LAWFUEL – Law Newswire – A US judge in Georgia has overturned a ruling in which a 17-year-old man was imprisoned for 10 years for having consensual oral sex with a teenager, the BBC reports. Genarlow Wilson, now 21, was jailed in 2005 for aggravated child molestation after he was videotaped engaging in the act […]

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Herbert Smith senior partner David Gold has outlined his plan to drive the firm’s European alliance forward, but has ruled out the need for a merger, ‘The Lawyer’ reports. Gold has called an autumn meeting with the new managing partner of Germany’s Gleiss Lutz, Rainer Loges, and his

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – A medical expert has told a House panel that executives with a company that makes a widely used diabetes drug threatened to sue after he raised safety concerns, AP reports. Doctor John Buse says in 1999, he raised questions about heart problems among some patients using Avandia. Buse is

NEW YORK, June 11 LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire — Appleseed — one of the largest legal pro bono networks in the United States — will recognize DuPont General Counsel Stacey J. Mobley and the company’s Legal team for their “unwavering leadership and commitment to promoting pro bono and workplace diversity.” DuPont (NYSE: DD) is

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – A year after her former employer accused her of embezzling funds from her late husband’s New Hampshire law firm, Deborah Woods, 52, of Stratham has been indicted on criminal charges in the case. The Rockingham Country Grand Jury indicted Woods this past Wednesday on five felony counts relating to

London – LAWFUEL – Business & Law Newswire – Allen & Overy LLP has advised Quinlan Private, the private equity real estate group, on the EUR1.17 billion cash purchase of Jurys Inn from JDH Acquisitions. The Jurys Inns business owns and operates hotels in 20 city centre locations, 14 in the UK and 6 in

New York – June 11, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising the D. E. Shaw group in its definitive merger agreement with James River Group, Inc. (James River) under which a Bermuda-based holding company organized by the D. E. Shaw group will acquire James River in a

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – From The Chicago Tribune – Their long friendship had become strained in recent years as they bickered over whether to tailgate and who would drive, so when it looked as if Douglas Warlick would not come through with Chicago Bears tickets this year, Donald Ramsell did what came naturally

LAWFUEL – See LawFuel’s ‘Hot Gossip’ – The controversial, short-lived breakout from the LA penitentiary that Paris Hilton currently calls home was due, according to the font-of-all-Hilton-knowledge the TMZ.com website, was due to her extreme Attention Deficit Disorder and claustrophobia. Beggers belief. If claustrophobia was enough to spring a prisoner then the jails would be

LAWFUEL – The UK Law Newswire – Planning magazine has named Michael Gallimore as the highest rated individual planning solicitor in their annual survey of leading planning solicitors and barristers. Michael was ranked second in last year’s survey. In the ranking of firms, the magazine placed Lovells in third position for planning work, up from