CHICAGO–LAWFUEL – Legal Announcements –The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced today that Miriam G. Bahcall, Steven M. Malina and Beth A. Black have joined the Litigation Practice in its Chicago office. Bahcall and Malina join as Shareholders, and Black joins as an Associate. Prior to joining the firm, they were with the Chicago […]

WASHINGTON (Lawfuel) – The Internal Revenue Service recently released for public comment the draft instructions to the 2008 Form 990, which is the return most tax-exempt organizations must file annually. The instructions apply to the redesigned Form 990 that organizations will file for their 2008 tax years (returns filed in 2009). The final version of

ARLINGTON, Va LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire –Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul once again demonstrated his tremendous popularity with young people yesterday when he addressed an overflow crowd of 1,200 people at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. On Friday, April 11th, the Texas Republican was met with similar passionate crowds of 800 at Gettysburg College and

<a href= LawJobsPipeline Thelen Reid is the latest firm to announce layoffs, confirmed by AbovetheLaw reporting a layoff of 26 associates and 85 staff firm-wide. That’s a layoff rate of around four per cent of Thelen’s total headcount of 600 lawyers. Thelen co-chair Stephen O’Neal told ATL that the layoffs were spread out among groups,

TUCSON, Ariz.(Lawfuel) – Francisco Javier Morquecho-Valdez, 19, of Mexico was arrested and charged with one count of Transporting Illegal Aliens for Profit Resulting in Death. He made his initial appearance in Tucson federal court this afternoon and is scheduled for Detention and Preliminary hearings on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. Two illegal aliens

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Lawfuel – DLA Piper is pleased to announce it has won the ‘Asia Pacific Real Estate Law Firm of the Year’ award, organised by Asiacre.com. Already established as the leading real estate practice globally, this award spotlights DLA Piper’s real estate expertise as unsurpassed in the region. The ‘Asia Pacific Real Estate Law Firm of

ATLANTA, April 14, 2008 – Lawfuel — Holzer Holzer & Fistel, LLC is investigating possible violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 related to the WellPoint Inc. (“WellPoint” or the “Company”) (NYSE:WLP) 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (the “Plan”). The investigation centers on whether WellPoint and the Plan administrators breached their fiduciary duties

Lawfuel – The Dallas law firm of Shackelford, Melton & McKinley, LLP, is pleased to announce that Bart Wulff has joined the firm’s litigation section as a partner. Mr. Wulff’s practice focuses on commercial litigation and insurance coverage litigation. Mr. Wulff has been involved in major litigation involving commodity anti-trust issues, letter of credit disputes,