Dallas 17 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law firm, attorney, legal news – Shackelford, Melton & McKinley, LLP, is pleased to announce David T. Norton and Perry L. Butler have joined the firm to establish an Aviation Law Section. Also joining the firm’s Transactional Law practice is Dominic M. Federico. Mr. Norton joins as a […]

15 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – Criminal, legal, law news – A La Mesa man who invented a product and sold his company for $1 million was found guilty this afternoon on several federal charges for failing to pay income taxes on the money generated by the sale. John Zentmyer, 62, who formerly lived in

Relief Sought Includes Penalties, Officer and Director Bars, and Imposition of Voting Trust on Hollinger, International Shares Held by Black and Hollinger, Inc. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law, legal, attorney, SEC news – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has filed an enforcement action in the U.S. District

Washington DC – 16 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – SEC, legal, law news – The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) today filed civil fraud charges in federal court in the Southern District of Florida against six boiler room operations in connection with their operation of a series of recovery room advance-fee schemes directed primarily at

Chicago – LAWFUEL – Law firm, legal, attorney news – Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Stephen P. Bedell has joined the Firm as a partner in the Litigation Department in its Chicago office. Bedell, 50, will focus his practice on financial markets and financial services litigation as a member of the Firm’s Securities

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15 2004 – LAWFUEL – Litigation, legal, law firm news – The following is a statement by Daniel Tarman, Senior Vice President of Visa USA: “Visa will vigorously fight this lawsuit because American Express already got what it wanted from the court — the ability to issue its products through Visa members.

NEW YORK, Nov. 15 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law firm, legal, attorney, energy law news — Enhancing the strength of its diversified energy practice, Dewey Ballantine LLP, a leading international law firm, announced today that David M. Perlman has joined the firm as a partner in the Energy Markets and Regulatory Group. He resides in

15 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law firm, attorney, legal news – Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce the election of eight new partners, effective January 1, 2005. The new partners practice in the firm’s Los Angeles, Munich, New York, Orange County and Washington, D.C. offices. The new partners are: Robert C.

Davis Polk & Wardwell advised Credit Suisse First Boston LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. as joint book-running managers on a $63.25 million initial public offering of 5,750,000 shares of common stock of MarketAxess Holdings Inc. The shares are quoted on the Nasdaq National Market. Based in New York, MarketAxess operates one of the leading

15 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law, legal, attorney news – A team led by partner Bill Cernius in the Orange County office and including lawyers from the London, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Tokyo, Hamburg and Northern Virginia offices, is handling one of the largest and most complex deals on behalf of Infonet