2007

By Steven Mikulan – LA Weekly – Every day of the ongoing trial in L.A. County Superior Court’s Department 106, Lana Clarkson’s mother, Donna, and sister, Fawn, stoically observe the prosecution make its case that music producer Phil Spector murdered the actress in 2003. Occasionally, when graphic images are projected onto a screen, the two […]

Two New Attorneys Join Growing Los Angeles Practice LOS ANGELES, June 4, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that two new attorneys have joined the firm’s Los Angeles office in the Corporate Department. Michael Rosner and Gregory Shamo are the newest in a steady stream of

SEATTLE, June 4, 2007 LAWFUEL – The Class Action & Litigation Newswire — Keller Rohrback L.L.P. (www.erisafraud.com) today announced that it is currently investigating Sterling Financial Corp. (“Sterling Financial” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:SLFI) for potential Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) violations related to the Sterling Financial Corp. 401k Retirement Plan’s (the “Plan”) holdings of

LAWFUEL – The Law & Legal Newswire – We’ve just released our preliminary crime statistics for 2006…and they’re available in full only here on this website. The big picture? Nationwide, violent crime in the U.S. increased 1.3 percent and property crime decreased 2.9 percent over 2005. The stats, which we collected from more than 11,700

Chicago, IL, June 4, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Baker & McKenzie is pleased to announce that Jan Anne Dubin will become the new Business Development Director for the North American region of the Firm. Reporting to the North American Managing Partner and Regional COO, Ms. Dubin will play a key

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Ogier has been named Jersey Law Firm of the Year 2007 in the Who’s Who Legal Awards, just days after becoming “Offshore Law Firm of the Year 2007” in the inaugural Citywealth Magic Circle awards. 10 Ogier lawyers are also featured in the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers

Los Angeles, California – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – A Hawthorne, California woman pleaded guilty today in United States District Court in Los Angeles to filing false claims with the Internal Revenue Service in a scheme that sought over $1,000,000 in federal income tax refunds. Uzeegoa Makeba Sayles, 39, faces up to 5 years

LAWFUEL – From The Politico – A key client of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP had a big tax problem a couple of years ago when the attorneys working to resolve it hit a dead end: They needed Capitol Hill help and the law firm didn’t have a lobbying section that could handle it. Reluctantly,

LAWFUEL – Nigeria filed new charges against Pfizer Inc seeking $6.95 billion in damages over the deaths of children who received an unapproved drug during a meningitis epidemic, as reported by Reuters. The suit came after a separate court delayed until July two cases in which Pfizer is accused by the northern state of Kano

LAWFUEL – LawFuel’s lead story, from Reuters, reports that a U.S. war crimes tribunal at Guantanamo came to a screeching halt on Monday when a military judge dropped all the charges against a young Canadian in a ruling that could preclude trying any of the 380 prisoners any time soon. Army Col. Peter Brownback, the