HARTFORD, Conn., March 16 LAWFUEL – Class Actions — Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller & Shah, LLC (http://www.sfmslaw.com; e-mail: jmiller@sfmslaw.com), a law firm with offices in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Florida, and Wisconsin announces that it has filed a lawsuit seeking class action status in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, on

DENVER – LAWFUEL – Troy A. Eid, United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, and Richard C. Powers, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Denver, announced that Frederick W. Murphy, age 59, of New Jersey, was arrested at DIA last night and charged by Criminal Complaint today with interference of a flight

London, 14 March 2007 – LAWFUEL – Baker & McKenzie, London has acted for Citigroup Venture Capital International (CVCI) and Black River Asset Management (Black River), an independently managed subsidiary of Cargill, on their investment into Sindicatum Carbon Capital Limited (SCC). SCC is a specialist climate mitigation company utilizing capital and technology to convert greenhouse

LawFuel.com – See ‘Hot Gossip’ for the latest celebrity lawsuit – Larry Birkhead, of father-of-Dannielyn-Anna-Nicole’s-baby fame, has reportedly firerd the Beverly Hills lawyer who has been handling his paternity case, Debra Opri. A statement from Opri’s office confirmed the split, which takes immediate effect.

LAWFUEL – US Business + Law – Lovells has advised US pharmaceuticals group Schering-Plough on its €11 billion acquisition of Organon BioSciences NV, the human and animal healthcare businesses of Dutch chemicals company Akzo Nobel NV. The deal is expected to close by the end of 2007. The acquisition enhances Schering-Plough’s strength in human and

EAST HILLS, NY–LAWFUEL – Litigation News –Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL) filed a patent infringement action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against BioQuate, Inc., based in Clearwater, Florida. The suit alleges that BioQuate is manufacturing and selling disposable aseptic connector devices that infringe on a patent on Pall’s KleenpakTM Aseptic

LAWFUEL – Class Actions – On March 12, 2007, an Atlantic City, NJ jury unanimously awarded a $47.5 million verdict against Merck & Co. in its most recent Vioxx trial. Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C. congratulates the plaintiffs, Frederick Humeston, and his wife, Mary, as well as the attorneys responsible for this great legal victory, Chris

Takafumi Horie, one of Japan’s most controversial businessmen has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail after being found guilty of securities fraud – See LawFuel.com’s lead story today. Lawfuel.com – The Net’s best law news service for international law news.