ATLANTA (February 15) – LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that Partner and Former U.S. Congressman Elliott Levitas received the Thomas B. Murphy Lifetime Achievement Award from the Democratic Party of Georgia at the 2008 Jefferson-Jackson Dinner held on January 30. The Democratic Party of Georgia honored “hardworking Democrats” from Georgia’s 13 […]

LAWFUEL – Legal Announcements On April 8 and 9, Cravath partner Jeffrey A. Smith will participate in the Sustainable Manufacturing Summit, to be held at the Art Instutue of Chicago, in which representatives from multinational companies will discuss issues relating to sustainable production and renewable energy. Jeff will serve on a panel entitled “Anticipating a

Chicago, February 14, 2008 – LAWFUEL – Law Firm Newswire – Project Finance Magazine, a Euromoney publication, in its February 2008 issue has selected the recent bond refinancing by the Panama Canal Railway Company (PCRC) as its “2008 Latin American Refinancing Deal of the Year.” Baker & McKenzie represented PCRC, a joint venture company owned

LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – Linklaters has elected highly regarded Italian M&A partner, Francesco Stella, to join the firm’s corporate practice in Milan. Francesco joins Linklaters from Giliberti Pappalettera Triscornia e Associati, where he has been a partner since 2002, focusing on the acquisition and sale of public and private companies, asset acquisitions, disposals and

SAN FRANCISCO–LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire –Seyfarth Shaw LLP, one of America’s leading full service law firms, announced that Laura J. Maechtlen, an attorney with the Labor and Employment Department in the firm’s San Francisco office, has been elected President of the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association. The National Lesbian and Gay Law Association is

PHILADELPHIA– LAWFUEL – Litigation Newswire –The law firm of Spector, Roseman & Kodroff, P.C. announces that a securities class action lawsuit was commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, on behalf of purchasers of the securities of SunOpta Inc. (“SunOpta” or the “Company”) (NasdaqGS:STKL) (Toronto:SOY.TO) between May 8,

LawFuel – What’s interesting about the Ron Paul revolution is the recognition obtained from a younger generation for the message of an older generation ‘constitutional hero’. Ron Paul’s message resonates with many younger, freedom-seeking voters (or non-voters) because he not only sounds a healthy message based on essential freedoms, but he sounds like a non-politician.

LAWFUEL – Law Firm Newswire – DLA Piper has announced its global revenue for the year ending 31 December 2007, which is up 18.7% to over $2.1billion/£1billion/€1.5billion. DLA Piper also indicated that its profits per equity partner were up 8.3% for the year to $1.281 million. These numbers confirm that the firm has performed increasingly