LawFuel – Entertainment Law – The Florida Times-Union carries an interview with Jacksonville native Michael Ossi, an entertainment lawyer. Among other clients, the Ossi, Butler, Najem & Rosario civil trial and entertainment law firm represents actor John Travolta, who lives in Ocala. I spoke with Ossi as part of an occasional 10-minute chat with an […]

LawFuel – Lead News – European lawyers are examining whether alleged war crimes committed by Ethiopian and Somali troops in Mogadishu last week could expose the EU to accusations of complicity because of its formidable financial assistance to the two countries. A massive Ethiopian-led offensive to pacify an insurgency in the Somali capital left nearly

CHICAGO, April LAWFUEL – Media Law News — With the completion of its strategic review process, Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) today announced a transaction which will result in the company going private and Tribune shareholders receiving $34 per share. Sam Zell is supporting the transaction with a $315 million investment. Shareholders will receive their consideration

OAKLAND – LAWFUEL – US Law News – United States Attorney Scott N. Schools announced that on Friday, April 6, 2007, Manuel A. Moreno, 46, of Tracy, California pleaded guilty to fraudulently receiving a money order without paying for it in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 500. According to the plea agreement, the money order

The public acknowledgment of global warming has risen to new heights, as federal judge Jeffery White advanced a lawsuit against the government for funding projects abroad that have the possibility of negatively contributing to global climate change. White ruled that citizen groups have legal standing to raise this issue, but did not have enough evidence

LAWFUEL – New Delhi, Delhi, India, 04/06/2007 – Patent law has been formulated with an objective to promote and protect the inventions and methods. The object of granting a patent is to encourage and develop science, technology and industry. Uruguay round of GATT negotiations paved the way for WTO. Therefore India was put under the

SAN FRANCISCO LAWFUEL – FBI & IRS News – United States Attorney Scott Schools announced that yesterday a federal grand jury in San Jose, California, indicted Shiu Chau Wang, a/k/a Alex Wang and his wife, Stella Sue Wang Chu, a/k/a Sue W. Chu, of San Jose with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, money

LOS ANGELES & ST. LOUIS–LAWFUEL – First With Law News – Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) (“Charter” or the “Company”), the nation’s third largest publicly traded cable and broadband telecommunications company, today filed a $150 million malpractice lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the California law firm of Irell & Manella LLP (“Irell”). In the

Twenty-Year Colma City Councilman Admits Receiving Gifts SAN FRANCISCO – LAWFUEL – Legal News Daily – United States Attorney Scott N. Schools announced that Phillip J. Lum, the former Mayor of Colma and a member of the Colma City Council for twenty years, pleaded guilty yesterday to public-corruption charges in connection with allegations that Mr.