Wednesday 11 October 2006 LAWFUEL – Australia Law News – Mr Michael Kwong, of Reservoir, Victoria, has appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court in relation to 43 charges following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Mr Kwong is charged with dishonestly using his position as an employee of Smith Barney Citigroup […]

New York, NY— LAWFUEL – US Law News – The New York office of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP (K&LNG) welcomes Bruce J. Kahne to its hedge funds practice. Kahne comes to the firm from Seward & Kissel LLP. Kahne focuses his practice on the formation and representation of private investment partnerships and various

Thursday 12 October 2006 – A promoter of illegal property financing schemes has been ordered to pay more than $1 million in compensation and penalties and banned from ever running a company again. Ms Jan Redfern, Executive Director of Enforcement at the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) welcomed orders from Justice Brereton of the

Billion-dollar+ companies carry biggest litigation burden, fielding 556 cases on average, almost half facing 50 new suits annually; 40% of large companies expect number of actions to increase in coming year; insurers are the litigation Olympians, confronting an average of 1,696 lawsuits, followed by retailers and energy firms. Litigation side effects: 63% of U.S. companies

U.S. District Court Awards $20 Million for Illegal Creation and Sales of Unauthorized Star Wars Products SAN FRANCISCO- LAWFUEL – Law News Network –The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has awarded Lucasfilm Ltd. $20 million in damages in a copyright infringement and unfair competition case against the British firm Shepperton Design

NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. & NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa.–LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Are law firms starting to get it when it comes to managing client relationships? Yes, according to the 2006 Chief Legal Officer Survey. The annual survey conducted by Altman Weil, Inc. and LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® reports a dramatic decrease in Chief Legal Officer (CLO)

LAWFUEL – US Law News – Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today announced that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and the Attorneys General of 38 states have entered into a settlement that ends the sale of candy, fruit and alcohol flavored cigarettes manufactured and sold by the company. Under the settlement, Reynolds agreed to a ban in

Largest exchangeable or convertible issue out of Asia ex-Japan this year Singapore – The Singapore office of international law firm Clifford Chance has advised Khazanah Nasional Berhad (“Khazanah”) as obligor, and the special purpose issuer Rafflesia Capital Limited on the groundbreaking issue of US$750 million of Shariah-compliant exchangeable trust certificates (sukuk). Khazanah is the investment

LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised Pirelli & C. Real Estate SpA on its acquisition of the DGAG Deutsche Grundvermögen AG property company for approximately €440m from HSH N Real Estate AG and majority shareholder B&L Immobilien AG. DGAG’s property assets of over 20,000 residential properties and stakes in commercial

LAWFUEL – US Law & Law Jobs News – Troy A. Eid, United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, Richard C. Powers, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Denver Office, and Gerald Whitman, Chief of the Denver Police Department, announced that JOSEPH MARTIN RAEL, age 53, of Littleton, Colorado, was