CLEVELAND–LAWFUEL –Ulmer & Berne LLP, a major Ohio-based law firm with four offices throughout the Midwest, announced today that two of its partners, Jeffrey S. Dunlap and John J. Haggerty, have been elected to take on larger roles within the Firm. Jeffrey S. Dunlap has been named chair of the Firm’s Employment & Labor Group. […]

LAWFUEL – Europe Law News – Alexander Schaub, most recently Director General for Internal Market and Services and formerly Director General for Competition with the European Commission, is to join international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Dr Schaub will join the firm’s Brussels office as Of Counsel on 1 February 2007. After more than 30

A man from Kyoto, Japan has pleaded guilty to federal charges of trafficking in rare and protected butterfly species in violation of United States laws and an international treaty that protects endangered species. Hisayoshi Kojima, 57, pleaded guilty yesterday to 17 felony charges related to the sale and smuggling of several butterfly species that he

LOS ANGELES–LAWFUEL – Business & Litigation News –In one of the largest legal victories for a Chinese company in an American court, a Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge entered a default judgment on behalf of Analysis Group’s client, Hong Kong-based New World TMT Limited, for compensatory and punitive damages totaling $2.8 billion. The judgment

Wednesday 17 January 2007 LAWFUEL – Mr Antonio (Tony) Pisano today appeared in the Perth Magistrates Court, Western Australia, in relation to 12 further charges of fraud laid by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Today’s proceedings follow 33 previous charges laid by ASIC in June and August 2006. All charges relate to Mr

Client Needs and Core Practice Area Prospects Drive Firm’s Expansion into Europe; Heller Ehrman Extends Technology Practice and VLG Brand SAN FRANCISCO–LAWFUEL – UK & US Law Network –Heller Ehrman LLP announces today that the firm plans to open an office in London in 2007. The launch will mark the firm’s first office opening on

CHICAGO–LAWFUEL – Legal News Network –Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that prominent bankruptcy attorneys Jeff J. Marwil and Mark K. Thomas and their team of Paul V. Possinger and Brian I. Swett have all joined its Chicago office as partners from Jenner & Block. Marwil and Thomas have worked together for more than 15

New York – January 16, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Communications Law News – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Verizon Communications Inc. in its definitive agreements with FairPoint Communications, Inc. that will result in Verizon establishing a separate entity for its local exchange and related business assets in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, spinning off

Lawfuel.com – Celebrity lawsuits, Iraq hangings, Hot legal news – Model lateness is what you would expect from a super model like Naomi Campbell and that’s what she was when she appeared to receive details on her new career in anger management from the Manhattan criminal court today.