LAWFUEL – US Legal News – “The actions overnight by the Mexican government are unprecedented in their scope and importance. Never before has the United States received from Mexico such a large number of major drug defendants and other criminals for prosecution in this country, including Osiel Cardenas Guillen, the accused chief of the notorious […]

Los Angeles, CA— LAWFUEL – US Law News – Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (K&L Gates) welcomes Fred D. Heather as a partner in the firm’s litigation and white collar/criminal defense practice. Heather comes to K&L Gates from DLA Piper. Prior to his tenure there, Heather was an assistant U.S. Attorney with the

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Following a two-week jury trial, a firefighter with the Orange County Fire Authority was convicted today of receiving child pornography over the Internet and possessing multiple images of child pornography, including images depicting bestiality and bondage. Tyrone A. Ganoe, 42, of Norwalk, was arrested last January after a law

Firm Announces Recipients of Annual Awards Totaling $45,000 CHICAGO – LAWFUEL – Foley & Lardner LLP continues to demonstrate its commitment to diversity in the legal community through this year’s Minority Scholarship Program. The program, now in its eighth year, has awarded nearly $400,000 in scholarships to first-year minority law students in an effort to

DENVER -LAWFUEL – Legal News Network – This past weekend two Mexican nationals, Miguel Angel Arriola Marquez and Saul Saucedo Chaides, were extradicted by Mexican authorities to the United States. Their extradition was based on an indictment obtained by a federal grand jury in Denver in 2003 for their involvement in a very large scale

LAWFUEL – US Law News – The fourth defendant and member of the Avenues street gang, who was convicted for his role in the racially motivated murders of two African-Americans, was sentenced today to serve life in federal prison without the possibility of parole. Porfirio Avila, 32, and his three co-defendants were previously found guilty

AUSTIN – On March 1, LAWFUEL – Texas Legal News – Texas Deputy Attorney General for Litigation Edward D. “Ed” Burbach will join Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, one of the Southwest’s largest full-service law firms, to lead the firm’s Austin Litigation Group. Appointed in 2003 by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, Mr. Burbach served as

BALTIMORE – January 22, 2007 LAWFUEL – US Law & Business News – Ober|Kaler announced that Jervis S. Finney, a former U.S. Attorney for Maryland and legal advisor to former Governor Robert Ehrlich, is rejoining the firm as Of Counsel in Baltimore. A member of Ober|Kaler from 1958 to 2003, Mr. Finney left the firm

Further Expansion in Corporate, Real Estate, and Employment Law Practices Hong Kong (January 22, 2007) -LAWFUEL – China Business & Law Network – Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker (Paul Hastings), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce the recent addition of Jacqueline Lim, partner in the Hong Kong office, and Adam Kearney, of

NEW YORK, Jan. 19 LAWFUEL – US Business & Law — Harbinger Capital Partners today sent the following letter to the current Chairman of the Board and the current CEO of Openwave Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV – News; the “Company”): Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd. Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations Fund, L.P. 555