LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Legal Week reports that The Bar Council has elected Timothy Dutton QC of Fountain Court Chambers as its new chairman, the body announced today (27 July). Dutton – the current vice-chairman of the Bar – will take up the post on 1 January, 2008, after standing unopposed in an […]

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Michael Vick’s high-profile legal team must master public-relations challenges, as much as legal hurdles, in the NFL star’s potentially career-ending trial on federal dogfighting charges, MSNBC reports. “Obviously, it’s a nightmare,” said lawyer Mark J. Geragos, who represents Barry Bonds’ personal trainer Greg Anderson, who’s in prison for refusing

LAWFUEL – The Chicago Tribune reports on the third attempt at parole from triple murderer William Heirens. William Heirens, his legs swollen from diabetes, pushes himself slowly in his wheelchair toward his visitors at the state prison. “I figure I’ll be getting out this year,” he predicted last week in a Tribune interview. “It’s a

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Lawfuel’s lead story – Convicted media magnate Conrad Black has hired the lawyer used by Frank Quattrone to represent him on his appeal. Mayer Brown partner Andrew Frey, 68, a Manhattan-based partner in the firm is regarded as one of the best appeals lawyer in the country.

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ conflicting testimony was explained by The White House yesterday. Associated Press report that the White House explained that apparently conflicting testimonies from Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III were not at odds. Appearing Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee,

LOS ANGELES, July 27, 2007 LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire — Notice is hereby given that Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP has filed the Class Action lawsuit currently pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on behalf of a class (the “Class”) consisting of all persons or entities who

WASHINGTON – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Joseph P. Nacchio, 57, the former chief executive officer of Qwest Communications International Inc., was sentenced to 6 years in prison for insider trading, the Justice Department announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge Edward Nottingham also ordered Nacchio to pay over $52 million in restitution that will

Washington, D.C., July 26, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Dr. James A. Overdahl has been named SEC Chief Economist and will lead the Commission’s Office of Economic Analysis. Dr. Overdahl has served as Chief Economist of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission since 2002. SEC

NEW YORK, July 27, 2007 LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire — The Rosen Law Firm announced today that investors have ten days or until August 6, 2007 to request to serve as a lead plaintiff in the securities class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of Telik, Inc. (“Telik” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:TELK) common stock