NEW YORK, July 6, 2007 LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire — The Brualdi Law Firm announces that a securities class action lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Threshold”) (Nasdaq:THLD) common stock during the period between February […]

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Reuters reports that New Jersey became on Friday the first U.S. state to mandate sharp greenhouse gas reductions by 2050 to help fight climate change. The law, signed by Gov. Jon Corzine, a Democrat, makes New Jersey the latest state to bypass the Bush administration by setting mandatory regulations

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – London law firms dominate global legal markets, according to a survey of legal firms published in the UK yesterday, reported in The Times. Partners are regularly earning in excess of £1 million a year with profits per partner up by 12 per cent, the data from Legal Business magazine

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire Service – The White House yesterday ridiculed Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton for complaining about President Bush’s decision to keep former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby Jr. out of jail, saying their criticism smacks of hypocrisy, the Washington Post reports. “I don’t know what Arkansan is for chutzpah, but

LONDON and NEW YORK, July 5 LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire Service — Incisive Media, a leading business information provider, and ALM, a leading integrated media company, today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement under which Incisive Media will acquire ALM from U.S. Equity Partners, L.P. for a total value of approximately $630

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Incisive Media, a British provider of business news, said yesterday that it would pay about $630 million to buy the publisher of The American Lawyer and other publications as it seeks to increase its product range and strengthen its business in North America, the New York Times reports. Incisive’s

DALLAS – Andrews Kurth lawyer Mark Solomon has been appointed as Managing Partner of the firm’s Dallas office. He will also serve as a member of the newly formed Executive Committee which was created in conjunction with the election of a new firm-wide Managing Partner. “I am both honored and humbled by this incredible opportunity,”

LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – The Wall Street Journal – When President Bush issued an executive order in May barring federal agencies from hiring private lawyers on a contingency fee basis, the press corps yawned. But Mr. Bush was getting out ahead of one of the bigger legal battles now raging across the country: prosecutorial

SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES, July 5, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, the national law and consulting firm, announced today that it has signed a lease for new office space at 111 Sutter Street in San Francisco’s financial district. Manatt will occupy two floors with office space