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Inmate shot dead after brazen escape
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Holloway disappearance hits cold case file
None of the three suspects in the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway will be charged, the Aruban public prosecutor's office said today. Hans Mos, the island nation's chief public prosecutor, said there was not enough evidence to take the case to trial.
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E-mail Scam Targets Recipients of IRS Refund Checks
FBI Investigates Counterfeit Chinese Computer Parts
Apple Settles Class-Action Suits Over iPod Batteries
Microsoft Appealing $1.39 Billion European Fine
Appeals Court Reinstates One of Two Alcatel Patent Cases
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Microsoft Lawyers Map Out the Bid for Yahoo
In the days after Microsoft's bid for Yahoo, the players in the merger drama had their legal teams beating the antitrust drums. Google, which hit the blogosphere to bash the deal as anti-competitive, has a team of antitrust veterans. Microsoft, too, has a connected advocate in Charles "Rick" Rule, who worked with Thomas Barnett, the head of Justice's Antitrust Division, while the two were at Covington & Burling. The antitrust lawyers may be key to hammering out a deal -- and their work is cut out for them.
$4.1 Million Fees Award Upheld in Kia Class Action
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has upheld $4.1 million in plaintiffs attorney fees awarded by a Philadelphia judge in a Kia Motors faulty-brake class action. The Superior Court panel found there was no palpable abuse of discretion by Common Pleas Judge Mark I. Bernstein, and echoed his reasoning that the plaintiffs attorneys' award was reasonable considering the rates the defense counsel charged, which topped out at $595 per hour for partners -- rates higher than those requested by plaintiffs' counsel.
9th Circuit: No Sovereign Immunity for DA Contractors
Private companies that run diversion programs administered by dozens of California district attorneys are now open to legal attack. A 9th Circuit panel ruled Wednesday that state sovereign immunity does not extend to a private contractor hired by the Santa Clara County DA's office to go after individuals who passed bad checks. Public Citizen Litigation Group's Deepak Gupta, who argued the plaintiff's case, said the opinion is important in an age of increased privatization of governmental functions.
Small Law Firm Thrives as Real Estate Market Swoons
Meltzer, Purtill & Stelle is benefiting from shifts in the real estate and legal industries even as the U.S. economic downturn takes a toll. The 24-lawyer firm specializes in real estate, related lending work and general corporate and business law. And it's content to stay its current size since larger firms refer "less lucrative" work to Meltzer Purtill. "It doesn't make economic sense" for larger firms to do general corporate work on employee matters and other day-to-day issues, says Brian Meltzer.
Fulfilling Expectations at LegalTech
LegalTech conference attendees' expectations of finding products and services to reduce costs and control workflow for e-discovery were met head-on by vendors and consultants. But EDD wasn't the only concern at the show, where BI, document management, VoIP and other technologies shared the floor.
Are In-House Counsel Ready to Embrace Social Networking Sites?
With the launch last week of DLA Piper's Facebook-style networking tool, it looks as if the social networking buzz is slowly working its way into the legal world. For the comparatively isolated in-house legal community, having easy online access to peers and external counsel alike could spell the beginning of an era of greater empowerment and integration, but how ready are they to log on and be counted? It is a question that corporate counsel may have to ask themselves sooner rather than later.
SEC Settles With Calif. Lawyer Over Opinion Letter
A California lawyer incurred the Securities and Exchange Commission's ire for an opinion letter that led to a client's pump-and-dump stock scheme. According to the SEC, Kenneth Christison opined that client Michael Paloma did not have to register shares of four so-called microcap companies with regulators. Paloma used Christison's letter to persuade a transfer agent to issue millions of shares. The client then dumped the stock on the open market after artificially inflating their prices via spam e-mail.
Latham Leads Strong Year in L.A., Could Surpass Skadden as Top-Grossing Firm
Could Latham & Watkins supplant Skadden as the nation's top-grossing law firm? The answer may be yes, if Skadden posts anything short of a solid financial year. This week Latham posted 2007 revenues of just over $2 billion -- up a whopping 23 percent from last year. It also claimed $2.2 million profits per partner, a similarly massive year-over-year increase. Latham was one of several L.A.-based firms to post strong financial numbers in 2007, though some saw slower growth in revenue per lawyer.
