LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – WASHINGTON, D.C., December 11, 2007 — Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that prominent intellectual property attorney Richard P. Gilly has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as partner. Gilly focuses his practice on IP counseling and litigation. “Richard is another strong addition to our rapidly expanding IP team,” […]

LAWFUEL – the Legal Newswire – NEW YORK – Howell W. Melton, Jr., Managing Partner of Holland & Knight LLP, has announced that 18 attorneys in the firm have been elected to partnership effective January 1, 2008. Ten associates and eight senior counsel located in various offices throughout the firm were elevated. They are: Boston

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Washington, D.C., – The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a settled civil fraud action yesterday against San Diego’s independent auditor in connection with the city’s false and misleading financial statements in five 2002 and 2003 bond offerings. According to the Commission’s complaint, the independent auditor issued unqualified audit reports

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Washington, D.C. – The Securities and Exchange Commission today unanimously approved changes that will give smaller companies faster and easier access to capital when they need it or market conditions are favorable. Specifically, the Commission adopted amendments to the eligibility requirements of Form S-3 and Form F-3 of the

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – December 11, 2007, Washington, D.C.) – Steptoe & Johnson LLP, a leading international law firm, today announced that Richard R. Verma will rejoin the firm after serving five years as a key senior policy advisor to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Effective immediately, Mr. Verma will be a partner

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – DENVER – Troy A. Eid, United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, Jeffrey D. Sweetin, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge of the Rocky Mountain Field Division, Joe Pelle, Boulder County Sheriff, and Paul D. Schultz, Lafayette Police Chief, announced that a federal grand jury in Denver

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Three Venezuelans and an Uruguayan national were arrested last night and appeared in federal court in Miami today on charges of acting and conspiring to act as agents of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela within the United States, without prior notification to the Attorney General of the United States,

LAWFUEL – While the Texas couple charged with the murder of the baby known as “baby Grace”, a lawyer for the stepfather said his client is innocent. The lawyer was reported by AP as claiming that Kimberly Dawn Trenor had blamed his client for the death of the two-year-old but he was not guilty of

LAWFUEL – Legal Announcement Service – ~ Mortgage company settlement addressed inflated loan appraisals, misrepresentation of home loan terms ~ TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum and Office of Financial Regulation Commissioner Don Saxon today announced that restitution checks from Ameriquest Mortgage Company and its related companies have been mailed to more than 27,000