LOS ANGELES, CA –LAWFUEL – Class Action – Pet Food Recall — March 29, 2007 — The law firm of Milberg Weiss & Bershad LLP announces the filing of a nationwide class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of “cuts and gravy” style cat and dog food recalled by Menu Foods Income Fund (“Menu Foods”) […]

DAYTON, Ohio– LAWFUEL – Legal News First –LexisNexis today announced an alliance with Dow Jones to produce the newest offering law firms can use to stay current on important news affecting their practices. LexisNexis® Continuous Alerts, powered by Factiva® from Dow Jones, provides to legal professionals continuously updated crucial news, such as mergers and acquisitions,

LAWFUEL – UK Business + Law – GUERNSEY lawyers have advised Gottex Fund Management SARL on the London Stock Exchange listing of the first fund to take advantage of the Guernsey registered closed-ended investment fund regime which was introduced on the 1 February 2007. Ogier advocate Roger Le Tissier, and senior associate Andy Lowe, made

OAKLAND – LawFuel – US Law News – United States Attorney Scott N. Schools announced that Kenneth Gibson, 42, of Martinez, California, was indicted today on one count of transporting child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography. Mr. Gibson, a Wells Fargo Bank vice president and former youth soccer coach, was first identified

Washington, D.C., March 29, 2007 – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Carol A. Stacey, Chief Accountant in the Division of Corporation Finance, will leave the Commission after 11 years on the Commission’s staff. As the Division’s Chief Accountant since 2002, Ms. Stacey has been the Commission staff member with primary responsibility for

LawFuel – See ‘Hot Gossip’ – A former Ontario judge from Barrie, Canada has been allowed to practise as a lawyer again after resigning following a variety of sexual misconduct allegations, including force feeding jujubes to court employees. A Law Society of Upper Canada appeal panel has restored Kerry Evans’ membership in the province’s legal

LawFuel – American Lawyer News – Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Chicago partner Jill L. Murch has been elected chair of the Chicago Network of The International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) effective April 1, 2007. IWIRC is an international professional association dedicated to enhancing the professional status and reputation of women

London – LAWFUEL – Allen & Overy LLP is advising Mytilineos Holdings S.A., the Greek metallurgical and engineering company, on the joint venture with Endesa, the largest Spanish electricity company, to create the largest independent power operator in the Greek market and expand into Southeastern Europe. The new company will have an initial enterprise value

Washington, D.C., March 29, 2007 – LawFuel.com – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Nicor, Inc., a major Chicago-area natural gas distributor, and Jeffrey Metz, its former Assistant Vice President and Controller, will pay more than $10 million to settle charges that they engaged in improper transactions, made material misrepresentations, and failed to

DENVER – LawFuel – Legal News – Troy Eid, United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, and Richard C. Powers, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Denver Office, announced that STAN TARAN FORD, age 36, of Denver, Colorado, was sentenced today by US District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn to