Washington, D.C., July 3, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Dr. Stewart Mayhew has been promoted to Deputy Chief Economist in the agency’s Office of Economic Analysis. Dr. Mayhew joined the SEC staff in 2002 as a Visiting Academic Scholar, and since 2004 has served as an Assistant Chief Economist,
SHEPPARD MULLIN ADDS IP LITIGATION PARTNERS IN ORANGE COUNTY Partners Steve Hanle and Jennifer Trusso Expand Firm’s Patent Litigation and Life Science Capabilities COSTA MESA, July 3, 2008 — Steven M. Hanle and Jennifer A. Trusso have joined the Orange County office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as partners in the firm’s Intellectual
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LOS ANGELES – LawFuel – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that Robert W. Dickerson has joined the firm as a partner in its Intellectual Property Group in Los Angeles. Formerly the head of Jones Day’s Los Angeles intellectual property group and Managing Partner of Lyon & Lyon, Dickerson has more than 25 years
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It’s A-List season at The American Lawyer. For the sixth year, the magazine applied the A-List algorithm to The Am Law 200 to determine the firms that best embody what it means to be a success in the legal community. As always, there were surprises. There’s a new A-List champ, Munger, Tolles & Olson, which
PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Damian Lancelot Holmes, 31, of Phoenix, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Stephen M. McNamee to 10 years and 4 months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to intentionally driving through a fence and onto an active runway at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. Holmes was also ordered to pay restitution
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The legal industry isn’t known for innovation. But a few upstarts have come up with a business model that challenges the tight grip big law firms hold on corporate business. This new breed of firms is landing blue-chip clients and, in the process, making money. The newcomers aim to provide highly qualified lawyers, often working
MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, JOSEPH R. GUCCIONE, the United States Marshal for the Southern District of New York, and MARK J. MERSHON, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that SAMUEL ISRAEL III surrendered to law
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MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that $115,601,274.69 in forfeited funds has been forwarded to the Clerk of the Court for the Southern District of New York for distribution to the victims of the Bayou hedge fund fraud. SAMUEL ISRAEL III, DANIEL E. MARINO and
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LAWFUEL – Law Newswire – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office, Christopher B. Dennis, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Miami Regional Office, and Bill McCollum,
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HOUSTON (LAWFUEL) – The Rhode Island Supreme Court has unanimously reversed the 2006 public nuisance verdict rendered against three lead paint manufacturers – a verdict that some estimated would cost the defendants more than $2 billion in abatement costs. The decision, issued July 1, 2008, terminates the longest civil proceeding in Rhode Island’s history. The
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