Munich, Cologne – LAWFUEL – The Law Office Newswire – DLA Piper today announced that it has opened a new office in Munich, effective 1 August 2007. With offices currently in Cologne, Hamburg and Frankfurt, the Munich office brings DLA Piper’s total number of locations in Germany to four and gives the firm a presence […]

IRVINE, Calif.–LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – El Pollo Loco, Inc., a quick-service restaurant chain specializing in flame-grilled chicken, today announced that a Laredo, Texas jury reached a verdict in a trademark lawsuit filed by El Pollo Loco-Mexico against El Pollo Loco, Inc. in 2004. On July 26, 2007, the jury returned a verdict finding

CITAC General Counsel Lewis Leibowitz to Testify before House Committee on Trade Issues Confronting U.S. Consuming Industries WASHINGTON–LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire CITAC: WHAT: CITAC General Counsel Lewis Leibowitz will testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Trade Sub-Committee on legislative proposals relating to trade with China. WHEN: 9:00 AM on Thursday,

CLEVELAND– LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire –The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Veyance Technologies, Inc. have closed The Carlyle Group’s acquisition of Goodyear’s engineered products division for $1.475 billion, announced March 23, 2007. Thompson Hine LLP advised Goodyear in the transaction. Goodyear’s engineered products division serves customers in the industrial, military and automotive

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Star TV writer Steven Bocho is involved with lawyer-writer David Feige in the creation of a new legal drama to be shown on TNT. The drama revolves around young lawyers who have been friends since law school but now work on opposing sides. Bochco has previously been involved as

Hong Kong, 30 July 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Baker & McKenzie’s mergers and acquisitions team in Hong Kong recently acted for Hong Kong-listed Matrix Holdings Limited (“Matrix”) on its acquisition of all of the equity interests of The Funrise Group for a consideration of US$23 million, subject to certain adjustments. Matrix

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswirre – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Lee Huttenbach, Special Agent in Charge, United States Department of Agriculture, Southeast Region, Office of Inspector General, and David Bourne, Special Agent in Charge, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Criminal Investigations, announced that defendant Timothy Delong

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – New York, NY – July 30, 2007 – Pepper Hamilton LLP announced that it has expanded its New York corporate & securities and tax practices with the addition of partners Mitchell S. Ames and James H. Stevralia. Mr. Ames and Mr. Stevralia join Pepper’s rapidly expanding New York office

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – DALLAS – Fran Phillips, a partner in the Environmental Practice Group at Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, has been selected as a recipient of the Ebby Rose of Distinction Award. The Ebby Rose of Distinction Award is presented to individuals who have exhibited, by their deeds and actions, that they

LAWFUEK – The Legal Newswire – HARTFORD, Conn., July 30, 2007 — The law firm of Schatz Nobel Izard P.C., which has significant experience representing investors in prosecuting claims of securities fraud, announces that a lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New