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LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – More than a week before a new law further regulating abortion clinics in Missouri would go into effect, Planned Parenthood has filed a federal lawsuit to halt enforcement of it. The suit, filed today, states that if an injunction is not granted, abortion services provided by Planned Parenthood in

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 20, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that prominent IP attorney Johnny A. Kumar has joined the Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the litigation practice group. Kumar is a patent litigation, counseling and transactional attorney handling matters in all areas of electronics

SAN FRANCISCO – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – United States Attorney Scott N. Schools announced that LeRoy Albert Lewis was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston to 24 months in prison, followed by a term of three years of supervised release. This sentence is the result of an investigation by the

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – In its August/September issue, Working Mother magazine names Cravath one of the 2007 Best Law Firms for Women. Cravath is one of just 50 law firms nationwide, and one of only a handful of large New York City-based firms, honored by inclusion on this list. Working Mother and Flex-Time

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Conrad Black had intended to be on a book tour now, selling his Richard Milhous Nixon: The Invincible Quest, but as Judge Amy St Eve ponders what she will sentence him to on November 30, he’s confined to Chicago and Florida. “As it is now,” he explained in Conradese,

HOUSTON–LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Partner Stephen Pate has received a prestigious award for his work leading the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel’s development of an e-discovery manual and program to prepare trial lawyers to handle such work. Pate earned the Joseph R. Olshan Award for his chairmanship of

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – A lawyer for Michael Vick said Monday the NFL star will plead guilty to federal dogfighting conspiracy charges, putting the Atlanta Falcons quarterback’s career in jeopardy and leaving him subject to a possible prison term. The offense is punishable by up to five years in prison and a $250,000

LAWFUEL – By Mark Allenbaugh & Frank Larry for Findlaw Monday, Aug. 20, 2007 – Michael Vick’s lucrative endorsement contracts and career as the Atlanta Falcons’ star quarterback are already all but history, due to his involvement with dog-fighting. In addition, a very vocal public campaign against dog-fighting has been launched by the animal-rights organization

LAWFUEL – Reports from the UK indicate that an arrest may be made in Britain in the coming days in the Madeleine McCann case. Madeleine McCann went missing over three months ago in Portugal, where she was either snatched from her family’s holiday apartment or, reports from police sources have indicated, may have been killed