2007

McManus, Sweetland will respond to “explosion” in ITC intellectual property caseload WASHINGTON – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – The Dallas law firm of McKool Smith, P.C., is announcing a new firm office in Washington, DC, and the addition of veteran international trade trial attorneys Michael G. McManus and Rodney R. Sweetland III. The […]

NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2007 LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire — Abbey Spanier Rodd & Abrams, LLP commenced a Class Action lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York on behalf of a class (the “Class”) of all businesses that were forced to close in the wake of

LAWFUEL – The Law Enforcement Newswire – Timothy J. Healy has been named Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Intelligence Division of the FBI’s Washington Field Office. Director Robert S. Mueller, III, appointed him to this position, which was recently created for Washington, New York, and Los Angeles due to the increased importance of

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Christina Pharo, United States Marshal, announce today that, following a two-year tradition of success in its national efforts, the U.S. Marshals Service in the Southern District of Florida conducted another successful Operation FALCON (Federal and Local

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DAVID AMIR MAKOV, an investment advisor previously affiliated with Presidio Growth LLC (“Presidio”), pled guilty in Manhattan federal court earlier today to participating in a conspiracy to defraud the United States Treasury, evade

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – See ‘Hot Gossip’ on LawFuel.com – September 11 is not entirely a time for sad reflection, with the reappearance of Janet Jackson’s nipple in the case of CBS TV’s appearance over the so-called wardrobe malfunction that resulted in her Superbowl exposure with Justin Timberlake. We all remember that Janet

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Osama bin Laden will appear for the second time in a week in a new video to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, presenting the last will and testament of one of the suicide hijackers, al-Qaida announced Monday, Associated Press report. Each year, al-Qaida has released videos

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – A top adviser to former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney appears to be behind today’s launch of a new Web site attacking GOP presidential rival Fred Thompson, the Washington Post reports. The site, www.phoneyfred.org, paints an unflattering picture of Thompson, dubbing him: Fancy Fred, Five O’clock Fred, Flip-Flop Fred, McCain

LAWFUEL – In brief: Last year, we reported on a groundbreaking agreement signed in July 2006 by the governments of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the People’s Republic of China to implement laws to recognise the judgments of each other’s courts. Legislative changes are now underway in Hong Kong to implement this arrangement.

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Partnership may be the culmination of a well planned career development journey for Jared Muller, but nevertheless he describes his reaction to making partner as ‘overwhelming’ and a great honour. ‘I completed my articles at one of Queensland’s biggest firms, but it was mid-tier in size when compared