New York – April 8, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP’s trademark litigation practice was recognized as tops in the United States by Managing Intellectual Property magazine at the North America Awards in Washington, D.C. This award was based on Managing IP’s World IP Survey, now in its 13th year of publication. This is […]
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(LAWFUERL) – A 19-year-old North Lakes man has been charged by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) with a range of online child exploitation offences. As a result of information provided by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, in conjunction with AFP information, Federal Agents executed a search warrant yesterday in North Lakes, Queensland. CDs
PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Victor Scott McPeak, Jr., 38, of Surprise, Ariz., pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of Receipt of Child Pornography, a class C felony offense. McPeak is a former fifth grade school teacher who was charged in March 2008. McPeak was initially identified because he purchased child pornography through the use of the
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WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) – Two former senior executives of CSK Auto Corp. (CSK), have been charged in a 31-count indictment for a scheme to manipulate the company’s reported earnings, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division announced today. The indictment, returned on April 7, 2009, by a federal grand jury in Phoenix,
French politicians have rejected a bill which proposed that people caught downloading music illegally three times should be cut off from the internet. The legislation, backed by President Nicolas Sarkozy, would have set a tough global precedent in cracking down on internet piracy. The music industry has been calling for stricter laws as revenues have
New York – April 8, 2009 – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Pernod Ricard in its definitive agreement to sell its Wild Turkey American straight bourbon and related businesses to Gruppo Campari for a total purchase price of US$575 million to be paid in cash. The transaction includes the Wild Turkey brands, along with
LAWFUEL.com – Legal Announcements – SAN DIEGO – U.S. Attorney Karen P. Hewitt announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging 24 individuals with conspiracy to conduct enterprise affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). Specifically, the defendants are charged with using a corrupt enterprise to
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LAWFUEL.COM – US Legal PR Announcements – Group Concludes Successful Launch, Announces Judicial Conference Activities For more information, contact Jamie Moss, newsPRos, 201-493-1027 (April 8, 2009) – James C. Martin, a partner in the Pittsburgh office of Reed Smith LLP, has become the second president of the Bar Association for the Third Federal Circuit (3CBA).
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LawFuel.com – US PR Legal Service NEW YORK (April 8, 2009) – The April issue of Incisive Media’s The American Lawyer takes a close look at the story behind the seriously flawed legal strategy crafted by Wachtell Lipton to shield client Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc. from liability in its busted merger with Huntsman Corporation. When
LAWFUEL.COM – Legal PR Newswire – NEW YORK CITY, April 8, 2009 — Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that Michael Elkin has been named managing partner of the firm’s New York office. He will oversee the nearly 200 lawyers based in New York for the firm. Simultaneously, Elkin was elected to firm’s executive committee.
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