Wednesday 1 November 2006 – LAWFUE – Law News, Law Jobs – Mr James Kwok, former director and chief executive officer of Envirostar Energy Limited (Envirostar), has been found guilty of two fraud charges following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Mr Kwok, of Hope Island in Queensland, was found guilty

LAWFUEL – LawFuel.com’s Hot Files reports that the breakup that was reported to be keeping bitterness in check – between Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe – has just been unchecked by reports that Aussie actress Abbie Cornish was the temptress who wrecked their perfect marriage. Witherspoon’s already engaged celebrity lawyer Robert Kaufman to do the

LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs Worldwide – University of Adelaide research has found governments and companies face a likely increase in law suits for their role in global warming and consequent damage to health and communities, and that these claims have a good chance of succeeding. Researchers Dr Joseph Smith and Emeritus Professor David

PHOENIX- LAWFUEL – Law Jobs, Law News – On October 30, 2006, Van Bateman, 55, of Flagstaff, Arizona, pleaded guilty to setting timber afire on the Coconino Forest in federal district court in Phoenix. Bateman admitted to starting the Boondock Fire on June 23, 2004 without Forest Service authorization. He then left the area of

Atlanta, GA (October 31, 2006) – Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (Paul Hastings), a leading international law firm, represented MAGNATRAX Corporation, an Atlanta-based holding company, in the sale of its subsidiary, Jenisys Engineered Products, a manufacturer and distributor of metal construction products and accessories, to Fabral, Inc., an affiliate of Euramax International, Inc. The

NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. & NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa.–LAWFUEL Law Job Alerts – Sign Up at LawFuel.com –The 2006 Altman Weil Law Department Compensation Benchmarking Survey of U.S. corporate law departments has just been released. The survey, published in partnership with LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell®, shows base salaries up across the board for in-house lawyers in 2006. “Corporations have

Plavix Patients’ Lawsuit Comes on Heels of Class Action Suit Announced by Third-Party Payors Last Week SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31 LAWFUEL – Law Jobs, Law News — The first personal injury lawsuit against the makers of Plavix(R), Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi-Aventis, has been filed. Among the allegations are misleading the public and hiding the risks