2007

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – In a significant success for Skadden client Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (CME), the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice announced it will not stand in the way of the proposed merger between the CME and CBOT Holdings Inc. (CBOT). “The evidence does not indicate that either […]

LAWFUEL – The NZ Law Newswire – Detective Senior Sergeant Bensemann, the Officer in Charge of the Homicide enquiry into the murder of 2 year old Jhia Harmony Te Tua, said this morning that the Operation 55 investigation team had commenced a critical phase. Further search warrants were executed from day break this morning with

In-House Law Trends : Leading In-House Lawyers Meet To Discuss Emerging Trends and Best Practices Sydney conference promises Award-Winning Panel Discussion Wellington, NZ – LawFuel.com – Law Newswire – 12 June 2007 – The demands made upon in-house counsel have markedly increased, along with demand for the in-house counsel roles and a conference in Sydney

June 12, 2007 (Mountain View and San Francisco, CA) – LAWFUEL – US Law News – Fenwick & West LLP represented ABS Capital Partners in the management-led buyout of Innovation Interactive Inc. from its parent company, Livedoor Japan. Innovation Interactive, based in New York, NY, provides search-centric digital marketing services and is the parent company

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Michael B. Nifong, the prosecutor who brought rape charges against three Duke University students, found himself in a crowded courtroom today with the tables turned. Mr. Nifong’s law license is hanging in the balance of an ethics trial focused on his motives and tactics in pursuing the now-dismissed case,

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The FBI responded to CableLabs’ release of a technical specification developed to facilitate the cable industry’s compliance with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). The Cable Broadband Intercept Specification represents the cable industry’s interface specifications for broadband data communication services. “This technical specification is an important milestone

China and the U.S. are worlds apart in many ways. But in an alternate universe of failed stars orbiting around a planet called bankruptcy court, they have come much closer. Such is the big bang effect of the country’s first national bankruptcy law, which took effect June 1. The new law gives China a version

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – R. Alexander Acosta , United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that defendant Richard Layfield pled guilty before United States District Court Judge Alan S. Gold on Monday, June 11, 2007 to one count

NEW YORK, June 11 LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire — Today, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP (http://www.kaplanfox.com/) filed a class action suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against GlaxoSmithKline PLC (“GSK” or the “Company”) (NYSE: GSK) and certain of its officers, on behalf of all persons or