Lawfuel – The Law Newswire – London – DLA Piper UK LLP has advised Bank of Scotland Corporate on its joint acquisition with London & Regional Properties of David Lloyd Leisure Ltd from Whitbread Plc for £925 million. The acquisition vehicle, called Versaille Bidco Ltd, is jointly owned by London & Regional Properties and Bank […]

Lawfuel – The Law Newswire – Washington, D.C., June 5, 2007 – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today a settled enforcement action against International Business Machines Corporation for making materially misleading statements in a chart concerning the impact that the company’s decision to expense employee stock options would have on its first quarter 2005

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Whole Foods Market Inc. said on Tuesday that they would challenge U.S. anti-competition regulators that plan to file a lawsuit aimed at blocking the supermarket chains’ proposed merger, Reuters report. Whole Foods, the largest natural and organic grocer, announced plans to buy Wild Oats in February, after coming under

WASHINGTON, June 5 LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire — A former civilian employee of the Department of Defense (DOD) and former member of the California Army National Guard, has pleaded guilty to defrauding the United States and conspiring with four other individuals to do the same, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal

LAWFUEL – The Bush administration was severely dented by the jailing of formery Cheney aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby, who received a two-and-a-half year sentence for perjury and obstruction of justice, as reported by The Guardian. Libby, 54, was chief of staff and national security adviser to the vice-president, Dick Cheney, one of the leading advocates

DALLAS, June 4 LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire — The international law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is continuing its role as one of the top energy law firms in the world with the launch of the firm’s Climate Change and Renewable Energy Practice Group. The group will assist businesses worldwide, including those

WASHINGTON, June 4 LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire — Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today following the federal indictment of Congressman William Jefferson of Louisiana: “The charges in the indictment against Congressman Jefferson are extremely serious. While Mr. Jefferson, just as any other citizen, must be considered innocent until proven guilty, if these

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Paris Hilton’s first night in jail has passed well, according to reports and, according to website TMZ.com, she is a “model citizen” in jail, polite, gracious and thankful. Wearing a short-sleeved, orange jumpsuit and has handled the first hours of incarceration well. While not teary, she has been kept

LAWFUEL – Law Newswire – In a major victory for TV networks, a U.S. appeals court on Monday overruled federal regulators who decided that expletives uttered on broadcast television violated decency standards, Reuters report. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York, in a divided decision, said that the U.S. Federal