Recent Updates
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BP Colorado wind farm financing closes
Headline News 01/31/2007The financing closed for the construction of BP Plc's 301-megawatt Cedar Creek wind farm in Weld County, Colorado, the law firm representing the lenders said.International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP said in a release that Cedar ...
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Law Technology News Awards selects CT
Headline News 01/29/2007NEW YORK- Further demonstrating its commitment to addressing the legal profession’s top challenges, CT, part of Wolters Kluwer Corporate Legal Services, today announces several new enhancements to its Litigation Solutions offerings. And, as an indica...
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ACLU urges court to hear case
Headline News 01/27/2007The American Civil Liberties Union is urging a federal appellate court to continue its challenge to the Bush administration's domestic spying program.The Bush administration appealed to the court after a federal judge in Detroit ruled the program was...
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Top NY law firm boosting first-year pay
Headline News 01/23/2007[##_1L|1232376078.jpg|width="100" height="114" alt=""|_##]New York law firms may have to play catch up with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, which just raised the annual base pay of first-year associates to $160,000 before bonus. The Manhattan firm's ...
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Federal emissions law urged by business-NGO
Headline News 01/23/2007A coalition of businesses and environmental groups on Monday called for federal legislation to limit emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. In a letter to President Bush a day before his State of the Union Address, the US Climate Act...
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Enron Law Firm to Pay $18M
Headline News 01/23/2007Texas law firm Andrews Kurth will pay Enron's estate $18.5 million to settle potential malpractice claims stemming from legal advice the firm allegedly offered concerning the energy giant’s asset transactions."We have continuously denied wrongdoing a...
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Prosecutor in Apple Case Joins Law Firm
Headline News 01/21/2007Christopher J. Steskal, a lead prosecutor of a federal task force investigating the backdating of stock options at Apple Inc. and other companies, is leaving his San Francisco post to join a law firm, the United State Attorney’s office in San Franc...
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Klein to join law firm BLG as business adviser
Headline News 01/19/2007[##_1L|1337449004.jpg|width="120" height="139" alt=""|_##]Less than a week after leaving provincial politics, former Alberta premier Ralph Klein has joined a top law firm to advise clients on business opportunities in the booming province.Ralph Klein...
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Secret Court to Govern Wiretapping Plan
Headline News 01/17/2007The Justice Department, easing a Bush administration policy, said Wednesday it has decided to give an independent body authority to monitor the government's controversial domestic spying program.In a letter to the leaders of the Senate Judiciary Comm...
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Tampa law firm faces contingency fees lawsuit
Headline News 01/13/2007A Tampa law firm that has garnered millions of dollars in neglect and abuse settlements and lawsuits against nursing homes in Florida and around the country is now on the defense end of a suit that contends the firm knowingly violated Tennessee law r...
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Supreme Court to review light cigarette dispute
Headline News 01/12/2007The US Supreme Court Friday granted certiorari in four cases, including one that will determine if tobacco companies are protected from judgments in state courts on the grounds that cigarettes are federally regulated. The appeal, Watson v. Philip Mor...
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Moss Adams New Audit Firm for Cherokee, Inc.
Headline News 01/12/2007SALT LAKE CITY-ZEVEX International, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZVXI) has executed a definitive Merger Agreement with Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B). Upon the closing of the merger, ZEVEX will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Moog. The merger is expected to ...