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Law Firms

Sugarland blames fans for state fair injuries
Newsday 22/02/2012 4:30:43 AM
Attorneys representing at least 20 law firms across Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky filed the complaint Nov. 22 in Marion Superior Court in Indianapolis alleging breach of reasonable care to the victims. The suit names as plaintiffs dozens of people injured ...
A&O, Latham & Watkins advise on $2.7 bln Mobily Islamic financing
Legal Business Online 21/02/2012 4:56:33 PM
By Shaheen Pasha | Tuesday, 21 February 2012 International law firms Allen & Overy and Latham & Watkins recently advised Saudi Arabian telecom Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) on its 10 billion riyal ($2.7 billion) syndicated Islamic financing.
Private-client specialist Withers announces Singapore plan
Legal Business Online 21/02/2012 4:50:11 PM
Since it opened in Hong Kong, Withers has been named as one of the top ten law firms to watch by ALB in 2010. It has also won the Matrimonial Law Firm of the year award at The Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards in 2011. ALB.
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Legislation

Fitch says Greek default looms as protests erupt
Sydney Morning Herald 23/02/2012 4:50:20 AM
Greek unions staged fresh protests Wednesday as parliament took up emergency legislation to implement a massive eurozone bailout and Fitch ratings warned the country was close to default. Athens, bolstered by a hard-won 237-billion-euros rescue package ...Greek unions protest as ratings agency warns of defaultThe West AustralianGreeks push to seal latest debt dealThe AustralianUnions call protest as Greece works on bailout lawsYahoo!7 News
Fitch says Greek default looms as protests erupt
Brisbane Times 23/02/2012 4:49:47 AM
Greek unions staged fresh protests Wednesday as parliament took up emergency legislation to implement a massive eurozone bailout and Fitch ratings warned the country was close to default. Athens, bolstered by a hard-won 237-billion-euros rescue package ...
Pubs fear smoking ban plan
Western Advocate 23/02/2012 3:08:04 AM
Health Minister Jillian Skinner announced on Tuesday that the government plans to introduce almost immediately legislation that bans smoking in playgrounds, at public transport stops, outside the entrances to public buildings and at swimming pools and ...Smoking stubbed outSt George and Sutherland Shire Leader
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Property Law

Dianne Nicol
The Conversation 21/02/2012 11:08:11 AM
I practised law for at Dobson Mitchell and Allport in Hobart, mostly in the areas of personal injury law and intellectual property law until 2000, when I was appointed as Lecturer at the University of Tasmania. I now hold the position of Professor.
More real estate agents putting their hands in the cookie jar as businesses ...
SmartCompany.com.au 20/02/2012 7:58:13 AM
Under NSW property law, agents are required to hold clients' funds in a trust account kept at an authorised deposit-taking institution and approved by the director general. They must also notify the lender that it is a trust account required under the ...
IP, patents, copyright, you
The Conversation 20/02/2012 5:49:52 AM
It also affects when we're born and when we die, given modern medicine is founded on pharmaceuticals and devices that are encouraged by intellectual property law. This article offers a snapshot, quick and irreverent, of what IP is, ...
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Conveyancing

Disaster recovery stategy stored in the cloud
The Australian 20/02/2012 11:36:45 PM
The software-as-a-service geospatial collaboration business works across several industries, including mining and energy, major infrastructure development and engineering, surveying and conveyancing. SDX unites engineers, contractors and other ...
Stockland's Matthew Quinn
Business Spectator 17/02/2012 5:56:25 AM
LVRs were up to 105 per cent, where they were lending the conveyancing cost, which obviously helped your volumes. They're now down quite significantly. To what extent has that harmed your business? Matthew Quinn: Well, in the long term it's actually a ...
Slash spending or lose AAA rating, Baillieu warned
WA today 17/02/2012 2:08:42 AM
''The state will also need to manage a more volatile and less robust revenue environment, particularly with respect to property-related conveyancing duties and GST-backed Commonwealth grants,'' it said. State Treasury's budget update, released late ...
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