New York, April 16, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Universal Hospital Services, Inc. (UHS), a leading provider of medical equipment lifecycle services, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Bear Stearns Merchant Banking, the private equity affiliate of The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc., for approximately […]

Willie Gary is a 59 year old Florida attorney whose personal Boeing 737 has an 18-carat gold bathroom sink. But his greater claim to fame now is his claim that Motorola owes him at least $11,000 an hour for work on a lawsuit against the company. Gary, who calls himself ‘The Brioni Man’ (after the

LAWFUEL – Securities Law Newswire – The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed a civil injunctive action against Kevin J. Heron of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, the former general counsel, corporate secretary, and chief insider trading compliance officer of Amkor Technology, Inc. The Commission’s complaint alleges that from October 2003 through June 2004, Heron engaged in a

Philadelphia, PA – April 18, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Network – Pepper Hamilton LLP announced that Marshall J. Walthew, an experienced commercial litigator with particular experience in the defense of insurance bad faith actions and complex coverage disputes, has joined Pepper’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group as a partner in the Philadelphia office.

President Bush’s appointments to the US Supreme Court yielded fruit for conservatives yesterday as justices voted 5-4 in favour of outlawing late-term “partial birth” abortions. The ruling declared that the legislation, signed by Mr Bush in 2003, did not violate a woman’s constitutional right to abortion. It will encourage religious conservatives — who hope to

NEW YORK– LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – ALM’s Corporate Counsel® magazine today announced the selection of the in-house attorneys of General Electric Company as winners of the magazine’s second annual “Best Legal Department” competition. Corporate Counsel‘s editors also named the legal departments of Accenture Ltd., Allstate Corporation and J.C. Penney Company, Inc. as finalists.

April 18, 2007 (Mountain View and San Francisco, CA) – LAWFUEL – Law Firm Newswire – Fenwick & West LLP is pleased to announce that Michael F. Solomon is joining the firm as a partner in the Tax Group. Prior to joining Fenwick & West, Michael was a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop LLP and previously

NEW YORK, April 18, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — Roy Jacobs & Associates announces that it has commenced a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of all purchasers of the common stock and other securities of Cutera, Inc. (“Cutera” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:CUTR) from January