Winston-Salem (December 11) – Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that former State Senator Cal Cunningham an attorney on the firm’s Litigation practice group, has been selected by the German Marshall Fund (GMF) to receive one of its prestigious 2007 Marshall Memorial Fellowships. The Raleigh-based International Affairs Council (IAC) served as the coordinator for North Carolina recipients. […]

NEW YORK, Dec. 8 LAWFUEL – Law News Netwok — Steve Schulman has announced his resignation from the firm. Mr. Schulman has had a long and brilliant professional career with Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP and Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP and his partners wish him well. With his departure, the firm will be

– Greater disclosure requirements in agreement will also improve transparency in broker transactions – TALLAHASSEE – Tom Gallagher, Florida’s chief financial officer, Charlie Crist, Florida’s Attorney General and Governor-elect, and Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty today announced that Brown & Brown, Inc., has agreed to reimburse up to 400 cities and counties in Florida approximately $4.8

Monday 11 December 2006 LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs Network – Former directors of Neolido Holdings Pty Ltd and Neo Lido Pty Ltd, Mr Richard Spencer and Ms Silvana Perovich have been refused an application for special leave to appeal by the High Court of Australia. This application follows a decision by the Court

LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that on December 7, 2006, Raymond Scanzini, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida was sentenced by Judge James I. Cohn to a total of

DALLAS, Dec. 8 LAWFUEL – Law News Network — The family of an 11-year-old boy has filed the first lawsuit against Taco Bell Corp. over possible E. coli contamination. The suit filed late Wednesday in New York alleges negligence on the part of the 5,800-unit restaurant chain. The contamination problems are reportedly tied to green

LawFuel.com’s Hot Files reports From The Times – Tough question, right? It could be studied ignore (aka nothing) or it could be fast payment on the latest, overcharged fee. But here is The Times’ Alex Wade, a media lawyer and the author of Wrecking Machine, tries to answer the question.

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – The international law firm Clifford Chance advised the German Eckes Group on its takeover of the Melitta Group’s 26% shareholding in Eckes-Granini GmbH & Co. KG. The shares were transferred as of 30 November 2006. Eckes now holds 100% of the shares in the fruit juice manufacturer Eckes-Granini GmbH

CHICAGO– LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs Network –The intellectual property law firm Wood Phillips issued the following statement today from Managing Partner John S. Mortimer: “In this holiday season of peace and joy, we are deeply saddened by the terrible tragedy that took place in our offices yesterday. Three wonderful people, each of whom