LawFuel.com LEV L. DASSIN, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, JOSEPH M. DEMAREST, JR., the Assistant-Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and RAYMOND W. KELLY, the Police Commissioner for the City of New York, announced the arrival late yesterday of ABDUWALI […]
President Obama answered the call of the left Tuesday by opening the door for prosecution of the Bush administration lawyers who wrote the so-called “torture memos,” which cleared the way for the CIA to use harsh interrogation methods when questioning suspected terrorists. But that doesn’t mean those attorneys will end up facing prison sentences any
LawFuel.com – Legal Announcement Service – Addition of experienced regulatory and compliance investment management partner bolsters investment management, funds formation, structured products, private equity and corporate finance practices New York, April 15, 2009… Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Brynn Peltz has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in
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New book outlines how entrepreneurs are unbundling services to respond to corporate cost-reduction mandates; 19 interviews included ROYAL OAK, Mich., April 2 LawFuel — The demands of a changing marketplace are forcing the legal industry, rooted in century-old law firms and billing practices, to behave less like a profession and more like a business. A
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HOUSTON (LAWFUEL) – – Richard O. Faulk and John S. Gray, co-chairs of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP’s Public Policy Litigation practice, will receive the Distinguished Law Firm award at the 10th annual Burton Awards, to be held June 15 at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The two attorneys, partners in Gardere’s Houston office,
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LawFuel.com – In the latest success story for our Intellectual Property Group and its leading ITC practice, the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) issued a final determination in favor of client Funai on April 10. The victory for Japan-based Funai Electric and its affiliate, U.S.-based Funai Corporation, Inc. (collectively “Funai”), comes against 14 respondents including
LawFuel.com – Legal Announcements – On April 1, 2009, NBC Universal, Inc. (“NBCU”), Lifetime Entertainment Services (“Lifetime”) and The Weinstein Company settled a dispute over the reality television series “Project Runway”. Project Runway will now be telecast on Lifetime. In February 2008, The Weinstein Company licensed the exclusive rights to future episodes of the show
LAWFUEL.COM – Legal Announcements – The fourth defendant in a mortgage fraud scheme that fraudulently collected more than $1 million in loan proceeds was convicted today on federal charges for acting as a “straw borrower” who posed as the purchaser of one of the properties. Lisa Lievanos, 45, was convicted of five felony counts –
President Obama’s early moves to condemn torture, order the closure of Guantanamo and commit to combat climate change won him accolades from international human rights advocates turned off by the go-it-alone attitude of the Bush administration. Now the world’s lawyers are worried that those goals could languish on the diplomatic back burner as the president
DALLAS (LAWFUEL) – Paul E. Coggins and Bill Mateja, principals in the White Collar, Government and Securities Litigation Section of the national law firm of Fish & Richardson P.C., have earned recognition among the “Best Personal Lawyers in Dallas 2009” in D Magazine. The 2009 “Best Lawyers” list honors 94 of the top lawyers in
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