(HOUSTON)LAWFUEL – Andrews Kurth LLP is one of only two law firms named to receive the 2008 CEO Diversity Leadership Award. The award is presented annually by Diversity Best Practices (DBP) to recognize leadership and commitment to inclusion and opportunities for all. DBP, the nation’s preeminent organization for diversity thought leaders, will present the award […]
The White House today challenged president-elect Barack Obama to make good on his campaign promise to close Guantanámo Bay saying “it’s not so easy” to shut down the notorious detention centre. Hopes that Obama would move swiftly to dismantle the detention facility rose after the Associated Press reported today that his legal advisers were drafting
New York, November 11, 2008 – LawFuel – Legal Announcements – Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that the firm will serve as the primary provider of intellectual property law services for Alcoa Inc. pursuant to an agreement signed last week. According to the terms of the agreement, Greenberg Traurig will perform the majority of Alcoa’s non-adversarial
The demise of the 118-year-old Heller Ehrman has left questions about what went wrong. Heller died because its partners lost confidence in their leaders. And three critical decisions proved to be turning points on the road to Heller’s death. When Heller Ehrman partners gathered at Santa Barbara, California’s Bacara Resort & Spa in March 2007,
LawFuel – US Legal Newswire – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that STEVEN BYERS, the former President and Chief Executive Officer of private equity firm WexTrust Capital, LLC, and JOSEPH SHERESHEVSKY, a former principal and Chief Operating Officer of WexTrust Capital, LLC, were indicted today
Posted by Andrew Longstreth The Am Law Daily has learned that Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll name partner Michael Hausfeld will be striking out on his own. The reasons for his departure were unclear but on Friday he sent a brief e-mail to attorneys he had been working with indicating that he had been “expelled”
LawFuel – Legal Announcments – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Anthony V. Mangione, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Office of Investigations, Harold Woodward, Director of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and Rear Admiral Steve Branham, Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, 7th District, announce
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DALLAS – Haynes and Boone, LLP has bolstered its bankruptcy and business reorganization practice by adding ten lawyers to the group over the last 20 months. “Our group is busy now, and we’re expecting a very active 2009,” said Steve Pezanosky, who heads the firm’s Bankruptcy and Business Reorganization Section. Most of the new lawyers
DALLAS (LAWFUEL) – Haynes and Boone, LLP has bolstered its bankruptcy and business reorganization practice by adding ten lawyers to the group over the last 20 months. “Our group is busy now, and we’re expecting a very active 2009,” said Steve Pezanosky, who heads the firm’s Bankruptcy and Business Reorganization Section. Most of the new
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NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2008 (LAWFUEL) — Roy Jacobs & Associates announces that it is investigating possible securities law violations by McDermott International Inc. (NYSE:MDR) (“McDermott” or the “Company”) as a result of the announcement of markedly reduced third quarter earnings, which included a $90 million charge at the gross-margin level on three large on-going
