Betonsports has pleaded guilty to racketeering charges and agreed to co-operate in the US government’s case against founder Gary Kaplan and British former chief executive David Carruthers, federal prosecutors said on Thursday, the Financial Times reports. The London-listed online gambling company accepted that it had committed “repeated mail and wire fraud, operated an illegal gambling […]

SANTA MONICA, May 25, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Wire – Paul Tauger and Patricia Wyrod have joined the international law firm Bryan Cave LLP as counsel in the firm’s Santa Monica office. Wyrod joins Bryan Cave from her own firm in Silicon Valley and Tauger comes from Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis

Media Advisory WHAT: “Today’s World of P3” – a program featuring cutting-edge insights into the inner-workings of Public Private Partnerships (P3s). The program will feature an interactive panel dialogue between leading P3 partners, offering both public and private “partnership perspectives.” WHY: Southeastern North Carolina has become a premier “test tube” for utilization of Public Private

ATLANTA (May 25) — Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that Partner Lorraine M. Brennan will be a featured speaker at Fordham Law School’s Second Annual Conference on International Arbitration and Mediation, which is being held June 18-19, in New York City. The annual meeting brings together expert international practitioners (both in-house and outside counsel), academicians, and

LAWFUEL – The Law News Wire – Federal authorities have charged seven Southern California men associated with “roller pigeon” clubs on charges related to the fatal beatings and shootings of federally protected raptors. Six of the defendants were arrested throughout the day yesterday as part of a nationwide investigation – Operation High Roller – that

Houston, May 24, 2007 – The Sixteenth Annual Appellate Judicial Reception will be held on June 6, 2007, honoring Winstead shareholder John L. Hill, Jr. A member of Winstead’s litigation and dispute resolution department and the appellate practice group, Judge Hill is a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, Attorney General of

Austin, May 24, 2007 –Gov. Rick Perry appointed Austin shareholder John A. Menchaca II, along with three other members to the One-Call Board with terms to expire August 31, 2009. The board has authority over “Call Before You Dig” systems that notify underground facility operators of excavation plans so pipelines and utility lines can be

24 May 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Wire – International law firm Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP is pleased to announce a number of key management changes within its London office. These changes are imperative to achieving further growth and success in London and globally. Sean Connolly is appointed Senior Partner, London

LAWFUEL – A lawyers’ mutiny is making history in Pakistan, writes Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law in Jurist. The sight of a “strong and honest” Chief Justice leading the nation’s lawyers to oust a military ruler who seized power by removing a democratically elected government makes a fabulous story. The story is