LAWFUEL – The Law News Wire – The seat of the fire that caused major damage to theCutty Sark is being treated as a crime scene, police told the ship’s trustees yesterday. The Times reports. Forensic scientists and fire investigators have cordoned off the area around the rear deck hatch. Their first tasks are to […]

LAWFUEL – The New York Times reports – Few of them may become Michael Moore fans. But some insurance industry officials and health policy experts acknowledged yesterday that the film documentary “Sicko,” Mr. Moore’s indictment of health care in this country, taps into widespread public concern that the system does not work for millions of

LawJobsPipeline.com – Law Jobs – DLA Piper have joined the international firms offering an international training secondment programme from the UK, being one of only two UK firms that hasn’t done so to date. Lawyer 2B reports, who’s inaugural survey pointed out the ’shortfall’, that DLA Piper will be offering trainee secondments to Hong Kong,

LAWFUEL – The Law News Wire – Top California officials implored federal environmental regulators Tuesday for permission to unilaterally impose reductions on greenhouse gases from cars and other vehicles. An auto industry official dismissed the state’s approach as “counterproductive,” Associated Press report. If California gets the federal waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency that it

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm News Wire – Chicago, Irvine, San Diego, and Washington office welcome new lawyers May 2007 Jones Day welcomes a number of prominent attorneys to the Firm this month. Chicago M&A – May 18, 2007 – Belville Joins Jones Day, Adds to International M&A Build-Up in Chicago [Link] Chicago M&A –

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm News Wire – Cleary Gottlieb is representing Warburg Pincus LLC in its proposed $4.5 billion acquisition of Bausch & Lomb, Incorporated, a vision care provider. The transaction was announced on May 16 and is expected to close in the second half of 2007. Warburg Pincus is a leading global private

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm News Wire – Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP counseled GE in the company’s sale of GE Plastics to Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), one of the world’s ten largest petrochemicals manufacturers. The deal is valued at $11.6 billion. GE Plastics is a multi-billion dollar global supplier of plastic resins widely

LAWFUEL- The Law News Wire – British prosecutors say former Russian spy Andrei Lugovoi should be charged with the murder of one-time Russian intelligence officer Alexander Litvinenko, who died in London after being poisoned last year, VOA reports. Based upon files compiled by Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism department, Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service, or CPS, has recommended

May 22, 2007 Rose•Walker Adds Two Lawyers to Expanding Trial Practice Trial lawyers McDowell, Murphy join Dallas firm Dallas — The Dallas law firm of Rose•Walker, L.L.P, is announcing the addition of two experienced courtroom attorneys to the firm’s expanding trial practice. Christopher M. McDowell brings an extensive amount of experience in trade secrets and