LawFuel – Law Announcement Service – As part of an overall strategy to respond to client needs as they change in today’s economic climate, the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, with a one-of-a-kind U.S. platform and key global locations, has announced the addition of two key shareholders and the opening of a new office
A west African court has found Niger’s government guilty of failing to protect a 12-year-old who was sold into slavery in a landmark decision that may offer hope to thousands of others who are enslaved in the region. Hadijatou Mani, who is now 24, had testified that she had been sold as a slave for
MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and MARK J. MERSHON, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today that JEFFREY WHITE and MORGAN GANTT face charges arising out of an alleged scheme to hack into a computer network
Jurors in Ted Stevens’ corruption trial discovered a mistake in the Alaska senator’s indictment Monday, an embarrassing gaffe for Justice Department prosecutors that could benefit the senator. Stevens, the Senate’s longest-serving Republican, is charged with lying on Senate financial documents about $250,000 in home renovations and gifts he received from a millionaire oil contractor. Among
New York, October 22, 2008 – Baker & McKenzie LLP attorneys from its Global Employment and Global Equity Services Practices recently spoke at Argyle Executive Forum’s 2008 Human Capital Leadership Forum in New York, NY. Firm Partners June Anne Burke (New York) and Susan Eandi (Palo Alto) discussed pitfalls and best practices in managing and
NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2008 (LAWFUEL) — Roy Jacobs & Associates announces that it is investigating Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (“Cadence or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:CDNS) for possible securities law violations resulting from its announcement that it expects to restate its results for the first quarter and first half of 2008 to account for $24 million
OMAHA, NE – October 27, 2008 (LAWFUEL)- Gabriel Technologies Corporation (GWLK.PK), a homeland security company focused on asset tracking and physical security for the transportation and shipping industries, announced today the filing of a federal court lawsuit against San Diego-based technology giant Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) on behalf of Gabriel Technologies and its Trace Technologies,
Hong Kong (LAWFUEL) – DLA Piper today announced Joseph Christian, one of the most highly-regarded real estate lawyers in the United States, has joined the Real Estate Practice group as partner in the Hong Kong office. Mr Christian has relocated from DLA Piper’s Boston office where he focused on real estate and real estate capital
In a seminar at New York University School of Law on Thursday night, Lipton was part of a panel that included retired Goldman Sachs Chairman Stephen Friedman (currently the chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York) and Joseph Rice III, the founder and chairman of New York-based private equity firm Clayton Dubilier &
Who’s the person for the top spot, the Attorney General? From the Obama camp comes: Eric HolderCurrently: Partner, Covington & BurlingLaw school: Columbia (1976) Holder and Obama have been friends since they hit it off at a dinner party in 2004. He is the consummate Washington insider—a familiar fixture in the Clinton administration, but well-known
