NEW YORK, New York, May 9, 2007 – LAWFUEL – Law Jobs & Law Newswire – The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP is pleased to announce the formation of its Climate Change Task Force. Formed by the firm as part of the Energy Group, the Climate Change Task Force is a multidisciplinary practice group […]

LawFuel – The Law Newswire – Jail-bound socialite Paris Hilton is embarking upon a media blitz to attempt to avoid going to jail for a probation violation resulting from an alcohol-related driving offense last year. Hilton was charged in Los Angeles with driving under the influence and sentenced to 45 days in Century Regional Detention

A former New South Wales crown prosecutor, sentenced to 15 months’ jail on child porn charges, is free on bail pending an appeal from his sentence. Patrick Power, 54, had plead guilty to one count of possessing child pornography. A packed Court heard that for years while working as one of the state’s top prosecutors,

Cologne – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – DLA Piper, the major international legal services organisation, advises the Klöckner Pentaplast Group (“Klöckner Pentaplast”), headquartered in Montabaur, in relation to its acquisition by the US private equity investor Blackstone. The sale is subject to approval by various regulatory authorities. European private equity firm Cinven and its

LawFuel – Lead story – Close contacts at Dow Jones say that David K P Li, a business leader from Hong Kong and longtime director of Dow Jones, is the subject of an intensifying investigation into allegations of insider trading in Dow Jones stock. Like David Rockefeller in the United States and a succession of

San Francisco/Palo Alto, CA, May 1, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Jobs Newswire – Baker & McKenzie lawyers from Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Chicago, San Francisco and Palo Alto offices today hosted their annual China Update seminar in Silicon Valley to advise multinational corporations on the latest legal developments and their impact on doing

Wednesday 9 May 2007 LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The Supreme Court of Queensland yesterday ordered the winding up of a Brisbane-based company on just and equitable grounds following an application by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). These orders appointed Messrs Jamie Harris and John Cronin of McGrath Nicol as liquidators of

Lawfuel – The Law Newswire – London – DLA Piper has advised Kaupthing Bank HF. on its provision of £139 million senior debt funding which was utilised in part to refinance existing indebtedness of JN Group Limited and its subsidiaries. This refinancing follows on from the management buy-out of Jane Norman (Holdings) Limited and its

Lawfuel – The Law Newswire – Washington, D.C., May 9, 2007 – The United States Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled fraud charges against Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (Morgan Stanley) for its failure to provide best execution to certain retail orders for over-the-counter (OTC) securities. In particular, Morgan Stanley embedded undisclosed mark-ups and