Washington D.C., Oct. 26, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday adopted new rules under the Investment Company Act that more closely align the permissible investment activities of business development companies (BDCs) with the purpose that Congress intended when it established BDCs. The Commission also reproposed for comment […]

Attorney Strengthens Firm’s National Focus on Life Sciences & High-Tech Industries BOSTON – LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs – Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Mark G. Lappin has joined its Boston office as a partner in the Intellectual Property (IP) Department, Electronics Practice and Life Sciences Industry Team. The addition of Lappin

By James Ottavio Castagnera Attorney at Large Last week the New Jersey Supreme Court announced that “although we cannot find that a fundamental right to same-sex marriage exists in this state, the unequal dispensation of rights and benefits to committed same-sex couples can no longer be tolerated under our state constitution.” The Supremes gave the

Paris – LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs – The international law firm Jones Day is advising the listed French specialty chemicals group, Rhodia, in connection with the signature of an agreement for the sale of its Silicones business to China National BlueStar Corporation, a large-scale state-owned enterprise and a specialized subsidiary of ChemChina Group

LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs – Paul Weiss Partner Joe Simons commented on the potential implications of the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust reforms on mergers in today’s Daily Deal article, “DOJ Quietly Tries Out Merger Reforms.” The article reports that the Department of Justice’s antitrust division has implemented reforms aimed at cutting the

A Three Part Series by Truth in Corporate Justice LLC October 27, 2006 Distributed by Worldwide Free Release Press™ TCJ SPECIAL SERIES Part Two of Three THE TAXPAYERS EDUCATE…SALLIE MAE GETS TO DICTATE This story is fiction. It could have happened. Is it happening? Perhaps, but all of the characters and the story are not

LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs – Nigel Robson, head of energy at law firm Eversheds, comments on Environment Secretary David Miliband’s plans for the disposal of radioactive waste. “The Government has a difficult path to tread. It must sort out the problems of legacy nuclear waste and, as those in the industry have known

TALLAHASSEE – Attorney General Charlie Crist’s petition to intervene on behalf of Florida telephone customers was formally granted yesterday, allowing him to join a previously filed petition from Florida’s Public Counsel and AARP, that asks the Public Service Commission to order Florida phone companies to automatically enroll eligible low-income residents in the Lifeline telephone service.

LAWFUEL – Law Jobs, Law News – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Edgar P. Moreno, Special Agent in Charge, United States Department of State Diplomatic Security Service, and Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office, announced the unsealing of an two-count