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Competition Commission fights on over BAA sales
The competition watchdog is to push ahead with its attempt to break up BAA’s airport portfolio.
feeds.timesonline.co.uk 2010-02-11
State takes action against Honolulu firm
State regulators have issued a cease-and-desist order and levied fines against a Honolulu-based legal services firm and its administrator.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-11
VeriFone takes stake in Trunkbow
VeriFone Holdings Inc. said Thursday it was co-lead investor in a reverse merger financing for Trunkbow International Holdings Ltd., a China-based mobile payments and value-added service applications company. (PAY)
bizjournals.com 2010-02-11
Govt moves closer to national e-health system
THE government plans giving every patient and healthcare provider a unique identifier as a major step towards setting up an Australia-wide e-health system.
australianit.news.com.au 2010-02-10
Kaiser lobbied PM before top job
ANNA Bligh's former chief adviser lobbied Kevin Rudd's office to locate the NBN headquarters in Brisbane only months before he was given a plum job with the national broadband network .
australianit.news.com.au 2010-02-10
Wind administrators launch investigation
The administrators of Wind Hellas, the Greek telecoms group that became the UK's largest pre-pack administration, have begun a formal investigation into the deal.
feeds.timesonline.co.uk 2010-02-10
China charges Rio Tinto four with bribery
China has charged four Rio Tinto executives with bribery and violating commercial secrets, leaving the workers facing years in a Shanghai jail.
feeds.timesonline.co.uk 2010-02-10
Corporate Manslaughter fines to reach millions
Businesses convicted of the criminal offence of corporate manslaughter can be fined millions of pounds with a £500,000 minimum under final guidelines published yesterday.
feeds.timesonline.co.uk 2010-02-10
Competition Commission to appeal BAA ruling
The Competition Commission is to appeal a ruling that could allow BAA, the owner of all the UK’s major airports, to keep all its airports.
feeds.timesonline.co.uk 2010-02-10
Judges persuaded to curtail MI5 criticism
Senior judges erased damning criticism that MI5 operated a culture of suppression and disregard for human rights after a secret approach by the Foreign Secretary’s lawyers to amend their draft judgment, it emerged today.
feeds.timesonline.co.uk 2010-02-10
Will flexitime be recession’s legacy?
“Not many people lie on their deathbed and say, ‘I wish I’d spent more time in the office’,” reflects Paul Quain. In fact, the general reaction from colleagues and clients when he was working a four-day week as a managing associate at Linklaters was “I wish I could do that”.
feeds.timesonline.co.uk 2010-02-10
Lawyer of the week: Barbara Hewson
Barbara Hewson, a barrister at Hardwicke [chambers], acted for the family of David Gray, who died from an overdose of diamorphine, injected by a locum GP from Germany, Dr Daniel Ubani. The coroner ruled that Mr Gray had been unlawfully killed, and Cambridgeshire Primary Care Trust issued a “profound apology” to the family.
feeds.timesonline.co.uk 2010-02-10
MPs and expenses: no hiding behind the Bill of Rights
It is the ultimate twist in the expenses scandal that the three MPs who, with one peer, face charges under the Theft Act 1968 are now invoking parliamentary privilege as their defence. It is also a lawyers’ field day: even before any trial starts, a court will have to rule on whether the Bill of Rights 1689 means that they cannot be questioned about the expenses rule book — and so be unable properly to defend themselves.
feeds.timesonline.co.uk 2010-02-10
Oliverio to chair EC control board
Attorney Daniel Oliverio has accepted the position of chairman of the Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority, rising from vice-chair.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-10
National Basketball Association makes aggressive move against counterfeiters
As activities get under way for the National Basketball Association’s All-Star game this weekend in Dallas, the league’s licensing arm has quietly launched a legal assault on those allegedly involved in selling counterfeit NBA merchandise.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-10
Sacramento-based law firm enters S.F.
