LAWFUEL – UK Law News – Simon Priddis, senior director at the United Kingdom’s Office of Fair Trading, will return to private practice by joining international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as a London-based partner in the firm’s highly regarded competition practice, the firm announced today. Having spent the first five years of his career […]

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LAWFUEL – Legal News Network – A San Fernando Valley man who led a scheme that defrauded California’s beverage container recycling program by seeking millions of dollars in refunds for bottles and cans that either did not exist or did not qualify for California recycling refunds has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison.

Weil Gotshal News – Thursday, 12 October 2006 Weil Gotshal associate Aaron Ford was elected President-Elect of the J.L. Turner Legal Association (J.L. Turner), the African American Bar Association in Dallas. Mr. Ford will become will become president of J.L. Turner in 2008. J.L. Turner, which was founded in 1952, strives to improve the quality

LAWFUEL – Europe Law News – The Brussels offices of Slaughter and May and four of its “Best Friends” – Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, Bredin Prat, Hengeler Mueller and Uría Menéndez – are moving to a prestigious new building in the heart of the European Quarter – the Espace Meeus, located at Square de Meeus 38-40.

Washington, D.C., Oct. 13, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the institution of a settled enforcement action against Statoil, ASA, a Norway-based and New York Stock Exchange listed multinational oil company, for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), which prohibits bribery of foreign government

LAWFUEL – Law News Network –Weitz & Luxenberg, founded in 1986, is one of the leading plaintiffs, mass torts, product liability, and personal injury litigation law firms in America. A forerunner in the legal fight against environmental polluters, Weitz & Luxenberg has worked with clients harmed by MTBE, asbestos, chromium, fluoride, lead and PCE, among

LawFuel.com – Lead Story from Red Herring – The free-for-all has begun. Less than one week after Google purchased internet video sharing site YouTube for $1.65 billion, copyright negotiations have been stepped up, royalties are being demanded, domain brokers are scrambling and all sorts of hanky panky is coming to light.

Friday 13 October 2006 – LAWFUEL – Australian Law News – Mr Scott James Dawson of Warner, Queensland, has appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on seven fraud charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Mr Dawson is charged with six counts of dishonestly causing detriment to six clients totalling $126,754.33 between