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HOUSTON (LAWFUEL) – – Richard O. Faulk and John S. Gray, co-chairs of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP’s Public Policy Litigation practice, will receive the Distinguished Law Firm award at the 10th annual Burton Awards, to be held June 15 at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The two attorneys, partners in Gardere’s Houston office,

LawFuel.com – In the latest success story for our Intellectual Property Group and its leading ITC practice, the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) issued a final determination in favor of client Funai on April 10. The victory for Japan-based Funai Electric and its affiliate, U.S.-based Funai Corporation, Inc. (collectively “Funai”), comes against 14 respondents including

LawFuel.com – Legal Announcements – On April 1, 2009, NBC Universal, Inc. (“NBCU”), Lifetime Entertainment Services (“Lifetime”) and The Weinstein Company settled a dispute over the reality television series “Project Runway”. Project Runway will now be telecast on Lifetime. In February 2008, The Weinstein Company licensed the exclusive rights to future episodes of the show

LAWFUEL.COM – Legal Announcements – The fourth defendant in a mortgage fraud scheme that fraudulently collected more than $1 million in loan proceeds was convicted today on federal charges for acting as a “straw borrower” who posed as the purchaser of one of the properties. Lisa Lievanos, 45, was convicted of five felony counts –

DALLAS (LAWFUEL) – Paul E. Coggins and Bill Mateja, principals in the White Collar, Government and Securities Litigation Section of the national law firm of Fish & Richardson P.C., have earned recognition among the “Best Personal Lawyers in Dallas 2009” in D Magazine. The 2009 “Best Lawyers” list honors 94 of the top lawyers in

Provides an opportunity to gain trial experience and assist the City of Houston (Houston – LAWFUEL) – Five Andrews Kurth litigation associates will begin participation in the City of Houston’s Volunteer Prosecutor Program today. While the associates are on loan to the City of Houston, they will gain trial experience as well as help to

PHOENIX – Dennis D. Cope, 56, of Mesa, Ariz., was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge James A. Teilborg. Cope pleaded guilty in December 2007 to one count each of conspiracy and securities fraud. Cope was also ordered to pay restitution to numerous victims for a total of $3,949,947.

(Washington, DC – LAWFUEL) – Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce that David M. “Max” Williamson has joined the firm’s Washington, DC office as Counsel in the Environmental section. Mr. Williamson’s experience spans project development, real estate, climate change, Clean Air Act, transportation planning, toxic tort, Clean Water Act and wetlands, OSHA, Superfund and

Washington, D.C., April 20, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Philadelphia-area investment adviser and its principal with misappropriating millions of dollars in client assets, and obtained an emergency court order freezing their assets. The SEC alleges that through a commingled brokerage account, Donald Anthony Walker Young of Coatesville, Pa., and