LAWFUEL – Legal News, Legal Jobs – The Firm represented J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. in connection with a $2.187 billion equity backstop commitment for Owens Corning provided by J.P. Morgan and a syndicate of investors. The commitment backstopped a rights offering conducted during Owens Corning’s chapter 11 case and enabled Owens Corning to emerge from […]

Monday 06 November 2006 LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs – Home loan lenders One Direct and MyRate have revised their advertising for variable home loan rates after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) raised concerns that their promotional material may have been misleading. Between July and September 2006, One Direct and MyRate advertised

LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs Network – Leading international specialist supplier to the construction and building industry, SIG plc, has been advised by Pinsent Masons on its acquisition of new corporate headquarters at Sheffield Business Park. The new building will comprise approximately 20,110 square feet of space, with completion of construction due to take

Intellectual property has long referred to patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, but the term is used more expansively today to include industrial designs, product packaging, integrated circuit mask works, “know-how,” domain names, rights of publicity, biological materials, databases, moral rights — and the list keeps growing. Every business owns some intellectual property. A company’s

By Nick Beckett Law-Now, CMS Camerson McKenna LAWFUEL – Law News Network – On Friday, 27 October 2006 the Court of Appeal delivered its eagerly anticipated judgment in the Aerotel and Macrossan cases. These cases centred upon the patentability of business methods and computer programs. The Court of Appeal held that the correct approach to

Friday 03 November 2006 LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Mr Paul Drakos, of the Central Coast in New South Wales, was today jailed following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation into the former financial planner. The District Court of New South Wales imposed a eight year sentence on Mr Drakos with a

The goal of the “What About Clients?” 12 rules is outrageous client service–but the 12 Rules’ way of getting there is to align the interests of clients/customers and service providers. They were derived from the “How To Practice Law” section of our firm’s Practice Guide, written for associates and paralegals in 2000. The rules, like

LawFuel.com – Latest Law News – The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the nanny who was initially at the center of country music star Sara Evans’ divorce battle is planning to sue the “Cheatin’” singer. Evans has agreed to pull former friend Alison Clinton’s name from divorce papers, accepting the nanny did not have an

3 November 2006 – LAWFUEL – Legal News, Legal Jobs – Stoddard interviews Greenspan regarding the U.S. and global economy at Commercial Finance Association Conference – Washington, D.C. – Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw partner Marshall Stoddard Jr. recently interviewed former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan at a national financial industry conference, eliciting a