2007

APWG releases new online tools to deter, detect and defend against identity theft LOS ALTOS, Calif. and CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – In an effort to reduce the incidence of identity theft, the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) is joining the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) nationwide “AvoID Theft: Deter, Detect, Defend” campaign to educate […]

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Munich prosecutors said Wednesday they have met with investigators from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to discuss possible legal assistance in an ongoing probes into bribery at Siemens AG. SEC representatives, as well as investigators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and officials from the Department Of Justice

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The New York Times reports that Senator Larry E. Craig said Tuesday that he regretted his guilty plea in connection with an airport restroom incident, and he accused an Idaho newspaper of hounding him in recent months. “I am not gay; I never have been gay,” Mr. Craig, an

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Mr Trevor Christian Lam, of Hunters Hill in New South Wales, yesterday pleaded guilty in the Downing Centre Local Court to a charge of dishonestly using his position as an employee of Macquarie Bank Limited (Macquarie) with the intention of gaining an advantage for another person. The charge follows

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – A lawsuit filed last year by TorrentSpy–a BitTorrent search engine–that accused the movie studios’ trade group of intercepting the company’s private e-mails, was tossed out of court last week. But while a U.S. District judge found that the Motion Picture Association of America had not violated the federal Wiretap

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – LawFuel’s lead story – Leading class action litigator Bill Lerach leaves his firm amid a criminal probe that has surrounded him and his firm, Milberg Weiss, the powerhouse litigation operation he co-founded. See: http://www.lawfuel.com/show-article.asp?ID=83892324

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – US Senator Larry Craig vigorously denied police claims of lewd conduct in an airport restroom Tuesday, adding that he is not gay. The Senator says the only thing he did wrong was plead guilty to disorderly conduct, hoping to quietly dispose of the matter. “I am not gay. I

IRVINE, Calif.–LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Knobbe Martens announced today that its client, global animal nutrition company Alltech, Inc., of Lexington, Kentucky, has settled its patent infringement lawsuit against Cenzone Tech, Inc. and its founder Jung Fu Wu. The parties settled their dispute under confidential terms, with Cenzone agreeing to pay an undisclosed sum

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – August 2007 — Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, one of the leading international law firms, announced today that effective September 1, 2007 the firm will be known globally as Mayer Brown. Commented James D. Holzhauer, the firm’s Chairman, “Unifying our brand name to Mayer Brown is a