16 March 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – International law firm Herbert Smith announced today that it has promoted nine lawyers to its partnership. They are: Corporate Kevin Roy Thiha Tun John Geraghty James Milne Finance Malcolm Hitching Alison Deeth Real estate Matthew White Projects/global energy (Paris) Rebecca Major Dispute resolution (Tokyo) […]

The headline grabbing work of young British artists isn’t something most people associate with the apparently staid world of commercial law. And yet the two are coming together this morning as leading legal services organisation DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary (“DLA Piper”) announces it is to provide the largest sponsorship package in the history of

15 March 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Defendant Downloaded Proprietary Information, Read Email of Company President and Deleted Files The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced today that Mark Erfurt, 39, of Orange, California, was sentenced yesterday in federal court in San Jose to 5 months

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on Monday the appointment of a new technical advisory group (TAG) that will review regulations affecting hospital and physician responsibilities under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) to individuals who come to the hospital seeking treatment for a medical condition. The TAG, which was

Kilpatrick Stockton LLP announced today that Steve Berlin has been elected to serve on the firm’s Executive Committee. Mr. Berlin heads the firm’s Environmental Practice Group and is located in the Winston-Salem office. Mr. Berlin’s practice focuses on environmental law and litigation. He is listed in the 2005-2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America

Schatz & Nobel, P.C. Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Cell Therapeutics, Inc. HARTFORD, Conn., March 11 /PRNewswire/ — The law firm of Schatz & Nobel, P.C., which has significant experience representing investors in prosecuting claims of securities fraud, announces that a lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in the United States District Court

12 March 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced that Robert Lyttle, 21, of Pleasant Hill, California, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Oakland to hacking into government computers and then defacing government websites with material illegally obtained from those

REDMOND, Wash. and SANTA ROSA, Calif., March 11 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Burst.com, Inc. (OTC: BRST) today announced that the two companies have reached an agreement in principle resolving all claims in Burst’s lawsuit against Microsoft. Microsoft will pay $60 million to Burst for the

ATLANTA, March 11 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Atlanta Bar Association issued a statement regarding the murders today of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Rowland Barnes and two other court personnel: “We are deeply stunned and saddened by the tragic murder this morning of Judge Rowland Barnes and a Fulton

11 March 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – A Pico Rivera man has been found guilty on various charges related to a loan fraud scheme in which he and others submitted fraudulent loan applications for mortgages that were insured by the Federal Housing Administration. As a result, mortgages were issued to unqualified