Lawfuel – The Law Newswire – Irvine, CA – May 9, 2007 – Pepper Hamilton LLP announced that it has expanded its Orange County, California, office with the addition of Michael L. Meeks as a partner in the Commercial Litigation Practice Group. Mr. Meeks focuses his practice on commercial litigation, intellectual property litigation, business dissolution […]

Lawfuel – The Law Newswire – NEW YORK, May 9, 2007 – McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP announced the addition of “Trip” Dorkey III to the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Litigation Department. He joins from Torys LLP where he was a partner and Chair of the United States Litigation Department.

Lawfuel – The Law Newswire – NEW YORK, May 9, 2007 – William L. Ellis, Jr. has joined the New York office of McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP as senior counsel in the Corporate Practice Group. He had been counsel at Torys LLP. Before joining Torys, Ellis was counsel at Clifford Chance US LLP. Previously,

Lawfuel – The Law Newswire – The eleventh member of a Santa Ana street gang indicted on federal racketeering charges was convicted today of violating the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute, as well as conspiring to commit the murder of rival gang members to further the gang’s criminal enterprise. Francisco Rodriguez, 22,

Lawfuel – The law News Wire – Frankfurt – DLA Piper advises the leading global technology services company EDS Deutschland GmbH on the US$ 1 billion IT-outsourcing from KarstadtQuelle, Europe’s leading retail and tourism group. KarstadtQuelle AG sold 74.9% of the shares in its IT subsidiary Itellium Systems & Services GmbH to EDS Deutschland GmbH.

LawFuel – The Law Newswire – Lead story – In the wake of the tainted pet-food scandal, some pet owners, aided by trial lawyers and advocacy groups, are trying to achieve human-like status for their animals in our civil courts. If they succeed, it may become much more costly — and risky — to own

Senior Legal Executive at Levi Strauss & Co. to Launch New Business Clinic STANFORD, Calif.–LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Stanford Law School today announced that it has appointed Jay A. Mitchell as lecturer in law and director of its new Nonprofit and General Counsel Clinic. The clinic will provide students opportunities to engage in

Media mogul Conrad Black’s lawyer today moved for a mistrial, saying the prosecutors at his racketeering and fraud trial were prejudicing the jury with documents mentioning his chef and chauffeur, reports the Irish Times. “This is inappropriate and appeals to class prejudice and I move for a mistrial,” defence attorney Edward Genson told Judge Amy

Bryan Cave LLP Creates Private Client Practice for Washington, D.C., Office WASHINGTON, D.C., May 2007 – Bryan Cave LLP has added four lawyers to establish a private client practice for the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. The new group consists of Partner Mary Ann Mancini, Counsels Susan Blumenthal and Tanya Harvey and Associate Jordan Ware. Mancini,