2007

London – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – DLA Piper has advised Bank of Scotland Corporate on the sale of its 49% share in Red Funnel Group, the Isle of Wight ferry operator, to Infracapital Partners LP, the infrastructure fund of the Prudential Group. DLA Piper originally acted for the Bank of Scotland Corporate in […]

TALLAHASSEE, FL – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – A Palm Beach County man is in custody today after investigators with Attorney General Bill McCollum’s Child Predator CyberCrime Unit discovered his online distribution of child pornography. Chad Langston, 24, was arrested by authorities with the CyberCrime Unit. Langston is the third arrest made by the

SACRAMENTO- LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire -United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today that DARRYL SCOTT POLL, age 44, of Moorpark, California was sentenced late yesterday by United States District Judge David F. Levi to five years of prison for his participation in a nationwide and international cable piracy scheme that resulted in the

SANTA MONICA, Calif.–LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – This afternoon, a Santa Monica Superior Court jury awarded $13,820,000 in damages to Joseph L. Garcia in his negligence case against the MTA (Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority). Mr. Garcia was a passenger in an MTA bus which hit a parked vehicle, causing him to

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Serious constitutional issues are raised by the conviction of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby according to a dozen prominent legal scholars, as Jurist reports. A dozen prominent legal scholars submitted an amicus curiae brief on behalf of former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby Thursday, arguing that Libby’s conviction could

Washington, D.C., June 8, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Securities Law Newswire – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the final agenda and participants for the upcoming roundtable on mutual recognition scheduled for June 12, 2007. The roundtable will examine how retail and institutional investors, U.S. and non-U.S. exchanges, global and regional broker-dealers, and

LAWFUEL – Law Newswire – Socialite identity Paris Hilton has been ordered by a Los Angeles uudge to return to jail on her drink driving violation as she was lead tearful and screaming from the court. Hilton, released from her 23-day sentence by the LA Sheriff’s Department, was ordered back before Superior Court Judge Michael

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Law Firm Marketing – The National Law Journal reports – In the early days of attorney advertising, law firms created ads to demonstrate their unparalleled integrity and resourcefulness. Some three decades later, law firms are creating ads to demonstrate their unparalleled integrity and resourcefulness. Although firms themselves have undergone

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire: Turnover up 6.5% to £197.4m (2005/06: £185.3m) Profits up 3.5% to £64.4m after bonus payment (2005/06: £62.2m after bonus) Profit per partner up 5.5% to £502,000 (2005/06: £476,000) CMS Cameron McKenna LLP has today (7 June) given further details of its financial performance for the year to 30 April