ST. LOUIS, April 7, 2008 – LAWFUEL – Law Firm Newswire – Bryan Cave LLP has promoted three lawyers to counsel in the firm. Bryan Cave has more than 870 lawyers worldwide. New counsels are: Joseph Heckendorn, Chicago Joseph Heckendorn, formerly an associate at the firm, practices in the area of intellectual property rights, including […]
LAWFUEL – Herbert Smith announced today the promotion of 18 lawyers to its partnership. The promotions take effect from 1 April 2008. From this date, the firm will have a total of 249 partners. The majority of the partners are based in Herbert Smith’s Continental European and Asian offices. The new partners are: Alex Aitken,
The costs from the “boom-boom room” culture at Smith Barney are really starting to add up. After settling a sexual discrimination lawsuit in 1997, the Citigroup unit has agreed to settle again. This time it’s ponying up $33 million to settle claims from some 2,500 current and former female brokers that the company discriminated against
<a href= – Legal Jobs Network – An article in LawFuel.co.nz points out the need for lawyers seeking work in the Middle East, attracted by monstrous salaries and exciting work prospects, need to also carefully research the firms they plan to work for. An article on two Australian lawyers working in Dubai shows the need
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NEW YORK, April 4, 2008 – LAWFUEL – Morrison & Foerster LLP is pleased to announce that the firm was honored with two awards at the International Financial Law Review annual Americas Awards. Morrison & Foerster was awarded for its work in the “Securitization Deal of the Year.” The award honors the firm for its
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Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party is to contest the results of the Zimbabwe election with its poliburo endorsing Mugabe’s fight against Morgan Tsvangirai in a presidential run-off. Although opposition officials say they believe Tsvangirai won the election, they say they will participate in a runoff if official results indicate he received less than the required 50%
LAWFUEL – On April 1, Skadden celebrated its 60th anniversary and on April 2, named 25 new partners based in 11 different offices.
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Los Angeles – LAWFUEL – This morning a federal jury in Los Angeles convicted the owner/operator of several home healthcare service providers of tax fraud charges related to the defendant’s participation in a scheme to divert income form the business she and a co-defendant controlled to their personal benefit. Maria Cecilia Sy Chico, also known
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A New York state judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought against Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld by a legal recruiter who claimed the law firm stiffed him on a partner placement commission. In a suit filed in October 2006, New York headhunter Eric Sivin of Sivin-Tobin Associates claimed he was entitled to a
CAMDEN, N.J.–LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire –Plaintiff’s counsel announced today that a personal injury lawsuit against Baxter Healthcare for a near fatal adverse reaction from its contaminated prescription drug Heparin was filed in federal court in New Jersey, where Baxter Healthcare, a division of Baxter International, manufactured and marketed Heparin. The claimant seeks damages for physical
