US LAW – LAWFUEL – A couple whose escaped exotic cat was killed in suburban Ventura County both pleaded guilty this afternoon to federal charges related to housing of their collection of animals. The couple was moving their exotic cats from San Diego County to their new residence in Moorpark in early 2005 when a […]

DALLAS – Nina Cortell -LAWFUEL – a Haynes and Boone, LLP partner widely recognized for her expertise handling complex appeals — has been elected to the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. The academy was founded in 1990 to recognize outstanding appellate lawyers and to promote improvement of appellate advocacy and appellate court administration. Academy members

From His Mind: ‘It’s There in the Morning and It Tucks Me in at Night’ Gets Upset When People Say His Reputation Is Ruined, Told Mom: ‘My Reputation Is Mine. No One Else Can Ruin It For Me’ NEW YORK, Jan. 7 LAWFUEL — Reade Seligmann, one of the three Duke lacrosse players charged with

Monday 8 January 2007 LAWFUEL – Action by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to crack down on the systematic misbehaviour of company officers who deliberately avoid their responsibilities to creditors has resulted in the removal of 40 directors. ASIC Chairman, Mr Jeffrey Lucy, said today that ASIC was increasing its focus on misconduct

LawFuel – Saddam Hanging Video – Saddam Hussein News – Nine days after Saddam Hussein was put to the death in a grisly, publicized video sequence that outraged the world, Britain’s prime minister has finally conveyed his complete denunciation of it, LawFuel.com reports. Blair’s condemnation – delivered by his official spokesman and not by the

In October 2006 the U.S. Census Bureau officially logged in our 300 Millionth citizen (or would-be-citizen). Nobody knows who that little baby is, but odds are that by 2032 she or he will be a lawyer. The official lawyer count is currently hovering around one million. For the severely math-challenged, that’s one “mouthpiece,” as Scarface

(January 3, 2007, Washington, D.C.) – When Deborah Gramiccioni, Assistant Chief of the Fraud Section, Criminal Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, addressed the first annual Women in International Regulatory Law (WIRL) Symposium sponsored by TRACE International in April, she saw the future. Her own. TRACE International President Alexandra Wrage named Ms. Gramiccioni the

Lawfuel.com – Saddam Hussein Execution – Reports have surfaced of the arrest of a witness to the execution of Saddam Hussein. Reports indicate that one man has been arrested after recording the hanging on his cellphone, although other reports indicate that at least two guards who attended the hanging were under arrest. The leaked and

LAWFUEL – US Business & US Law News – Law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is again at the center of a massive and controversial CEO payout, representing the board of Home Depot Inc.that gave its departing boss a $210 million goodbye.