LawFuel.com – The firm mourns the death of our partner and friend Harold F. Moore, 67. As the founder and longtime leader of our project finance practice, Hal played an important role in our development as an international firm, representing underwriters, banks, borrowers, issuers and project sponsors in major matters across the globe. Hal joined […]
Sylvia Stolz, a former German lawyer who has links with the country’s extreme right movement has been sentenced to 20 months’ jail for inciting racial hatred and denying the holocaust. The offences arose as a result of a speech given by Ms Stolz in 2012 when she said a court of law had never proved
The odor of rotten eggs resulted in calls to the Stafford Township Police Department in New Jersey. According to Volunteer Fire Chief Jack Johnson residents of the area near the home reported a strong smell of natural gas. Johnson said firefighters, police and gas company workers went to area houses to evacuate residence of nearby
Silicon Valley lawsuits normally involve IP or antitrust issues, not sex discrimination, sexual harassment and other more seedy suits. However the current suit-de-jour in the Valley is the lawsuit by form Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers employee Ellen Pao. Kleiner Perkins’ are the most famous of all Silicon Valley’s venture capitalists and to have a
The man who shot “American Sniper” Chris Kyle and another man two years ago has been found guilty. Former marine Eddie Ray Routh’s trial was a high profile affair following the shooting death of Kyle and the other man at a shooting range two years ago. The “American Sniper” movie has been a massive box
LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury today indicted a Dutch national on federal computer hacking and identity theft charges related to the theft of digital versions of three motion pictures. Joey Vogelaar, who used the online monikers of “TyPeR” and “neXus,” was named in a two-count indictment that alleges unauthorized access
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LawFuel.com – Vannin Capital, the market leading third party litigation funder, is pleased to announce its attendance at the 18th Annual International Arbitration Day on 26 and 27 February in Washington. Jointly presented by the International Bar Association (IBA) Arbitration Committee and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) the two day event
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LawFuel.com – Hogan Lovells represented 3M in its definitive agreement with Polypore International Inc. to acquire the assets and liabilities associated with Polypore’s Separations Media business for a total purchase price of US$1.0 billion. The Hogan Lovells cross-border, multidisciplinary team was led by Washington D.C. corporate partners Joseph Gilligan, Paul Manca, Brian O’Fahey, and
SANTA ANA, California – A Huntington Beach woman was sentenced today to 63 months in federal prison for embezzling nearly $3.5 million from her former employer, a warehouse and trucking-services company. Patricia A. Francisco, 62, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Cormac J. Carney after the defendant pleaded guilty in August to four
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It has been one of the more high profile workplace discrimination lawsuits, involving gender issues and filed by the media personality and ‘trans blogger’ B Scott in 2013 against BET and parent company Viacom for $2.5 million and has been settled. The gender issues involved the personality being discriminated against for dressing in clothing that
