LAWFUEL – The Law News Wire – The Edinburgh Evening News reports that the firm Pinsent Masons, which has one of its two Scottish offices in the Capital, has seen turnover north of the Border climb 21 per cent to £9.08 million in the 12 months to the end of April. The increase follows a […]

May 21, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Wire – Simpson Thacher is representing The Blackstone Group in its announced acquisition of Alliance Data Systems Corporation for approximately $7.8 billion, including the assumption of certain debt. Under the terms of the agreement, Blackstone will acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Alliance Data

LAWFUEL – New York Times Report – The three women call themselves the All-Broad Fraud Squad. Nearly a decade ago, concerned that mortgage fraud was threatening their pastoral towns, the women — two full-time mothers and a mortgage executive then in their 40s — got together to write down license plate numbers of suspicious cars

LAWFUEL- The Law News Wire – Lead story from Reuters – President George W. Bush on Monday accused Democrats in Congress who are seeking no-confidence votes on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales of engaging in “pure political theater.” President George W. Bush on Monday accused Democrats in Congress who are seeking no-confidence votes on Attorney General

Lawfuel – The Law Newswire – Liverpool – DLA Piper has advised the Bank of Scotland on its £40 million funding of a deal that will see Cains Brewery join the Alternative Investment Market (“AIM”) through the completion of a reverse takeover of Honeycombe Leisure Plc (“Honeycombe”). Robert Cain & Co will be subsumed by

Lawfuel – The Law Newswire – NEW YORK, May 21, 2007 — Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that Alan J. Pomerantz has joined the firm’s real estate practice in New York as a partner. A former partner and head of the real estate practice at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Pomerantz joins Orrick from

Lawfuel – The Law Newswire – OAKLAND – United States Attorney Scott N. Schools announced that Thomas Grossi, Sr., age 62, of Lafayette, California, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and ordered to forfeit the sum of approximately $396,000 as a result of Grossi being convicted of allowing others to grow marijuana on

LAWFUEL – The Law News Wire – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is aware of a potential safety issue related to Avandia (rosiglitazone), a drug approved to treat type 2 diabetes. Safety data from controlled clinical trials have shown that there is a potentially significant increase in the risk of heart attack and

Lawfuel – The Law Newswire – MINNEAPOLIS, May 21, 2007 – Charles H. Johnson & Associates announces that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of purchasers of International Rectifier Corporation (“IRF” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:IRF) publicly traded securities during the period