Directors of Publicly Traded Companies Cites Firms with Corporate Expertise BOSTON– LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire –Corporate Board Member magazine has named Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. among the best corporate law firms in Boston, based on the results of the publication’s seventh annual Legal Industry Research Survey. According to the directors […]

Washington, D.C., June 14, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed suit against the principals of a micro-cap technology company as well as two securities lawyers for their role in an illegal “pump and dump” scheme. The Commission alleges that Arizona attorney David B. Stocker and Texas

London – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Allen & Overy is advising Hero Acquisitions Limited, a company financially supported by Och-Ziff and Aurigo, on its GBP310 million acquisition of HSS, the UK tool hire business, from 3i. Aurigo is led by Archie Norman, who will become chairman of HSS upon completion. Chris Davies, the

LAWFUEL – The National Law Journal reports that more than 20 lawyers have filed objections to a $49 million class action settlement with the owner of BAR/BRI, the nation’s largest provider of bar review courses. The antitrust action, filed in 2005, alleged that West Publishing Corp., which owns BAR/BRI, and Kaplan Inc., which sells preparation

June 13, 2007 — LAWFUEL – MS USA Trading, Inc. of North Bergen, NJ, is recalling all lots of 5 ounce tubes of Colgate, because it has the potential to be contaminated with diethylene glycol (DEG) chemical found in anti-freeze. MS USA Trading is concerned about potential risks from chronic exposure to DEG and exposure

WASHINGTON– LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire –Shortly after the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech, I directed Secretary Michael Leavitt, Secretary Margaret Spellings, and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to examine the broad and complex issues raised by this tragedy. I asked them to determine how the federal government could best help to support state and local

WASHINGTON – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire: White House Conference Center Briefing Room 1:09 P.M. EDT MR. SNOW: Hello, everybody. Questions. Q Senator Specter said he wants to negotiate with Fred Fielding about these subpoenas. Is there any negotiating room for the White House — MR. SNOW: We’re going to review the subpoenas and we’ll

SAN FRANCISCO–LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The law firms Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, and Moscone, Emblidge & Quadra, LLP, announced today that Alexis Degelmann and Joseph Lin filed the first nationwide consumer class action lawsuit against Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. (“AMO”) seeking reimbursement for their purchases of Complete MoisturePlus Multi-Purpose Solution. Degelmann

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – John Boultbee, one of four co-defendants in the fraud trial of Conrad Black, was acquitted by a federal judge Wednesday of a fraud charge related to Black’s vacation to Bora Bora in 2001, . Black and his wife used Chicago-based Hollinger International Inc.’s private jet to fly to the

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – A suburban Chicago newspaper filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Tuesday against the Illinois Supreme Court’s chief justice, claiming it can’t fairly appeal a multimillion defamation verdict awarded to the judge because he heads the court. Chief Justice Robert Thomas infected the state judiciary with a “constitutional cancer” by