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FBI Charges Two Wextrust Execs With Alleged Fraud
Tuesday, 12 August 2008, 12:31 am | LawFuel
Steven Byers and Joseph Shereshevsky of WexTrust Capital, LLC ("WexTrust") were arrested today and charged in a criminal Complaint with defrauding investors by diverting funds that they raised through private placement offerings. More >>
A 'Two Society' Model For Lawyers?
Friday, 8 August 2008, 5:38 pm | LawFuel
August 21 is the date when a special meeting of the Auckland District Law Society decides whether or not it will become part of the "One Society" concept envisaged under the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act, which came into force last week. More >>
Briefcase: Mars & Venus; Sex and the Summer Clerks
Friday, 8 August 2008, 12:30 am | LawFuel
“It’s like Mars and Venus” Auckland District Law Society president Keith Berman told me – and he wasn’t talking personal relationships, but rather about the current frosty relationship between the ADLS and the NZ Law Society. More >>
Sixteen Arrested - World's Largest Ecstasy Seizure
Friday, 8 August 2008, 12:17 am | LawFuel
An intense 12-month investigation by law enforcement agencies has smashed an international drug syndicate with 16 arrested across Australia following the world’s single largest seizure of 4.4 tonnes of ecstasy. More >>
Men Indicted For Smuggling Leopard Hides Into U.S.
Thursday, 7 August 2008, 10:43 am | LawFuel
A Federal Grand jury in Denver has returned an indictment charging two individuals with smuggling the hides and a skull of two leopards into the United States in violation of CITES, an international treaty that regulates shipments of listed species. More >>
The global job market for NZ lawyers
Wednesday, 6 August 2008, 4:49 pm | LawFuel
The global job market for NZ lawyers – Looking Good, But With Reservations How the current market trends are affecting New Zealand lawyers looking to work overseas. More >>
'One Society' letter - Akld District Law Society
Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 12:12 am | LawFuel
From ADLS President, Keith Berman - I refer to your article published on Lawfuel entitled “One Society still a dream for Kiwi lawyers”. My council and I feel that there are two aspects of the article that require clarification to ensure a ... More >>
One Society Still A Dream For Kiwi Lawyers
Thursday, 31 July 2008, 4:12 pm | LawFuel
The Lawyers and Conveyancers Act, which is radically altering the structure of the legal profession in New Zealand, is off to a rocky start with the Auckland District Law Society closing its doors – at least for now – on the decision to unify with ... More >>
Auckland District Law Soc. Rejects 'One Society'
Thursday, 31 July 2008, 12:20 am | LawFuel
ADLS Council, at its meeting on Monday 28 July 2008, voted unanimously in favour of recommending to members that ADLS incorporate under the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (“LCA”) to preserve ADLS assets and services for future generations ... More >>
Extradition Deadline Passes For Radovan Karadzic
Monday, 28 July 2008, 4:21 am | LawFuel
A deadline for ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to appeal against extradition on genocide and other charges has expired. However, an appeal notice is said to have been posted by his lawyer just before 1800 GMT at an unknown location in Serbia. More >>
Coming To A PC Near You: 'Virtual Law Partners'
Tuesday, 22 July 2008, 9:08 am | LawFuel
Craig Johnson, the Silicon Valley lawyer-entrepreneur who brought you the Venture Law Group, is onto his next big thing: a virtual law firm. Johnson and 14 other lawyers unveiled the new firm, called Virtual Law Partners, last Friday in the United States. More >>
Suicidal Killer Train Wrecker Gets Life, Not Death
Sunday, 20 July 2008, 5:12 am | LawFuel
Juan Manuel Alvarez, 29, the man who tried to commit suicide by parking his car on the Metro link commuter line in January 2005 will get life with out parole instead of the death penalty. The crash resulted in 11 people being killed, 180 injured. More >>
Uproar In Britain After Court Ruling 20 Years Ago
Tuesday, 15 July 2008, 2:15 pm | LawFuel
A New Zealand Court of Appeal decision on anonymous evidence from undercover policemen has created legal mayhem in the United Kingdom, with rushed legislation being used to preserve several hundred trials at risk from a House of Lords decision. The House ... More >>
08 CoCA Anthony Harper Award for Contemporary Art
Thursday, 10 July 2008, 10:42 am | LawFuel
Now in its 5th year the COCA Anthony Harper Award has achieved a level of public interest and quality hoped for when the idea to develop a national contemporary art award was first discussed. More >>
The ‘One Society’ Vision is On Track
Thursday, 10 July 2008, 12:28 am | LawFuel
Law Society president John Marshall QC says he is focused on ensuring the ‘One Society’ vision for the 14 district law societies, including Auckland, is completed, as envisaged by the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act. More >>
Hands-On Law Job For Former Lord Chancellor
Wednesday, 9 July 2008, 2:42 pm | LawFuel
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that former Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer has joined the firm's London office. Lord Falconer, a barrister, joins the firm as a senior counsel. He will be a hands-on lawyer in the firm. More >>
Simpson Grierson Involved In Hostile Energy Bid
Saturday, 28 June 2008, 11:31 am | LawFuel
It's a $US13 Billion deal, the hostile takeover bid for Origin Energy, owner of New Zealand's Contact Energy, and three law firms, including Simpson Grierson, are acting on the deal. More >>
World-First Climate Change Deal From Bell Gully's
Tuesday, 24 June 2008, 3:03 pm | LawFuel
Saving rare rhinos and valuable forests is not your everyday kiwi lawyers' job, but for Bell Gully's climate change team they're concluding a world-first deal in the tsunami-struck Indonesian province of Aceh, legal newswire LawFuel.co.nz reports. More >>
Coldplay's Plagiarism Song
Friday, 20 June 2008, 1:14 pm | LawFuel
Coldplay were on a roll - a new album going to No 1, 300,000 sales in three days, concert sellouts and now this! A damn plagiarism claim from a band called Creaky Boards. Who ever heard of Creaky Boards anyway? They issued the standard categorical ... More >>
Mortgage Fraud On Rise In US - FBI Fraud 'Bust'
Friday, 20 June 2008, 10:55 am | LawFuel
Two Senior Managers of Failed Bear Stearns Hedge Funds Indicted Today in Separate Mortgage-Related Securities Fraud Case More >>
