LawFuel – The Times’ ‘Lawyer of the Week’ is Jules Carey, head of civil liberties (London) at Tuckers Solicitors. Carey acted for Lotfi Raissi, the pilot who was wrongly accused of being the chief instructor and mastermind behind the September 11 hijackers. The Court of Appeal ruled that he is completely exonerated of terror allegations […]

New York, NY, February 26, 2008 – LAWFUEL – Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, one of the world’s leading international law firms, swept all three awards for which it was nominated at the M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards, presented last night at an awards gala at the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, Fla. Cadwalader won the

LawJobsPipeline.com – Legal work takes its toll in many ways, not the least being the demands of work – be they a deal or a trial. What if you could convert outstanding holidays into pay, rather than lose them altogether? Sounds logical, and it’s what Allen & Overy happen to do. A&O have adopted a

LawFuel – A federal judge on Friday unsealed grand jury testimony in which Barry Bonds insisted he had never knowingly used banned drugs even when confronted with documents indicating he had tested positive for steroids, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The contents of Bonds’ 2003 testimony from the BALCO steroids scandal were first reported by

A former assistant administrator of a Writers Guild fund and another woman were charged today with conspiring to embezzle $17,228.61 by creating a bogus beneficiary of a union fund that paid union members for their works that were sold, distributed and aired abroad. In a one-count criminal information filed today, former WGAW Foreign Levies Fund

~ National model for advertising integrity obtained through CyberFraud Task Force settlement ~ TALLAHASSEE, FL – In a significant step toward protecting consumers throughout the nation from unauthorized charges on cell phone bills, Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that AT&T Mobility will be the first wireless company in the nation to police representations made

New York – February 26, 2008 – LAWFUEL – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Galderma Pharma S.A. and its U.S. holding company, Galderma Laboratories, Inc., in connection with Galderma’s definitive agreement to purchase all of the outstanding shares of CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:CGPI), at a price of $16.60 per share in cash, in a

Tampa, Florida – LAWFUEL – United States Attorney Robert E. O’Neill today announced David Alan Smith, a 46 year old resident of Wesley Chapel, Florida, pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud, three counts of mail fraud, and two counts of aggravated identity theft. The maximum penalty Smith faces is 124 years’ imprisonment, a

EVERSHEDS ANNOUNCES NEW REAL ESTATE PARTNER International law firm Eversheds has appointed Andrew Li, as partner, to the firm’s real estate practice group. Andrew joins from Kimbells LLP, where he was the head of their property, construction and projects department. Andrew will be based in the Cambridge office and will have a secondary base in