2007

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Another actor vs. photographer incident has occurred with Jude Law arrested for allegedly attacking a photographer near his home on Tuesday. Reports emerged yesterday that a photographer claimed he had suffered minor injuries after the Bafta-winning actor apparently lunged for his camera to try and stop him taking photographs. […]

(September 5, 2007, New York City) – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Steptoe & Johnson LLP, a leading international law firm, today announced the addition of a four-attorney team to its Commercial Litigation and White Collar Criminal Defense practices in New York City, effective immediately. Led by partner Michael C. Miller, the team includes

WASHINGTON–LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – DLA Piper today announced that former Ambassador Tom C. Korologos will bring his many years of high-level public and private sector experience to the firm and its clients in his new role as Strategic Advisor. Korologos most recently served as U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, from July 2004 to February

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Nassau County police have been using Craigslist.org to arrest prostitutes, the NY Times reports. The eight women visited Long Island this summer along with vacationing families and other business travelers, staying in hotels and motels in commercial strips in middle-class suburbs like East Garden City, Hicksville and Woodbury.

CHICAGO– LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire –Leading international law firm Mayer Brown1 today announced it is expanding its geographic presence in Latin America and is in the process of establishing an office in São Paulo, Brazil. Stephen Hood, a lawyer with extensive international experience, particularly in the Brazilian legal community, will become a Partner

WASHINGTON–LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined AXA Advisors, LLC, $1.2 million for failing to adequately supervise its fee-based brokerage business and distributing misleading sales literature for its fee-based brokerage account program, CapAdvantage, between 2001 and 2005. FINRA also ordered AXA Advisors to return

Los Angeles, California – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – In United States District Court this afternoon, a North Hollywood man was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for tax fraud and for aiding and abetting others in the preparation of false income tax returns that claimed charitable contribution deductions to

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire (NEW YORK) September 5, 2007 – Heller Ehrman LLP has hired Suzanne Hawkins as its firmwide Chief of Practice Excellence. This newly created position will be responsible for the development, implementation and management of firmwide systems, processes and training to support and enhance the delivery of legal services to

Class Actions Lawsuit Newswire NEW YORK and SEATTLE, Sept. 5, 2007 — Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP and Keller Rohrback L.L.P. today filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court, Western District of Washington, on behalf of all persons who purchased the common stock of Jones Soda Company (“Jones Soda”

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire SAN FRANCISCO – United States Attorney Scott N. Schools announced that Johnny Lee Tan was sentenced on August 30, 2007 to 18 months in prison for money laundering and that Kevin Pua was sentenced to a five-year term of probation for conspiracy. The convictions grew out of the men’s