Washington, D.C., Aug. 9, 2004 – Legal news, law news, law firm news & research at LAWFUEL The Securities and Exchange Commission today brought the first enforcement action charging insurance companies with securities fraud for facilitating market timing of mutual funds through the sale of variable annuities. The insurance companies are subsidiaries of Conseco, Inc. […]

New York Legal news, law news, law firm announcements + research at LAWFUELSkadden is representing Caesars Entertainment, Inc. in its acquisition by Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. in a transaction that will create the world’s largest gaming concern. The total transaction value, including assumption of Caesars debt, is approximately $9.44 billion. The combined entity will have 56

Los Angeles, August 8, 2004 Legal news, law news, law firm announcements & research at LAWFUEL– Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, a national law and consulting firm, today announced that corporate, finance and banking attorney Barbara S. Polsky has re-joined Manatt as a partner. Ms. Polsky brings to Manatt a wide range of experience in

NEW YORK, NY – 8 August, 2004 Today’s legal news, law news, law firm announcements & research in LAWFUEL The Rosen Law Firm announced today it has filed a class action in the United States District Court, Central District of California on behalf of purchasers of membership interests in Harvest AirPime LLC, Harvest Storage Technology

Sydney, 4 August 2004 Legal news, law news, law firm announcements & research Phillips Fox takes Law Firm of the Year Award Phillips Fox has been recognised by the insurance industry at the inaugural Australia and New Zealand Insurance Awards dinner, winning the Law Firm of the Year Award last week. Presiding judge and CEO

GREENVILLE, S.C., Aug. 4, 2004 Legal news, law news, law firm announcements & researchOgletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P. C. and Haynsworth Baldwin Johnson & Greaves LLC announced today that the two law firms will join forces on September 1, 2004. The combined firm will continue to practice under the name of Ogletree, Deakins,

Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004 legal news, law news, law firm announcements & legal research at LAWFUEL – The Securities and Exchange Commission today entered an order in a pending administrative proceeding accepting the offers of settlement of Grant Thornton LLP, Doeren Mayhew & Co. P.C., Peter M. Behrens, Marvin J. Morris and Benedict P.

7 August, 2004 Legal news, law news, law firm announcements & research at LAWFUELTimothy C. Bickham, 36, and Jonathan C. Drimmer, 35, have both joined the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson as Special Counsel. Bickham is a member of the Intellectual Property Group and will focus his practice on litigating patents, trademarks, and copyrights.

7 August, 2004 Today’s legal news, law news, law firm announcements & research on LAWFUEL Four former employees of Fox Cable Networks (FCN) in West Los Angeles have agreed to plead guilty to criminal copyright infringement for uploading and downloading copyrighted works from a “warez” site that they had secretly maintained on FCN’s computer network

Boston, MA, 7 August 2004 Today’s legal news, law news, law firm announcements & research at LAWFUEL–Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (K&L) is pleased to announce that Derek M. Meisner has joined the firm’s Boston office as Of Counsel in its Securities Enforcement group. Meisner most recently served as Branch Chief of the SEC’s Division of