Downey Brand LLP, a Sacramento-based law firm, has opened a San Francisco office with two recruits from Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-10
Judge: Charter shareholders can’t sue Smit, Allen
Charter Communications shareholders can’t sue <a href="http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2010/01/18/daily53.html ">outgoing</a> Chief Executive Neil Smit or <a href="http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2009/11/30/daily39.html ">former</a> Chairman Paul Allen because the cable company’s bankruptcy plan shields them from lawsuits, a judge ruled Monday.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-10
Conroy pushed ALP mate for top NBN job
FORMER Labor MP Mike Kaiser landed a job at the national broadband network on the recommendation of federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy.
australianit.news.com.au 2010-02-09
Ex-Intel executive Rajiv Goel pleads guilty in Galleon Group case
Rajiv Goel, a former Intel executive, pleaded guilty today to his role in the alleged Galleon Group insider trading ring, giving damaging evidence against Raj Rajaratnam, Galleon's founder.
feeds.timesonline.co.uk 2010-02-09
Judge questions SEC's $150m accord with BoA$
Bank of America (BoA) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) must wait for up to two weeks to settle an embarrassing civil suit over the bank’s takeover of Merrill Lynch
feeds.timesonline.co.uk 2010-02-09
Allen & Overy brings 'magic circle' touch to Australia
Allen & Overy, Britain’s fifth-biggest law firm, is expanding into Australia after hiring 17 partners from leading local firms.
feeds.timesonline.co.uk 2010-02-09
Rizzo lands Five Star corporate post
Five Star Bank announced Monday that Genesee County attorney John Rizzo has been named corporate secretary of the bank, replacing Ronald Miller, who resigned the position effective Jan. 27.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-09
Tampa Convention Center the site of Florida Bar exam 2010
The Florida Bar examination will be held at the Tampa Convention Center Feb. 23-24
bizjournals.com 2010-02-09
Bayer to pay Ark., Miss. farmers $1.5M
A federal jury in St. Louis has ordered Bayer Cropscience to pay $1.5 million to two Arkansas farmers and one Mississippi farmer because the Germany company hurt the farmers and their livelihood with its genetically modified rice.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-09
Three plead guilty; impersonated FBI agents
Three people who pretended to be federal agents pleaded guilty to conspiracy in federal court in Sacramento.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-09
KEL buys Dynetech Centre signage rights
Kaufman, Englett and Lynd, a law firm known as KEL, moved into the 15th floor of the Dynetech Centre and purchased the signage rights to the downtown Orlando building.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-09
Akerman task force to assist homebuilders
Akerman Senterfitt has formed a special task force to assist builders and investors in securing lots and in structuring deals for select land purchases.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-09
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Morris|Hardwick|Schneider names partners
Atlanta real estate law firm Morris|Hardwick|Schneider promoted Natalie Hardwick, Cristina Hunt and Jeffrey Sandler to partner.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-09
I recommended Kaiser for NBN job: Conroy
COMMUNICATIONS Minister Stephen Conroy has admitted recommending former Queensland Labor MP Mike Kaiser for a job with the National Broadband Network.
australianit.news.com.au 2010-02-08
State works on e-health identifier
HEALTHCARE data is being reorganised to fit a national system.
australianit.news.com.au 2010-02-08
You are a lawyer, a woman and have a family — and the big firms cannot tempt you with a partnership
Fewer than a third of new partners appointed in Britain’s biggest law firms over the past three years are women, according to new research.
feeds.timesonline.co.uk 2010-02-08
Doctors and lawyers fight over ownership of meteorite from asteroid belt
Late last month Frank Ciampi was on a break from his usual duties - one of his patients had cancelled his appointment - when a chunk of meteorite smashed through the roof of his examination room and hit the spot where he would have been sitting.
feeds.timesonline.co.uk 2010-02-08
Unlawful anti-terror powers planned for use during 2012 Olympics
Police are planning to use an anti-terror law deemed unlawful by the European Court of Human Rights across the country during the London Olympics, The Times has learnt.
feeds.timesonline.co.uk 2010-02-08
Tories plan £200 levy for all defendants convicted in courts
Every defendant convicted in a criminal court would have to pay a levy of £200 under plans being put forward by the Conservatives, The Times has learnt.
feeds.timesonline.co.uk 2010-02-08
Allen & Overy opens in Australia
Allen & Overy, the UK's fifth-biggest law firm, has launched a new practice in Australia with 17 partners in two offices, it said today.
feeds.timesonline.co.uk 2010-02-08
Law combating illegal logging affects many
On Nov. 17 federal agents from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service raided Gibson Guitar’s manufacturing facility in Tennessee. They seized guitars, rosewood from Madagascar used in guitar construction, and company records and computers.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-08
Software can reduce risk of fraudulent transactions
Bruce Dummer, chief financial officer of Portland’s Vigor Industrial LLC, became a quick believer in the necessity of preventing electronic theft.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-08
Civil suits jump as courts face cutbacks
For the second year in a row, the number of civil lawsuits filed in Hawaii has jumped to a new high after what had been years of steady decline.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-08
Koss likely to face more lawsuits
Koss Corp., already facing losses from a former executive’s alleged embezzlement, could sustain significant legal expenses as plaintiffs are lining up to litigate against the company’s executives, board and outside auditor Grant Thornton.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-08
Leadership transitions at 2 law firms; Roetzel brings in new litigator
Two high-profile managing partners at Columbus law firms are playing new roles, while two other Central Ohio firms have expanded their ranks of attorneys.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-08
Distressed real estate equals work for lawyers
The growing volume of commercial real estate assets with financial problems has local law firms beefing up to meet the demands of owners, borrowers and buyers looking for solutions.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-08
Foreclosure mediation program may help clear cases
Most of the state’s 20 judicial circuits are scrambling to meet the requirements of a Florida Supreme Court order mandating they implement a managed mediation program for foreclosed homes.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-08
PNC sues former employees, Huntington Bank, alleging breach of contract
PNC Financial Services Group Inc. is suing 10 former employees and Huntington National Bank, which hired them.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-08
Rule letting out-of-state lawyers skip bar exam faces skepticism
A new state rule that allows out-of-state attorneys to practice law here without having to take the Arizona bar exam is getting some pushback from some who think too many lawyers will be chasing too few clients in this tough economic environment.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-08
With law firms not hiring, some new grads start their own
From the time Chris Bourland entered Drexel University’s Earle Mack School of Law, he envisioned himself getting a job as a real estate lawyer at a local law firm.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-08
Law firms getting mixed results growing satellite offices
Most Philadelphia law firms have been forced to become less aggressive and more opportunistic when it comes to expansion in other markets.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-08
Kansas City law firms get mixed verdict on 2009 revenue
For years, Kansas City’s largest law firms enjoyed year-to-year increases in revenue — 2009 changed that for some.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-08
Siblings tangled in lawsuit over Frisch’s stock awards
Frisch’s Restaurants Inc. CEO Craig Maier is suing his sister Paula Maier for control of company stock she recently inherited through trusts established by its founder.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-08
Law firms bidding for state work gave to Cowell, Cooper campaigns
RALEIGH – A dozen of the 45 law firms vying to do securities litigation work for the state were large contributors to the 2008 political campaigns of Treasurer Janet Cowell and/or Attorney General Roy Cooper, whose offices will select which of the firms stand to land new state contracts.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-08
Former Apperson Crump partners start firm with different tact to business development
Former Apperson, Crump & Maxwell PLC chief manager Bob Dinkelspiel and two other partners, Robin Rasmussen and Wayne Mink, have left the firm to start Dinkelspiel, Rasmussen and Mink PLLC.
bizjournals.com 2010-02-08
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