Addition of Deborah M. Rosenthal, L. Elizabeth Strahlstrom Continues Bingham’s Growth of Land Use and Development Practice in California SAN FRANCISCO (May 9, 2007) – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Bingham McCutchen LLP announces the arrival of Deborah M. Rosenthal and L. Elizabeth Strahlstrom as partners in the firm’s Land Use and Development Practice […]

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Britain’s Justice minister Bridget Prentice has implored law firms to not pigeonhole their female or ethnic minority lawyers, The Lawyer reports. Speaking today at the second annual diversity conference organised by The Lawyer, Prentice told the audience that, although firms had improved their diversity statistics, firms often channelled female

Lawfuel – The Law Newswire – All Four Defendants Agree to Settle SEC Charges Washington, D.C., May 16, 2007 – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former Wall Street executive and three other individuals with securities fraud for perpetrating a decade-long scheme to defraud savings banks and their depositors in connection with the

ATLANTA (May 16) — Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that senior Partner Michael W. Tyler has been named to the MARTA Board of Directors. Fulton County Commissioners approved his appointment May 2. Mr. Tyler will represent Fulton County during his four-year term. The MARTA Board of Directors consists of 18 members representing the City of Atlanta,

Lawfuel – The Law Newswire – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Donald W. De Lucca, Chief, Miami Beach Police Department, John Timoney, Chief, City of Miami Police Department, Bruce Roberts, Chief, Fort Lauderdale Police Department, and Robert

CSPI Says Burger King is Biggest Chain Without Firm Plans to Convert to Safer Alternatives to Partially Hydrogenated Oils WASHINGTON, May 16 LAWFUEL – The Litigation & Lawsuit Newswire — By using partially hydrogenated oil, Burger King is knowingly increasing its customers’ risk of heart disease and early death, according to a lawsuit filed today

WASHINGTON, May 16 LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire — Statement of Lisa A. Rickard, President of the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, upon President Bush signing an Executive Order barring all contingency fee arrangements with outside plaintiffs’ lawyers and expert witnesses who work on behalf of the United States Government: “Today’s Executive Order banning

ATLANTA (May 16) — Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that Emory law student, Claudia MacMaster, will receive the Kilpatrick Stockton Intellectual Property Award for 2007. Each year Kilpatrick Stockton Partners and Emory Adjunct Professors, Joe Beck and Bill Brewster sponsor this award, which is given to the third year law student who has earned the highest

Kyiv, 14 May 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Baker & McKenzie announced today that it recently acted as the legal advisor to Horizon Capital, fund manager of Emerging Europe Growth Fund, LP, a mid-cap private equity fund investing in Ukraine and Moldova, with respect to sale of its shares in the

LawFuel.com – Associated Press report that MySpace.com does not intend complying with requests from attorneys general from eight states to provide them with users of the website who are registered sex offenders. MySpace.com say they will not – or cannot – comply due to privacy law requirements. A site spokesman said they had removed all