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NEW YORK – Former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and Internet magazine Slate are being accused of defamation, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court last week.

Insurance executive William Gilman, in a complaint filed Aug. 19 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, says Spitzer wrote an article in Slate “containing false and defamatory statements” about him.

The article, titled “They Still Don’t Get It,” published Aug. 22, 2010, is “patently false,” said Gilman, who worked at Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. Find more info…

Clifford Chance (CC) has named Andrew Whan as the firm’s new Tokyo corporate head, following the departure of partner Alan Kitchin.

Corporate finance partner Whan has relocated to Tokyo from Hong Kong to take up the new post.

News of his move comes after legal website RollonFriday reported earlier today (26 August) that Kitchin had left CC at the end of July – little more than a year after joining.

Kitchin joined CC in February 2010 from Ashurst, where he founded the Tokyo office in 1990 – going on to manage the base until 2002. He also headed Ashurst’s Asia practice between 1998 and 2002.

Whan has been a partner at CC since 2006.

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If an agreement isn’t reached in the budget battle, many investors worry the stock market could be in for a tumble next week.

With talk of a default and skyrocketing interest rates, financial advisors say they’ve had to calm more than a few clients fears this week. But it may not be as bad as it sounds.

Dennis Michels, Senior Investment Consultant at R.W. B

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LONG BEACH — Amid another round of deep cuts, Long Beach Health Officer Helene Calvet has resigned, taking a job with the Orange County Health Agency.

Calvet, who has been with the Health Department for 11 years, would not comment on her resignation, effective Aug. 25, but she said the cuts were one of the reasons for her decision.

Director Ron Arias said there were 20 staff positions cut from the budget, for a total of 125 job reductions since 2009.

Arias said the savings for the current round would be about $1.3 million, or about a 2 percent drop in staffing — some filled and some vacated slots.

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