WASHINGTON, D.C. – LAWFUEL – Law US – Law Jobs – Already a major player in the Energy/Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) law field nationwide, Schiff Hardin LLP has significantly expanded its capabilities in this practice with the addition of eight attorneys and one legislative affairs specialist, formerly with Sullivan and Worcester LLP. Six attorneys […]

LONDON – LawFuel – Law News + Business – Allen & Overy LLP has advised Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited on the acquisition of Paradigm Therapeutics Limited. Paradigm, which has been renamed Takeda Cambridge Limited, has become a subsidiary of Takeda Europe Holdings B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda. Paradigm was founded in 1999, and

LAWFUEL – A week after emerging from a rehab center, pop star Britney Spears has reached a divorce settlement with her husband, former backup dancer Kevin Federline, a spokesman for his attorney said on Friday, Reuters reports. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. But a statement issued by Michael Sands, spokesman for Federline’s lawyer,

LawFuel – Legal News, Lawsuits, Law Jobs – A federal judge has advanced a lawsuit against the government over its funding of overseas projects that environmental groups claim contribute to climate change, reports Associated Press. The lawsuit, filed by environmental groups and four U.S. cities, claims that the overseas projects will harm the U.S. environment

LawFuel – American Lawyer News – Jesse Choper has been appointed as a commissioner to the California Horse Racing Board by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Blood-Horse reports. Choper, 71, of Lafayette, Calif., has served as the Earl Warren professor of public law for Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley since

Lawfuel – The Sydney Morning Herald reports that law firm Slater & Gordon is seeking to raise $35 million in an initial public offer (IPO) of shares ahead of a listing on the Australian stock exchange. The firm, which lodged its prospectus for the IPO with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission today, hopes to

LawFuel – Allegations that Australian swimming great Ian Thorpe returned a drug test in May 2006 that contained higher than normal levels of banned hormones, saw the swimmer tell press he plans to fight the accusations. He said he was “deeply alarmed” at the leak and was considering legal action. A French newspaper reported that

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–LAWFUEL – US Legal News – Law Jobs – Santa Clara University School of Law was named one of the top 100 law schools in the country by U.S. News & World Report. The annual graduate school ranking also recognized the law school’s intellectual property law program as one of the top 10

March 30, 2007 – (New York, NY) – LAWFUEL – US Law News – Proskauer Rose LLP, an international law firm with over 700 lawyers worldwide, has represented Gray Television, Inc. in the refinancing of its senior credit facility with Wachovia Capital Markets LLC. The new credit facility has a total commitment of $1.025 billion

LAWFUEL – Linklaters has advised Dubai-based investment house Istithmar on the acquisition and acquisition financing of two business parks within the M25, London by way of corporate acquisition. The properties, known as Aviator Park, Addlestone and Causeway Corporate Centre, Staines have been sold by clients of Delancey for in excess of £200m. The acquisition is