PHOENIX– LAWFUEL – The Law News Wire – Former Forest Service firefighter Van Bateman, 55, of Flagstaff, Arizona, was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court to 24 months imprisonment followed by 3 years supervised release for setting timber afire on the Coconino National Forest. Bateman was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and $10,390 […]

LAWFUEL – The Financial Times reports that Conrad Black and his wife decorated their New York apartment with lavish furnishings ranging from Louis XVI stools to a shaving table used by Napoleon during his invasion of Russia, jurors in his fraud trial were told on Monday. Details of the lifestyle enjoyed by Lord Black and

NEW YORK– LAWFUEL – The Class Actions Newswire – A tenants group representing the interests of the residents of The Sheffield, a high rise apartment building on W. 57th Street in New York City, recently won a battle with the developers of the building with regard to the removal of asbestos-containing materials present in the

NEW YORK– LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – ALM, a leading media company serving legal and business professionals, today introduced Law.com Quest, a comprehensive vertical search engine developed specifically for the legal Web. Law.com Quest provides powerful, Web-based search capabilities that enable attorneys, legal researchers and other industry members to quickly locate, organize and access

Lawfuel – The Law Newswire – LOS ANGELES, June 4, 2007 – Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that two new attorneys have joined the firm’s Los Angeles office in the Corporate Department. Michael Rosner and Gregory Shamo are the newest in a steady stream of additions to the Corporate Department since January. Rosner joins

Lawfuel – The Law Newswire – New York, June 4, 2007 – Dewey Ballantine LLP, a leading international law firm, announced today that William H. Schrag has joined the firm’s Corporate Department as a partner in the Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy Group resident in the New York office. Mr. Schrag, formerly a partner at Morgan

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Brian Molloy is the new managing director of Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, a 150-attorney law firm with headquarters in Woodbridge and offices in New York City and Pennsylvania that was started in 1919. Wilentz managing directors typically serve for a two-year period, but some have served for 10 years

By Steven Mikulan – LA Weekly – Every day of the ongoing trial in L.A. County Superior Court’s Department 106, Lana Clarkson’s mother, Donna, and sister, Fawn, stoically observe the prosecution make its case that music producer Phil Spector murdered the actress in 2003. Occasionally, when graphic images are projected onto a screen, the two

Two New Attorneys Join Growing Los Angeles Practice LOS ANGELES, June 4, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that two new attorneys have joined the firm’s Los Angeles office in the Corporate Department. Michael Rosner and Gregory Shamo are the newest in a steady stream of

SEATTLE, June 4, 2007 LAWFUEL – The Class Action & Litigation Newswire — Keller Rohrback L.L.P. (www.erisafraud.com) today announced that it is currently investigating Sterling Financial Corp. (“Sterling Financial” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:SLFI) for potential Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) violations related to the Sterling Financial Corp. 401k Retirement Plan’s (the “Plan”) holdings of