Lawfuel.com – Lead story from The Times – WPP Advertising Chief Sir Martin Sorrell, settled his libel and privacy actions for £120,000 today against an Italian media organization who waged a blogging war where they allegedly called Sorrell – among other things – “the mad dwarf and nympho schizo”. Sir Martin Sorrell, the advertising tycoon, […]

Results Show a Continuation of the Positive Trend in the Life Science Venture Environment March 28, 2007 (Mountain View and San Francisco, CA) – LawFuel – Law & Venture Capital News – Fenwick & West, one of the nation’s premier law firms providing comprehensive legal services to technology and life sciences clients, today announced the

DALLAS – LawFuel – Texas Lawyer News – Derek D. Rollins, an associate with the Dallas law firm of Shackelford, Melton & McKinley, LLP, will appear on the 2007 listing of Texas Rising Stars. The special recognition is reserved for the top Texas lawyers age 40 or younger or those practicing law 10 or fewer

ATLANTA (MARCH 28) – LawFuel – In an amended judgment, The United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma yesterday awarded Dr. Jan K. Voda $12,078,538 in trebled compensatory damages and $2,201,139 in attorneys fees and court costs. Also, Defendant Cordis Corporation, a Florida-based Johnson & Johnson company, was denied its motion for

NEW YORK, March 28 Lawfuel – Law Firm News — Epstein Becker & Green announced today the addition of seven lawyers to its nationally recognized real estate practice, further expanding one of the Firm’s core practice areas. Adrian Zuckerman, formerly head of the New York real estate practice at Lowenstein Sandler PC, and former deputy

NEW YORK, March 28 LawFuel – Law News– Some call it “the other March madness.” It’s nail-biting season now through April as college acceptance/rejection letters and financial aid offers land in family mailboxes. According to a Princeton Review survey of 4,594 college applicants and 1,260 parents of applicants (5,854 people overall), the “dream college” students

Wednesday 28 March 2007 LAWFUEL – Australia Law – The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today released a policy proposal paper (PPP) on relief from the requirement to prepare a prospectus or Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) when securities are offered as consideration under a foreign regulated takeover. The requirement to prepare a prospectus or

LawFuel.com – Hard on the heels of the inquest into the death of Anna Nicole Smith comes the inquest into the death of her son, which has already been delayed due to legal issues over jury selection. Attorneys met to discuss issues related to possible criminal liability for the death of Daniel Wayne Smith who

British divorce lawyers specialising in international big-money work have noticed a marked increase in cases with a Russian dimension — partly because of England’s tax rule allows wealthy individuals to avoid paying tax on income earned overseas. Roman Abramovich is the latest tycoon to part with his money after the collapse of his marriage. The