Archives for July 2007

LAWFUEL - The Legal Newswire - Plea for Help from 9/11 Rescue Workers to Rudolph Giuliani Went Unanswered[The following letter was e-mailed to Rudolph Giuliani on May 29th, 2007 by September 11th rescue workers left to fend for themselves after suffering illnesses caused by … [Read more...]

LAWFUEL - The Lawyer Newswire - Stikeman Elliott partner to be inaugural holder of Jarislowsky Dimma Mooney Chair in Corporate Governance at York University's Osgoode Hall Law School and Schulich School of BusinessMONTREAL, July 31 - Stikeman Elliott LLP is proud … [Read more...]

LAWFUEL - The firestorm surrounding U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has reached a point where it has created a legal liability for the White House with an executive privilege debate that could lead to court action.Bloombergs report that President George W. Bush … [Read more...]

RYE BROOK, N.Y.--LAWFUEL - The Law Newswire - Universal American Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: UHCO) announced that a purported class action entitled “Elizabeth A. Conolly, Thomas McCormack, Shelley Z. Zhang, Green Meadows Partners, James Stellato and Rocco Sorrentino vs. Universal … [Read more...]

New York, July 31 2007 – LAWFUEL - The Lawyer Newswire - Dewey Ballantine LLP, a global law firm, announced today the addition of Evan Koster as a partner in its New York office. Mr. Koster is a highly skilled practitioner with a focus on fixed income, equity, credit and … [Read more...]

THIRD CONVICTION FOR CAMCORDING MOVIES IN A THEATER AND THIRD CONVICTION FOR VIOLATING THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT AS PART OF OPERATION COPYCATThirty-Sixth Copyright Conviction in CaseSAN JOSE – United States Attorney Scott N. Schools announced that as part of … [Read more...]

Senior Indian criminal laywer Majid Memon today said actor Sanjay Dutt's sentencing in the blasts case shows that everybody is equal before law."Celebrity status is no consideration in the eyes of law. Justice is blind folded and this appears to have been established," … [Read more...]

LAWFUEL - Legal fees paid to the lawyers involved in Rupert Murdoch's successful bid for Dow Jones total at least $30 million, according to a Wall Street Journal report.Under the eventual deal Dow Jones agreed to pay the family’s legal and banking bills. News Corp. agreed to … [Read more...]

As Rupert Murdoch pockets Dow Jones to become the latest jewel in News Corp's crown, a little known Boston legal character has emerged into the spotlight as a crucial player in the multibillion dollar media merger.Robert Sable, the executive director of Greater Boston Legal … [Read more...]

LAWFUEL - The Law Newswire - The FBI today announced an addition to its Top Ten Art Crimes list. A Cavalier was stolen on June 10, 2007, from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. The self-portrait, by Dutch Master Frans Van Mieris (1635-1681), was stolen while … [Read more...]

Washington, D.C., July 31, 2007 – LAWFUEL - The Legal Newswire - The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Aspen Technology, Inc., with fraudulently inflating revenue over a three-year period. The SEC’s order finds that Aspen’s former senior management, motivated by a … [Read more...]

OJ Simpson provided an interview with MN1.com today talking about Michael Vick, himself and his recent book scandal.Among the phone-in, text-in questions - "Do you think it was a bigger feat to break 2,000 yards in one season or slice two necks in one night?"The … [Read more...]