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Council to city's lawyers: Go after unauthorized pension for Police and Fire Pension Fund chief
2015-09-22 01:30:48| IT Services - Topix.net
By an 18-to-1 vote, Jacksonville City Council on Monday voted to take legal action and have a judge decide who's right and who is wrong in the longstanding showdown over a specially created pension, created in part by and for John Keane, the executive director of the Jacksonville Police and Fire Pension Fund. The fund was created in 2000 and for 12 years no known officials in City Hall had any idea that the pension fund's board of directors had signed off on the special pension deal that is much more lucrative than the city's general employee plan, the current retirement plan for police officers and firefighters and the state's retirement plan.
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As real estate market booms, demand for lawyers rises, too
2015-07-31 14:25:25| Real Estate - Topix.net
The biggest firms in Philadelphia and other cities with booming real estate markets say finding lawyers skilled in handling the zoning, tax, and transactional pieces of complex projects has become a near impossibility. There simply aren't enough lawyers to go around, and that has stretched existing practice groups and forced firms to move lawyers internally from other specialties.
LNG construction blowouts turns to bonanza for dispute lawyers
2015-07-05 19:26:24| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Australia's liquefied natural gas sector is set to be swamped by a multibillion-dollar wave of disputes between producers and contractors over liability for cost blowouts and delays, as the slump in resources investment and commodity prices sharpens appetites to claw back funds. Chevron's overbudget $US54 billion Gorgon LNG venture, Santos' $US18.5 billion GLNG project, and Inpex Corporation's $US34 billion Ichthys project in Darwin are among those understood to be the subject of arguments over responsibility for contract variations that have had an impact on the entire supply chain.
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LNG construction blowouts turns to bonanza for dispute lawyers
2015-07-05 18:35:48| Energy - Topix.net
Australia's liquefied natural gas sector is set to be swamped by a multibillion-dollar wave of disputes between producers and contractors over liability for cost blowouts and delays, as the slump in resources investment and commodity prices sharpens appetites to claw back funds. Chevron's overbudget $US54 billion Gorgon LNG venture, Santos' $US18.5 billion GLNG project, and Inpex Corporation's $US34 billion Ichthys project in Darwin are among those understood to be the subject of arguments over responsibility for contract variations that have had an impact on the entire supply chain.
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First, Lets Pay All the Lawyers
2015-06-29 18:29:40| Railroads - Topix.net
In 2010, a class of landowners sued in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims alleging that CSX Transportation, Inc. and its We can also show you Legal Updates using the Google Viewer; however, you will need to be logged into Google Docs to view them.
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