2007

HOUSTON – Attorney Jill L. Groff, who concentrates her practice on complex business litigation, has joined the Haynes and Boone, LLP Houston office in an of counsel capacity. Ms. Groff handles antitrust, securities, and white collar criminal defense matters. During her career, she has represented a variety of clients, including an international jewelry company against […]

Lawfuel – The Law Newswire – PHOENIX – Placido Vasquez-Torres, 25, of Mexico, was sentenced here on May 21 to 181 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton. His co-defendant, Erasmo Otero-Soto, 23, of Mexico, was sentenced on March 12 by Judge Bolton to 157 months in federal prison. Both Vasquez-Torres

CHICAGO– LAWFUEL – The Law Firm News Wire–Sidley Austin LLP (“Sidley”) today announced that it has resolved the issues raised by the United States Government in the investigations by the Internal Revenue Service and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York focused on tax shelter opinions authored by Raymond J.

http://www.domain-disputes.com – The National Arbitration Forum recently issued decisions on three separate domain name disputes filed by Disney, Jimmy Buffett and Angels Baseball. “We continue to see a trend towards filing complaints under the UDRP, rather than lawsuits, for these Internet conflicts,” said Kristine Dorrain, Internet Legal Counsel of the National Arbitration Forum. “We’re on

WASHINGTON– LAWFUEL – The Law News Wire –1. MYTH: Ending the current green card backlog would result in 900,000 new residents per year on top of current numbers. FACT: The current proposal aims to end the green card backlog in eight years. However, this does not mean that 3.5 to 4 million people over the

AUSTIN, Texas– LAWFUEL – The Law News Wire –John Grisham, attorney and best-selling author, is donating $20,000 to the Texas Access to Justice Commission to partially sponsor law-student interns working at legal aid organizations this summer. Legal aid organizations provide free advice or representation in civil matters, such as family law and housing issues, to

Washington, D.C., May 22, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Wire – SEC Chairman Christopher Cox today announced that on May 23, 2007, five former chairmen of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will join him for a roundtable discussion. In addition to Chairman Cox, roundtable participants will include William H. Donaldson, 2003-05, Chairman,

Tributes flowed yesterday for top Melbourne barrister Peter Hayes, QC, whose mystery death is in the hands of the coroner, the Herald Sun reports. The charismatic barrister died about 9.30pm on Monday with his family by his side in the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Solicitor and friend Michael Brereton said: “Everybody is terribly upset. “It’s a

There’s a new law firm in a town near you – or there will be shortly. These are firms that shun the typical, work-every-hour, record-every-minute shops that most corporates are used to. They hire long-haul, experienced attorneys and yet lack the rigours of the normal corpoate firm. Can they be for real? As far as