUEL – Europe Business & Law Network – Ashurst advised Banco Popolare di Verona e Novara S.c.r.l., Credito Bergamasco S.p.A. and Banca Popolare di Vicenza S.c.p.a. in relation to senior financing made available to Zi.Fi S.p.A. The facilities of €280 million have refinanced existing indebtedness in connection with the acquisition of Industrie Zignago Santa Margherita

News that two former aides to Saddam Hussein were hanged today continued the grisly sequence of hangings with reports that the head of Saddam’s half-brother Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti was ripped from his body during the execution. Barzan was the once-feared intelligence chief and Awad Ahmed al-Bandar, the former head of the revolutionary court, were executed

DENVER – Troy Eid, United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, announced today that ALVIN “Big Al” HUTCHINSON, formerly of Adams County, Colorado, was found guilty of Racketeering, operating a Continuing Criminal Enterprise, Conspiracy to Distribute Crack, and Distribution of Crack, following a nine day jury trial before US District Court Judge Marcia S.