Allen & Overy Claims Pole Position in 2007 Debt Capital Markets Tables
Allen & Overy has retained the top spot in the latest international debt capital markets rankings, with the Magic Circle firm seizing an 8 percent market share for 2007. The firm advised managers on 651 deals worth a combined $331.8 billion over the last year to top the table compiled by Thomson Financial. The result means A&O has claimed the top spot in the rankings for three consecutive years, although the London giant has seen its market share dip by 1.6 percent compared to 2006.
Lawyer Gets 5 Years for Aiding Client's Escape Attempt
An attorney charged with smuggling a 14-inch saw blade to a jailed client was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday, although nearly one year will be subtracted because the lawyer has been jailed since his arrest last February. Georgia attorney William P. Keenan was representing Dareon Varner against charges of armed robbery, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony when the lawyer slipped Varner the blade.
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EPA testing air after twister in toxic Okla. town
"You can look at the chat piles and see that a lot of the material has blown off"
The Environmental Protection Agency planned to check for high lead levels Monday after a deadly tornado blew through a heavily polluted former mining town where lead-filled waste is piled into giant mounds.The ... via KansasCity.com
Preview: Atlanta Fed Conference
Live Coverage From Sea Island, GA; Financial Market, Sarbanes-Oxley, and Risk Taking to Be on Agenda Tomorrow as Atlanta Fed Conference Gets Underway via ClipSyndicate
SEC charges 3 doctors with insider trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday charged three Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-area doctors with illegal insider trading. via Palm Beach Post
Wachovia Securities in auction-rate securities probe
Wachovia Securities has received subpoenas and inquiries from the Securities and Exchange Commission and regulators in several states requesting information on auction-rate securities, according to a Wachovia ... via Atlanta Business Chronicle
What happens to employee information?
"If you don't get straight answers, continue to ratchet up to higher levels of the organization until you get the information"
There is no federal law to regulate disposal of data. J.W. ELPHINSTONE Associated Press Writer Q. What happens to the personal information my employer has after I leave the company? A. These days, employers ... via South Bend Tribune
House committee pares down budget
"The people of this state wanted for us to look very carefully at the budget, to try in every way we could to have a more efficient budget. We have tried our very best"
BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal's $30 billion budget proposal for next year was pared down Sunday by $120 million, after the House's budget committee stripped millions of dollars in health care and education ... via The Shreveport Times
FDA approves Strattera for ADHD in children and adolescents
"In the past, our understanding of ADHD treatment was limited to clinical data on short-term use, meaning a few weeks or a couple of months"
Eli Lilly and Company announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration has approved Strattera for maintenance treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in children and ... via News-Medical.Net
GeoVax Labs to launch phase II trials of HIV vaccine candidate
"Now that the delivery combinations of the vaccine have been worked out, the Phase II trial will expand the participants to 150 vaccinated volunteers and 75 volunteers as a control group who do not receive the vaccine."
The Atlanta-based biotechnology firm GeoVax Labs plans to launch Phase II clinical trials of its experimental HIV vaccine this summer, company officials recently announced, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ... via News-Medical.Net
"The company is surprised and disappointed that ArcelorMittal would file such a frivolous lawsuit."
ArcelorMittal has sued Esmark Inc., the parent company of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp., and a joint venture that was trying to buy a Maryland steel plant for $540 million, alleging breach of contract. via The Intelligencer
Goodman's Report Shows Council Left In Dark
"Recent hearings of this Council have addressed the most fundamental precept of our democracy -- that the voice of the people must be heard and heeded"
The attorney hired by the Detroit City Council to help it trudge through the legal muck stemming from a text-messaging sex scandal involving Kwame Kilpatrick and his ex-top aid spells out possible options for ... via ClickOnDetroit.com
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