Düsseldorf, October 11, 2006 — LAWFUEL – Europe Business + Law – Shearman & Sterling advised Kommanditgesellschaft Allgemeine Leasing GmbH (KGAL) in the auction process related to the sale of all shares in Disko Group (which includes Diskont und Kredit AG and Disko Leasing GmbH) and on the sale of all shares in ASL Auto […]

(San Francisco, October 10, 2006) – The Palo Alto and San Francisco offices of Ropes & Gray have each added three new associates this Fall, bringing the total number of lawyers in each office to 24. The new lawyers are: Palo Alto Adam Goldman, IP Litigation; J.D. 2006, Stanford Law School Victor Hsue, IP Litigation;

Wednesday 11 October 2006 LAWFUEL – Law News Network – A promoter of illegal property financing schemes has been ordered to pay more than $1 million in compensation and penalties and banned from ever running a company again. Ms Jan Redfern, Executive Director of Enforcement at the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) welcomed orders

LAWFUEL – Legal News Network – The UK Courts last week handed down a ground-breaking decision in a high-profile trade mark infringement case (L’Oreal v Bellure, 04 October 2006), finding that ‘look-alike’ perfume packaging infringed L’Oreal’s trade mark rights. For years, ‘look-alike’ products including perfumes have become more common and have more closely mimicked the

Company offers marketing and public relations services, from ghostwriting books to designing websites, for attorneys across the country WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.- LAWFUEL – Legal Marketing News –Marketing-phobic attorneys around the country can now put their fears aside and simply visit the attorney-friendly legal marketing website, www.LegalBrandMarketing.com, to take care of marketing and public relations needs.

PORTLAND, Ore. LAWFUEL – Legal News Network, Law Jobs –Senior intellectual property lawyer Paula Holm Jensen has joined Tonkon Torp to co-chair the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group. Holm Jensen’s practice emphasizes license agreements, copyright and trademark activities, and all types of technology transactions. She has over a decade of experience representing companies from start-ups

LAWFUEL – UK Law News – The House of Lords in the case of Jameel v Wall Street Journal yesterday addressed the application of the public interest (qualified privilege) defence to defamation. To date, very few cases have succeeded in using the defence. The defence was established by the case of Reynolds v The Times

SANTA CLARA, Calif.- LAWFUEL – Legal News Network –Transmeta Corporation (NASDAQ:TMTA), the leader in efficient computing technologies, today announced that it has filed a lawsuit against Intel Corporation in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware for infringement of ten Transmeta U.S. patents covering computer architecture and power efficiency technologies. The complaint

TALLAHASSEE – LAWFUEL – Legal News Network – Attorney General Charlie Crist today announced that his office is helping bring free Wireless AMBER Alerts to more Floridians, making it easier for citizens to assist in efforts to locate abducted children. Crist said the Attorney General’s website will now feature a direct link to sign up

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has been asked by 29 members of Congress to deny an extradition request by the Mexican government for Duane “Dog” Chapman, the Honolulu-based bounty hunter who faces charges there for his capture of a fugitive convicted rapist three years ago, LawFuel.com reports (from The Washington Times). “Just days before the