LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – Washington, D.C., July 2, 2007 – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a $37 million Fair Fund distribution to more than 300,000 investors who were harmed by fraudulent mutual fund market timing in the Columbia Funds between 1998 and 2003. The distribution is the first in a series of […]

LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – PETAH TIKVA, Israel- ECI Telecom Ltd. (NASDAQ: ECIL – News), a global provider of networking infrastructure equipment, today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement for the Company to be acquired by affiliates of the Swarth Group, an investment vehicle controlled by Shaul Shani, and certain funds

LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – Robert Huffman and Peter Hutt have joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as partners in the litigation practice in Washington, the firm announced today. Messrs. Huffman and Hutt represent defense contractors, health care systems, technology companies, and construction companies on the full spectrum of government contracts issues, ranging

WASHINGTON – LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire: The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today rejected Lewis Libby’s request to remain free on bail while pursuing his appeals for the serious convictions of perjury and obstruction of justice. As a result, Mr. Libby will be required to turn himself over to the Bureau

The legal battle between Larry Birkhead and his former attorney Debra Opri reveal an increasingly unpleasant legal war, according to website TMZ.com. In Birkhead’s legal filings, he claims that Opri, over the course of several years, has “made unsecured loans to a friend of hers named John Wu” totaling roughly $200,000. According to the filing,

LAWFUEL – The American Business Lawwire – Today’s Daily Deal noted that Calgary oil services provider CCS Income Trust will be acquired by a management-led investor group for approximately Cdn. $3.5 billion. According to the article, CCS securityholders will receive Cdn. $46 per unit, representing a 21.4 percent premium to the June 28 closing price

PHOENIX, Ariz., July 2, 2007 – LAWFUEL – American Law Newswire — Two nurses in Arizona have brought class action complaints in U.S. District Court against the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association and 12 other Arizona hospital corporations, charging that for years they have conspired to lower the wages paid to temporary nurses at hospitals

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that a man has been arrested at Brisbane airport in relation to the UK bomb plots, the eighth arrest in relation to the bombings. The 27-year-old Brisbane man was arrested at the airport at 11pm yesterday. A search warrant has been issued for further investigation in Brisbane. The Courier Mail

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – President George W. Bush granted “Scooter” Libby his release from prison in the CIA leak case, Bloombergs report – LawFuel’s lead story. Bush acted after a U.S. appellate court today refused to let Libby, 56, stay free during his appeal. Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick