Washington, D.C., July 29, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox and U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today agreed to make permanent their agencies’ longstanding relationship of sharing information on retirement and investments to protect the $5.8 trillion in retirement assets of American workers, retirees and their families held in […]

Washington, D.C., July 29, 2008 (LAWFUEL)– The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Jonathan W. Burks, Director of the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, will leave the SEC on Aug. 1, 2008, to pursue graduate studies. Mr. Burks, who holds a bachelor’s degree from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, has enrolled

Washington, D.C., July 29, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox today announced the appointment of William M. Schulz as Director of the agency’s Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs. Mr. Schulz replaces Jonathan Burks, who is leaving the SEC on Aug. 1, 2008 to pursue graduate studies at the Paul H.

Washington, D.C., July 29, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Lou L. Pai, the former chairman and chief executive officer of Enron Energy Services (EES), a division of Enron Corp., with illegally selling hundreds of thousands of shares of Enron stock in May and June 2001 on the basis of material

BALTIMORE, MD July 28, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – E. Scott Johnson, Chair of the Intellectual Property practice at Baltimore-based law firm Ober|Kaler, has been elected Chair of the Maryland State Arts Council. His one-year term became effective July 1, 2008. Johnson received a gubernatorial appointment to the Arts Council in 2004, and was re-appointed in 2007

CHICAGO, July 29, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The international law firm Bryan Cave LLP (www.bryancave.com) today announced the firm’s Chicago office will expand, including getting greener and extending its international reach with the arrival of five new lateral partners, two counsel and one associate. “Our office has experienced substantial growth since we first embarked on our

DALLAS (LAWFUEL) — Thompson & Knight LLP has begun the relocation of its Dallas office to a new home in the Dallas Arts District. The new office location continues Thompson & Knight’s long-time commitment to Dallas’ Arts District and the City of Dallas during the Firm’s 120-year history. The Firm will occupy approximately 180,000 square

LawFuel – Legal Newswire Service – As part of the continued growth of Eversheds’ pensions law service, Ingrid Everson has been appointed to head up the 24-strong team of specialist lawyers in the firm’s Birmingham office. Having been with the firm for 15 years, she returns to the Birmingham office after spending two years leading

Represent Corporate, Employment, Intellectual Property, Russia and the CIS Practices New York, July 28, 2008 — LawFuel – Legal Newswire – The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that David Gallai, Jennifer Handz, Dennis Hopkins and Scott Naidech have been named LLP partners in the Firm. “These four new partners exemplify