NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2004 LAWFUEL – Best for law news, legal news, law, attorneys, legal research International law firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is pleased to announce that two highly regarded English insurance transactional lawyers, Jeremy Hill and Vivienne de Chermont, will be joining the firm. Both lawyers have extensive experience in transactions in […]

New York, NY – September 7, 2004 LAWFUEL – Best for law, law news, legal news, law research – The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that David K. Schumacher has been named Managing Partner of its Houston office. Since 2003, Mr. Schumacher has been fulfilling the role as interim managing

Hong Kong, 31 August, 2004 LAWFUEL – Best for law, law news, legal news, legal research – Baker & McKenzie’s Major Projects Group in Hong Kong advised K-Power, a joint venture company between SK Corporation of Korea and BP Plc, on its US$2 billion 20-year LNG Sale and Purchase Agreement from the Tangguh LNG Project

5 September 2004 LAWFUEL – Best for law, law news, legal news, attorneys, legal research Two men fighting for older workers to have employment rights are waiting to consider their next step after the Court of Appeal today turned down their case. Mr John Rutherford, 72, and Mr Samuel Bentley, 76, had initially won their

OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 3, 2004 LAWFUEL – Best for law, law news, legal news, attorneys, legal research On Friday, September 3, 2004, at 2:00 p.m., Alameda Superior Court Judge Ronald M. Sabraw approved the parties’ plan for final resolution of the largest overtime pay class action ever tried in the United States. The lawsuit, Bell

PARIS, 4 September 2004 LAWFUEL – Best for law, law news, legal news, attorneys, legal research —Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that François Bloch has joined its Paris office as a partner in the firm’s corporate practice group and a member of the Orrick European Executive Committee. Bloch is a former partner at

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3, 2004 LAWFUEL – Best for law, law news, legal news, attorneys, law research Documents filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on Thursday September 2, 2004, indicate that the members of the Group 213, including Snoop Dogg, Warren G and Nate Dogg, as well as,

Augut 23 2004 LAWFUEL – Best for law, law news, legal news, attorneys, legal research OnWednesday, August 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan ruled in favor of the Martha Graham Dance Center, reaffirming its right to ownership of the overwhelming majority of Graham’s dances, sets and costumes. Damages were

3 September 2004 LAWFUEL – Best of law, law news, legal news, attorneys, legal researchAllen & Overy has advised WestLB, as the largest shareholder, on the sale of the Odeon cinema chain to private equity firm, Terra Firma Capital Partners. Private Equity partner Jeremy Hunt and Head of the Financial Institutions Group, Alistair Asher led

CHICAGO, Sept. 2, 2004 LAWFUEL – Best for law, law news, legal news, attorneys, legal research — Two environmental groups can press forward with a lawsuit to halt the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District’s raw sewage discharges into Lake Michigan after the case was upheld today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit