2007

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Michael Pilkington joins international law firm Holman Fenwick & Willan’s (HFW) Dubai office, as a Partner, from Clyde & Co. Michael will be focusing in particular on the firm’s insurance and reinsurance practice in the Middle East in the context of his extensive commercial litigation and arbitration experience. HFW’s […]

London, Cologne – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – DLA Piper has assisted its long-term client, aAIM in connection with the acquisition of €700m worth of German retail properties. The retail portfolios include 34 DIY stores let to Praktiker, 15 department stores let to SinnLeffers as well as that company’s corporate headquarters. Those properties were

CHICAGO- Lawfuel – The law news – Prime Group Realty Trust (NYSE:PGEPRB), a Chicago-based real estate investment trust, today announced that law firm Parrillo, Weiss & O’Halloran renewed its 22,745-square-foot lease, and has expanded to the penthouse floor with an additional 8,323 square feet, in The United Building. The firm is one of the most

TALLAHASSEE, FL – LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that a North Carolina company has agreed to change its business practices in the State of Florida, protecting consumers from potentially misleading mail solicitations. Eli Research, Inc., which does business under the name The Coding Institute, LLC, operates a call center

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Three men previously sentenced after pleading guilty to twenty charges of breaching immigration laws have today [13.9.07] been ordered to pay a £2,301,000 confiscation order at Isleworth Crown Court. The confiscation order follows a financial investigation by detectives from the Met’s London Regional Asset Recovery Team. Harry Peter WILSON

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 12, 2007 — LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Raymond Van Dyke, partner in Winston & Strawn LLP’s Washington, D.C. office, was appointed chair of the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s (AIPLA) Emerging Technologies Committee. His appointment by the president of the association becomes effective this month. He has been an

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – TressCox Lawyers is delighted to announce the appointment of Katharine Philp as a Partner in its Brisbane office. Katharine is an impressive litigation lawyer who specialises in medical negligence and has successfully defended a number of Supreme and District trials on behalf of health care professional defendants. She also

OAKLAND – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – United States Attorney Scott N. Schools announced today that late yesterday afternoon Ramon Reynoso, 45, of Castro Valley, California, pled guilty to one count of tax evasion. The charges are the result of an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation and the United States

Chicago, September 13, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – International law firm Baker & McKenzie has appointed Chris Pierce-Cooke as its new Global Chief Operating Officer (COO). Mr. Pierce-Cooke joins Baker & McKenzie with more than 25 years of international management experience – including strategy consulting and management roles in Asia, Europe

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Prince the Prince of Pop is angry. The U.S. pop star plans to sue YouTube and other major Web sites for unauthorized use of his music in a bid to “reclaim his art on the Internet.” See Lawfuel.com’s lead story.