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LawFuel: Ritchie Vs Madonna Case
Monday, 20 October 2008, 2:21 pm | LawFuel
LawFuel – Online Legal Jobs & News - One one side is a record-setting award winner, on the other Paul McCartney's lawyer More >>
The 10 Most Expensive Celebrity Divorces Ever
Thursday, 16 October 2008, 11:16 am | LawFuel
Celebrity divorces are always great fodder for the tabloid media – and even us, from time to time. The Madonna/Guy Ritchie split is the latest in a long, expensive history of celebrity splits. More >>
Law Jobs Go – UK Ministry Slashes And Burns
Wednesday, 15 October 2008, 2:43 pm | LawFuel
Jack Straw's Justice Ministry is slashing and burning policies and people - so to speak. Clifford Chance release litigators More >>
ASIC Commences Action Against KPMG
Tuesday, 14 October 2008, 5:15 pm | LawFuel
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has commenced action in the Supreme Court of Victoria against accountancy firm KPMG over its auditing of companies in the Westpoint Group which collapsed in early 2006 with losses in ... More >>
Legal Jobs Tighten – What Can Young Kiwis So?
Friday, 10 October 2008, 11:40 am | LawFuel
Thinking of moving law jobs – now is not the time, according to recruiters spoken to by legal jobs site LawFuel, unless a job away from the traditional market in London is sought. More >>
Yoko Ono Withdraws 'Fair Use' Lawsuit
Thursday, 9 October 2008, 11:31 am | LawFuel
The Fair Use Project of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society today announced that Yoko Ono and EMI Records have withdrawn all claims filed against Premise Media. The dismissal follows failed attempts by Yoko Ono in federal court and EMI ... More >>
The Bank Job: SBS Born Amid Financial Mayhem
Thursday, 9 October 2008, 11:29 am | LawFuel
The gaining of a banking registration by Southland-based SBS Bank was a process started 15 years ago, but the new bank has a proud, 139-year history behind it. But for the lawyers, the heat went on in the past six months as the world-first deal took shape ... More >>
Wellington mediator appointed LEADR Fellow
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 4:46 pm | LawFuel
Wellington commercial mediator and barrister, Geoff Sharp, has been made LEADR Fellow for 2008-2010. More >>
States Reach Record $62 Mil Settlement w Eli Lily
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 10:57 am | LawFuel
TALLAHASSEE, FL Attorney General Bill McCollum announced today that Florida and 32 other states have reached a record-setting $62 million settlement with Eli Lilly and Company over allegations the company improperly marketed the prescription drug ... More >>
Top Corporate Lawyers Split Between Obama & McCain
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 10:09 am | LawFuel
Barack Obama and John McCain have been running a tight race among the nation’s voters—and among the country’s top corporate lawyers. McCain has a slight lead in total donations from general counsel at Fortune 100 companies. Still, elite GCs ... More >>
Briefcase Blog: Worrying About The Solicitor Gen
Friday, 3 October 2008, 12:17 am | LawFuel
Worrying About the Solicitor General; The Week From Hell; Back to the Future; Dr Cullen’s Legal Adventures More >>
Pelosi Floor Statement
Tuesday, 30 September 2008, 3:16 pm | LawFuel
Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor this afternoon in support the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. Below are her remarks, as prepared: More >>
Gaggle of deals emerging from the crisis
Tuesday, 30 September 2008, 11:22 am | LawFuel
The financial storm clouds of recent weeks have a silver lining for several major law firms in London and New York, with major firms lining up for some healthy billing ahead. More >>
Legal jobs
Monday, 29 September 2008, 1:56 pm | LawFuel
Kiwi lawyer Maria Alcalde used to work for Russell McVeagh in Auckland before embarking on her 'OE' and working for US legal giant WilmerHale in London. More >>
Rodney Hide's Churchillian Ploy
Friday, 26 September 2008, 11:10 am | LawFuel
Experienced trial lawyer Russell Fairbrother must have winced when he sided with his party on the Privileges Committee decision on Winston Peters. New Zealand Firster Dail Jones can be forgiven, just, but the ability of any experienced lawyer listening ... More >>
Simpson Grierson outranks M & A competition
Thursday, 25 September 2008, 3:28 pm | LawFuel
Simpson Grierson is the only New Zealand law firm to feature on the just released preliminary mergermarket legal advisory table for M&A transactions in Australasia. More >>
Congressional Heat Goes On US Bailout Plan
Thursday, 25 September 2008, 10:09 am | LawFuel
The bailout plan is not only foolish, says Ron Paul, it is downright sinister and anti-American More >>
Bloody Lawyers And Death on Messines
Friday, 19 September 2008, 2:26 pm | LawFuel
The Wall Street meltdown has left lawyers bloodied along with the Masters of the Universe who not only thought they could do no wrong with all their fancy-pants packaged debt but also insisted they be paid most of the money in the universe to prove it. ... More >>
Allen & Overy Advises HBOS On Merger With Lloyds
Friday, 19 September 2008, 9:44 am | LawFuel
Allen & Overy LLP said today that it is advising HBOS plc on its proposed merger talks with Lloyds TSB Group plc. More >>
Poll Find Against Peters
Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 4:23 pm | LawFuel
A LawFuel poll showed only two percent of respondents believed Winston Peters in the ongoing saga over New Zealand First donations and Peters' contempt hearing before the Privileges Committee. More >>
