2007

LAWFUEL – The US Law & Business Newswire – Faced with congressional investigations, document requests and who-knows-what President Bush is loading up with lawyers as he prepares for battle with Congress. Faced with a flurry of document requests and expanding congressional investigations, the White House announced Friday that Bush had hired nine lawyers, including five […]

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – A late legislative call gives the Minnesota Boxing Commission regulatory control over mixed martial arts — or Ultimate Fighting — events in the state. The battle over who should regulate mixed martial arts competitions in Minnesota has a winner and new champion, reports Richard Meryhew in the Philadelphia Star-Tribune.

LAWFUEL – US Business & Law Newswire – The firm is representing Blackstone Capital Partners in its announced acquisition of an ownership stake in Alliant Insurance Services, Inc., one of the nation’s largest insurance brokerage firms. In partnership with Alliant’s management and employees, Blackstone Capital Partners has reached an agreement to acquire the Company from

LAWFUEL – Law Newswire – A transient was convicted today on fraud and money laundering charges for running a scheme that bilked several victims out of more than $5 million with promises of huge returns on their investments that they thought were being used to make “bridge loans” or to invest in projects such as

LAWFUEL – See LawFuel’s ‘Hot Gossip’ – Jail expert Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman is reported by TMZ as saying he was considering making a plea to Paris Hilton’s judge, offering to do the time for her. Dog and his wife Beth have done a little time and think the unemployed, DUI socialite has suffered enough. They

The international law firm Clifford Chance advised debitel AG, Stuttgart, on the complete takeover of the Talkline Group. The purchase price is EUR 560 million. The transaction will take place subject to approval from the relevant antitrust authorities. debitel AG is a portfolio company of the private equity house Permira and is the largest provider

LAWFUEL – Law Firm Newswire – Cravath has been ranked in the first tier in securities litigation by The Legal 500 US. The publication also ranked Cravath Presiding Partner Evan R. Chesler as one of the ten leading trial lawyers in the United States. The Legal 500 states that the Firm’s litigators are “described by

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The New York Times reported that a judge today ordered a tearful Paris Hilton back to jail, reversing a decision by the Los Angeles County sheriff to release her and keep her under house arrest after she had served only five days of a 45-day sentence. Superior Court Judge

Friday 8 June 2007 LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has reissued its Policy Statement 184 Superannuation: Delivery of product disclosure strategies (PS 184) which deals with how superannuation trustees (trustees) can comply with section 1012IA of the Corporations Act (the Act) and deliver product disclosure information about