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Arbitration Over Cross-Border Lingerie Franchise Results in California Supreme Court Decision Confirming Broad Arbitrator Powers Los Angeles (June 23, 2008) LAWFUEL – Trial lawyers with global law firm Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. represented Celine Gueyffier in an appeal before the California Supreme Court that resulted in a landmark decision bolstering the role of private […]

CHICAGO (LAWFUEL) – Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the United States, is pleased to announce that Jeffery A. Handelman, a shareholder and chair of Brinks’ Trademark Group, and Christopher A. Harkins, an attorney in the firm’s Chicago office, are recipients of 2008 Burton Awards, which are

DENVER – Terrice Gay Hutchinson, age 53, of Denver, Colorado, was arrested without incident this morning by Special Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for phoning in a bomb threat to Southwest Airlines. Hutchinson made her initial appearance where she was advised of the charges pending against her. Her next court appearance will

AUSTIN (LAWFUEL) – McKool Smith, PC, one of the country’s leading intellectual property and commercial litigation trial firms, is expanding its Austin offices with the addition of three experienced attorneys. Joining the firm are senior counsel Trent E. Campione and associates Victoria L. Wicken and Ramzi R. Khazen. All three come to McKool Smith from

NEW YORK, June 24, 2008 (LAWFUEL) — The law firm of Harwood Feffer LLP announces its investigation of possible violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) by Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc (“Lehman Brothers”) (NYSE:LEH) and certain of its officers, directors, and employees. Specifically, Harwood Feffer is investigating whether certain fiduciaries of

HOUSTON (LAWFUEL) – Godwin Pappas & Ronquillo PC is proud to announce that shareholder Amy Dunn Taylor has been named a recipient of a State Bar of Texas Presidential Citation. The award will be presented to Ms. Taylor by State Bar President Gib Walton during the Bar’s Annual Meeting on June 26 in Houston. Presidential

Washington, D.C., June 24, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged St. Louis-based broker-dealer Scottrade, Inc., for fraudulent misrepresentations it made to customers relating to the firm’s execution of their Nasdaq pre-open orders, which are placed after the day’s market close to be executed at the next market opening. Without admitting or

William Lutz, Disclosure and Transparency Expert, Tapped to Lead Effort Washington, D.C., June 24, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox today announced the kickoff of an ambitious effort to examine fundamental questions about the way the SEC acquires information from public companies, mutual funds, brokers, and other regulated entities, and the