PRINCETON, N.J.– LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire –Each year, 76 million Americans become sick from foodbourne illnesses. Recent food contamination scares have emanated from national restaurant chains, the produce industry and have arisen from the pet food industry. The fact that the United States imports ever growing quantities of food – notably from countries with […]

WASHINGTON – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – A federal jury has found Joseph P. Nacchio, the former chief executive officer of Qwest Communications International Inc., guilty of insider trading charges, the Justice Department announced today. The jury found Nacchio, 57, guilty of 19 counts of insider trading, covering $52 million in stock sales, that

SAN JOSE, CA – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – United States Attorney Scott N. Schools announced that a federal grand jury in San Jose last week indicted Curtis Leigh Parry, formerly of Salinas, California, with three counts of tax evasion, three counts of filing false corporate tax returns and two counts of unlawful structuring

HOUSTON– LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire –In the wake of the shocking Virginia Tech tragedy, bills pending in the Texas Legislature to dramatically expand employee rights to carry concealed handguns onto their employer’s premises could face severe hurdles, according to David L. Barron, an attorney in the Labor and Employment practice of Epstein Becker Green

NEW YORK– LAWFUEL – Law Newswire –A new report on American hospitals concluded that the death of nearly 250,000 Medicare patients might have been prevented if healthcare workers made fewer errors. Medicare beneficiaries who had one or more patient-safety incidents had an alarming one-in-four chance of dying during their hospitalization, said the study. The fourth

LawFuel – Lead Story From Salon – As Congress prepares to grill Alberto Gonzales, Salon has uncovered another partisan issue connected to the mass firings: Pornography. Facing a torrent of criticism that the Department of Justice has been tainted by politics, Alberto Gonzales is poised for the defense argument of his life. The attorney general

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – American Idol may be a gruelling test for aspiring performers, but behind the scene occurred an even more gruelling, professional test: Who would be the lawyer to represent all the finalists in their deals? The Law Idol? Howard Siegel. Talented, professional, thoroughly legal. It was a brutal audition. Before

LawJobsPipeline.com – Law Jobs Blog – Law Blog Above the Law reports on clerkship bonuses in the US – the largest being from Sullivan & Cromwell and now Simpson Thacher at $50,000. The feeling from ATL is that the bonus boost from S&C (and presumably Simpson’s too) is that they could well face a tough