LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – The P-I editorial of March 29 asserts that the FBI has been “flying high on the wings of the Patriot Act,” using it to collect private information, “telephone and financial records, e-mails, whatever—almost on a whim.” At no time since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has the FBI been […]

WASHINGTON — LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the City of Walnut, Calif., alleging violations of the rights of Chinese- and Korean-speaking voters under the Voting Rights Act. “In filing today’s lawsuit, the Justice Department reaffirms its steadfast commitment to protecting the voting rights and ballot access of

OAKLAND – LAWFUEL – American Law Newswire – United States Attorney Scott N. Schools announced that Spyderco, Inc., a Colorado corporation, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today to mailing butterfly knives, which are nonmailable, to pay a $75,000 criminal fine, a $125 special assessment, and to forfeit all such knives seized by the United States

He Warned Catholic Bishops of Sex Scandal 20 Years Ago; Now He Prods Protestants to Act Just Like Catholic Bishops, Baptist Officials Claim ‘No Authority’ Baptist President Repeats ‘Powerlessness’ Claim; SNAP Disputes That WASHINGTON, April 12 LAWFUEL – Lawsuit Newswire — A priest and canon lawyer who first warned of the Catholic sex scandal in

LawFuel – An assistant professor of law at George Mason University believes the Anna Nicole Smith’s baby Danielynn may not be a half-billion dollar baby at all and – indeed – may be worth very little indeed. Reported in the National Ledger, Horace Cooper wrote: “Anna Nicole Smith’s legal claims on J. Howard Marshall’s estate

HOUSTON, April 12 LAWFUEL – American Lawyer Newswire — On April 12, 2007, the Anti-Defamation League honored H. Lee Godfrey with the 2007 Karen H. Susman Jurisprudence Award. Mr. Godfrey is one of two co-managing partners of Susman Godfrey L.L.P., a litigation boutique law firm with offices in Houston, Dallas, Seattle, Los Angeles, and New

Featured Speaker: Henry L. Bowden, Jr., a partner in The Bowden Law Firm in Atlanta and well-recognized presence in Southeastern estate planning circles Monday, May 7 5:30-7:30PM Sheraton Colony Square Hotel Crown Room Complimentary Cocktails and Heavy Hors D’oeuvres For more information and to join or register, please contact Sonja Williams sonja.williams@frazierdeeter.com Media Contact: Anne

April 6, 2007— LAWFUEL – Law Newswire – As a precautionary measure, Del Monte Pet Products is voluntarily recalling select product codes of its pet treat products sold under the Jerky Treats®, Gravy Train® Beef Sticks and Pounce Meaty Morsels® brands as well as select dog snack and wet dog food products sold under private

New York, April 11, 2007 – Baker & McKenzie LLP successfully represented Morgan Stanley’s Global Commodities Group on a minority equity investment in MGM International (“MGM”). Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) has announced that it plans to invest in approximately $3 billion of carbon/emissions credits, projects and other initiatives related to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction

It was the day blue-chip Canadian law firm Torys had been dreading – the day when the firm’s credibility and integrity was hammered in the Chicago courtroom trial of client Conrad Black. Darren Sukonick had barely swallowed a small sip of bottled water when the perjury salvo slammed into him. “That testimony was not truthful,