FORT WORTH – LAWFUEL – A Cleburne resident who was critically injured in a June 2004 collision with an 18-wheeler has reached a $1.2 million settlement with the driver and owners of the tractor-trailer rig. Lidio Ortiz, 54, suffered severe back and head injuries, two bone fractures and multiple lacerations when his car was struck […]

January 10, 2007 – Hong Kong – LAWFUEL – The international law firm Jones Day announced today David Neuville is joining the Firm’s capital markets practice from Simmons & Simmons. Mr. Neuville has been practicing U.S. securities law in Hong Kong since 1994. “It is always delightful to see great talent becoming a part of

London – LAWFUEL – DLA Piper has strengthened its London finance and projects practice with the appointment of partner, Alex Dell. Dell, who joins DLA Piper from Hammonds, specialises in asset based lending (“ABL”) and is considered to be one of the UK’s leading lawyers in this field. He advises both UK and international banks

Lawfuel.com – Kate Middleton, Prince William News – Britain’s Prince William’s girlfriend Kate Middleton seeks legal protection from photographers packed onto the street outside her home in London.

Defendants Billed Medicare Over $1 MillionFor Tests Based On Falsified Physician’s Orders SAN JOSE – LAWFUEL – United States Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced that all five defendants pleaded guilty today for perpetrating a scheme that defrauded Medicare of over $1 million. According to the plea agreements, the defendants schemed to charge Medicare for tests

Singapore – LAWFUEL – International law firm Clifford Chance has recently advised Gems TV Holdings (Gems TV) on its recent S$354.92 million initial public offering on the Singapore Stock Exchange, the fourth largest IPO in Singapore in 2006. Shares were offered to qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) in the US in reliance on Rule 144A of

NEW YORK CITY, January 10, 2007 — LAWFUEL – The international law firm of Winston & Strawn LLP continued its New York expansion today with the announcement that partner Gerald D. Silver has rejoined the firm’s litigation practice. Silver concentrates his practice on commercial litigation with an emphasis on complex contractual matters, significant employment disputes,

Lawfuel.com’s lead story reports that an attorney fighting to retain former New York Stock Exchange chairman Richard Grasso’s $100 million compensation package told a higher court Wednesday that a fully informed “blue chip” board of directors approved the compensation and he should not be forced to give it back.