New York – May 11, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is pleased to announce that Edward Drew Dutton, Jyotin Hamid, Jonathan E. Levitsky, Vadim Mahmoudov and Kevin A. Rinker will become partners of the firm, effective July 1, 2007. Mr. Dutton is resident in the firm’s Paris office, […]

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Newsweek reports on Paris Hilton’s chances of getting out of jail free. She better not hold her breath. Last week, a judge ruled that Paris Hilton was going to jail for 45 days, after violating her probation on a previous DUI-related conviction. She couldn’t use a work permit to

Washington, D.C.— LAWFUEL – Law Newswire – Karen E. Spangenberg, a 27-year veteran of the FBI, has been named Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the FBI’s Springfield Office. Most recently, Ms. Spangenberg served as the Section Chief of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division at FBI Headquarters (FBIHQ) in Washington, DC. Ms. Spangenberg entered on

Who: • Erin Gruwell, Freedom Writers Founder who was played by Hilary Swank in the recent feature film by Paramount, and 5 original Freedom Writers • 150 Washington High School Freedom Writers • Kilpatrick Stockton mentors What: Erin Gruwell and 5 original Freedom Writers are visiting the 150 students in the Atlanta Freedom Writers program

Please join the Atlanta Lawyers Division* for its May luncheon: Nanotechnology: Innovation and Regulation A Panel Discussion Featuring: F. Scott Kieff Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University Lynn L. Bergeson Member, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. Elizabeth D. Gobeil Partner, Thompson Hine LLP Moderated by: Leonard A. Leo Executive Vice President, The Federalist Society Thursday, May

LawFuel – The Law Newswire – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and KEVIN DELLI-COLLI, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), announced today that STEVEN RIDDICK, an Olympic gold medalist and track coach, and

Poor Conrad Black. Even as one-time rival Rupert Murdoch stirs up the publishing world by bidding for the Wall Street Journal, Black, a former newspaper baron himself, sits glowering in a crowded courtroom in Chicago accused of an assortment of crimes. To make matters worse, the fate of the Canadian-born, impeccably dressed British lord rests

LawFuel – The Law Newswire – Michael J Garcia, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Karen P Tandy, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”), announced today the arrest of MOHAMMAD ESSA, a/k/a “Haji Saheb,” a/k/a “Abdullah,” who is charged with conspiring to import approximately $25 million worth

The manufacturer of the potent painkiller OxyContin and three current and former executives at the company yesterday pleaded guilty to falsely marketing the drug in a way that played down its addictive properties and led to scores of people becoming addicted, prosecutors said The Purdue Frederick Co. and its chief executive, top lawyer, and former