DALLAS, September 15, 2004 LAWFUEL Best for attorney news, law firms, law, legal research – Piper Rudnick partners Ann Hurwitz and Michael Santa Maria have again been named to The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, the law firm reports. Ms. Hurwitz and Mr. Santa Maria are partners in the firm’s Franchise and Distribution practice […]

Washington, D.C., Sept. 14, 2004 LAWFUEL – Best for law news, SEC, law firms, attorneys, legal research – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has instituted settled enforcement proceedings against San Francisco-based broker-dealer Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. The Commission charged that Schwab allowed investment adviser customers to change mutual fund orders

Tokyo – 14 September 2004LAWFUEL – Best for law news, legal research, law, attorney news, litigation news – International law firm Clifford Chance has announced that Michelle Mizutani has joined the firm’s Tokyo office, Clifford Chance Tanaka Akita & Nakagawa, as Senior Associate with the Litigation and Dispute Resolution (L&DR) practice, effective 1st September 2004.

Washington, D.C., Sept. 14, 2004 LAWFUEL – Best for law news, SEC, attorneys, legal research, criminal law – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settlement of enforcement proceedings against grocery wholesaler Fleming Companies, Inc., of Lewisville, Texas, for securities fraud and other violations arising from material earnings overstatements during late 2001 and the first

DALLAS, Sept. 14 2004 LAWFUEL – Best for law firms news, law news, legal research, attorney news Michael J. Uhl, an Assistant United States Attorney, best-known for gaining convictions against Republic of Texas separatist Richard McLaren and former Dallas City Councilman Al Lipscomb, is leaving government service to enter private practice. Mr. Uhl will be

September 14, 2004 LAWFUEL – Best for law news, legal research, corporate finance, banking law Leading commerical law firm, Phillips Fox has advised St.George Bank Corporate Finance on its senior debt funding of the merger of Australian Electronic Manufacturing Services’ (AEMS) repair and manufacturing businesses. AEMS is owned and controlled by Pacific Equity Partners (PEP).

Philadelphia, PA – September 13, 2004 LAWFUEL – Best for attorney news, legal research, law firms Neil Boyden Tanner, an attorney with Pepper Hamilton LLP, recently was elected by the executive committee of the Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (International Association of Young Lawyers, or “AIJA”) as its National Representative from the United States. In

14 September, 2004 LAWFUEL – Best for criminal law, attorney news, law firms, legal research The former chief executive of a Southern California electronics company, who was convicted of “cooking” the company’s books and making false statements to the Securities and Exchange Commission, was sentenced today to six months in federal prison and ordered to

CHICAGO September 14, 2004 LAWFUEL – Best attorney news, law firms, legal research – Sixty-five lawyers from the Chicago office of Piper Rudnick LLP have been named Leading Lawyers in Illinois by the Leading Lawyers Network. The prestigious survey cites only attorneys who have been most often recommended by their peers in the network’s statewide

New York, NY 13, September 2004 LAWFUEL – Best for law news, attorney news, legal research, law marketing Organizational and social psychology scholar Jeannine M. Rupp joins Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (K&L) as firmwide Director of Professional and Personal Life Integration. As Director, Rupp will lead the firm in further developing a corporate culture and