2007

SAN FRANCISCO–LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The law firms Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, and Moscone, Emblidge & Quadra, LLP, announced today that Alexis Degelmann and Joseph Lin filed the first nationwide consumer class action lawsuit against Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. (“AMO”) seeking reimbursement for their purchases of Complete MoisturePlus Multi-Purpose Solution. Degelmann […]

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – John Boultbee, one of four co-defendants in the fraud trial of Conrad Black, was acquitted by a federal judge Wednesday of a fraud charge related to Black’s vacation to Bora Bora in 2001, . Black and his wife used Chicago-based Hollinger International Inc.’s private jet to fly to the

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – A suburban Chicago newspaper filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Tuesday against the Illinois Supreme Court’s chief justice, claiming it can’t fairly appeal a multimillion defamation verdict awarded to the judge because he heads the court. Chief Justice Robert Thomas infected the state judiciary with a “constitutional cancer” by

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – LegalWeek reports from london that the UK judiciary has come under fresh scrutiny this week after a retiring senior judge’s details appeared prematurely on a mediation website and another continued working until days before his high-profile trial for indecent exposure. The drive by many judges to extend their careers

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Barack Obama has run into a little trouble on the campaign trail – first with an entrepreneur who faces fraud charges and with a ‘girl’ video – as reported in the New York Times. First the girl – Racing around our e-mails and clocking up the views on YouTube

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Four of the world’s largest investment banks have been ordered to stand trial for stock market manipulation during the collapse of Parmalat, the Italian dairy group, in 2003. Archie Norman, the former boss of Asda, is to become chairman of the tool hire company HSS after his investment company

Washington, D.C., June 13, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Baker & McKenzie LLP recently announced its annual North American Summer Associate Event will take place in Washington, D.C. at the Ritz Carlton Hotel on June 22-23. More than 70 summer associates from the Firm’s Chicago, Dallas, Houston, New York, San Diego, San

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Scottish law firm Sheperd & Wedderburn has had a record earnings year and plans to close the gap on the firm’s three major, Scottish rivals. Patrick Andrews, the chief executive of the Shepherd & Wedderburn, has outlined his plans to further close the gap on his three bigger rivals

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Paris Hilton’s imprisonment has lead to yet another controvery – this time the alleged special treatment her parents received when visiting their incarcerated daughter. Hilton’s parents were able to visit their dughter before others who had stood in line for hours. Steve Whitmore, a sheriff’s spokesman, deflected criticism about

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – There’s little President Bush can do – no speech, no press conference and mostly, no influence – that can help him sway Republican votes on an immigration bill that has provoked protest, reports Fox News. A simple distinction explains why President Bush is unlikely to alter the outcome of