DALLAS – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Wilson Chu, a widely recognized transactions expert with Haynes and Boone, LLP, will address current mergers and acquisitions exit deal terms and strategies at the Practising Law Institute’s “Advanced Venture Capital 2007” event Aug. 10 in San Francisco. Mr. Chu will join Bradley L. Finkelstein of Wilson […]

AUSTIN – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Supreme Court of Texas has named Thomas J. Williams of the Haynes and Boone, LLP Fort Worth office one of three new members of the Board of Disciplinary Appeals (BODA), the judicial body of 12 lawyers charged with hearing certain discipline cases brought against members of

Boston’s Ropes & Gray is trying to tap into the lucrative intellectual-property and private equity business in Asia by opening a law office this fall in Tokyo. The Boston Globe reports that the four-attorney office, the firm’s first overseas, will serve both Japanese and American clients, as well as others trying to take advantage of

LAWFUEUL – The Legal Newswire – A federal US judge has blocked a new California law that would have prohibited the sale of violent video games to children. The law would have prohibited selling or renting a violent video game to anyone in the state under the age of 18, punishable by fines of up

– Anticipated Number of Exhibitors Largest to Date – NEW YORK–LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – What do you get when you cross a rising number of attendees and exhibitors with a speaker roster comprising some of the world’s leading executives? OutsourceWorld New York 2007 — the premier pure-play business trade platform for executives with

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Big fat profits behind the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding have lead to legal action by Tom Hanks and others for unpaid profits. The BBC reports that Hanks, one of the producers of the 2002 comedy hit, accuses Gold Circle Films of providing “inadequate” accounts of the movie’s

Washington, D.C. – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – August 6, 2007: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the addition of partner H. Bryan Brewer, III, to the firm’s expanding Corporate Group. Based in the Washington, D.C. office, Brewer’s practice focuses on public securities, private equity, mergers and acquisitions and export controls.

Hong Kong, August 7, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that Mark J. Lee, formerly a member of Debevoise & Plimpton’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Securities Groups, has joined the firm as a partner in its Hong Kong office. Mr. Lee is the sixth new

August 7, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – In May 2007 Daniel Rooney, a military captain and F-16 fighter pilot in the Oklahoma Air National Guard who served two tours in Iraq, retained Loeb & Loeb LLP. Mr. Rooney utilized the firm’s services to form Fallen Heroes Foundation, an organization dedicated to fund

MAHWAH, N.J.–LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Sharp Corporation filed a lawsuit on August 6, 2007 (US eastern time) alleging infringements of five of its patents on LCD-related technology by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung) and its US subsidiaries Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (SEA) and Samsung Telecommunications America (STA). The suit was filed in the