LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – A Florida man who claims Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 scratches game discs has sued the company, saying the consoles are “negligently designed and manufactured,” FOX News reports. In the lawsuit filed Monday in a Florida federal court, Jorge Brouwer says Microsoft has received thousands of complaints but has not […]

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Legal threats against anyone who used words from the latest Harry Potter books have not occurred with the release this week of the fifth Harry Potter movies, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.” And July 21 is the release of Rowling’s seventh and final Potter book, “Harry

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has been accused of insufficient consultation leading up to its 2006 partners’ pension reform and forcing out its former insolvency partner Peter Bloxham, an employment tribunal heard today, The Lawyer reports. Bloxham, who retired from the firm last October, is making three complaints of direct and

TOKYO– LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire –Steel Partners Japan Strategic Fund (Offshore), L.P. (“SPJSF”) announced that it has submitted an appeal to the Supreme Court of Japan in connection with its request for a provisional injunction barring Bull-Dog Sauce Co. Ltd. (TOKYO:2804) (the “Company”) from initiating anti-takeover measures aimed at diluting SPJSF’s shareholdings and thwarting

Securities Class Action Filings in First Half of 2007 Remain Well Below Historical Averages Fourth Consecutive Below-Average Period May Represent a “Permanent Shift” BOSTON & PALO ALTO, Calif.–LAWFUEL – The Legal & Business Newswire – Securities class action filings are well below historical averages for the fourth consecutive six-month period, finds a new mid-year report

LONDON–LAWFUEL – The Law Issues Newswire – Ernst & Young welcomes today’s publication of the draft directives for Solvency II, which should ultimately lead to a more efficient European insurance market that would better serve the needs of both policyholders and shareholders. Solvency II, when implemented in a few years, will see a change in

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Anthony V. Mangione, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), Rear Admiral David W. Kunkel, Commander 7th Coast Guard District, John Beutlich, Director, Air Operation, Office of Air and Marine, U.S. Customs and Border

Stephen H. Cohen Joins New York Office NEW YORK, June 10, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that Stephen H. Cohen has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Corporate Department. He was previously Senior Counsel in the New York office of Morgan

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – An Orange County man who ran a real estate investment scam that lured victims with bogus claims of large returns on investments in commercial real estate developments was sentenced today to six years in federal prison. Barry Landreth, 38, formerly of Coto de Caza and now of Fullerton, was

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Conrad Black’s trial jury is deadlocked on “one or more” of the charges the media tycoon faces. As a result, the Judge has ordered them to resume deliberations. Read LawFuel’s lead story, from The Guardian. LawFuel – the Law Jobs & Law Newswire.