LAWFUEL – Law News Network – National Party Leader Don Brash has confirmed that he has this morning had an initial brief telephone conversation with his legal counsel, Brendan Brown QC, who is currently in Sydney. “As I’ve said earlier, I want to see the book by Nicky Hager published so that the claims can […]

LAWFUEL – Legal News, Legal Jobs Network – Trainee lawyers from Pinsent Masons have won the Birmingham Trainee Solicitors’ Society Sports Trophy 2006 for the second year in a row. The annual competition is spread over a number of different sporting events throughout the year including netball, hockey, football, ultimate frisbee and water polo. Sixteen

NEW YORK, NY, November 20, 2006 — LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Evraz Group S.A. and Oregon Steel Mills (NYSE:OS) announced that they have signed a definitive agreement under which Evraz will acquire Oregon Steel for $63.25 per share, for a price of approximately $2.3 billion. Covington advised Oregon Steel Mills in the transaction.

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office, announced today that former Florida attorney Martin Eugene Haber was sentenced to 63 months in prison on mail and wire fraud charges.

TORONTO (November 21, 2006) – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes), one of Canada’s leading full-service business law firms, today announced that Anne Stewart, Q.C., one of the Firm’s Partners, received the 2006 “Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100” award in the Professionals category. The award is given by

IRVING, Texas–LAWFUEL – Law News Network – A Jefferson County, Texas, jury reached an unexpected verdict today in the case of Conex International v. Fluor Enterprises Inc., ruling in favor of Conex and awarded $98.8 million in damages related to a 2001 construction project. Lawyers representing Fluor have announced plans to appeal the decision, and

SEATTLE, Nov. 21 LAWFUEL – Legal News, Legal Jobs Network — On the heels of a nationwide recall, toy manufacturer Mattel (NYSE: MAT) is now the target of a lawsuit by a Wyoming family who says their 6-year-old son had to undergo life-saving surgery after ingesting small magnets that came loose from the popular Polly

LawFuel.com’s Hot Files, Celebrity Lawsuits Every Day – Okay, so the divorce is working its way through the courts and she made a reappearance at ‘Dancing with the Stars’, but Sara Evans is now bonding with the new man in her post-divorce, dancing-on-tour, lets-put-on-a-happy-face life by teaming with her old DWTS partner Jerry Springer. She’s

Lawfuel.com’s lead story reports on a ruling from the California Supreme Court that Web sites that publish inflammatory information written by other parties cannot be sued for libel, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday. Lawfuel.com – Law News, Law Reports Daily