LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — Tom Waits, the gravelly voiced, Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter, has filed suit against General Motors’ Opel and the ad agency McCann Erickson in Frankfurt, Germany for producing and broadcasting a series of car commercials that used a perfect impersonation of Waits’ singing […]

Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued an order providing emergency regulatory relief to investors, companies, and securities firms affected by Hurricane Katrina. “Every individual affected by Katrina should know that Uncle Sam is working to help them get access to their

SAN FRANCISCO – 15 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – A former special agent with the Federal Protective Service (FPS) has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for his involvement in a cover-up that followed the unlawful pursuit, shooting at, and imprisonment of a San Francisco motorist. Charles Jackson, 51, who

15 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Corporate and commercial specialist in the shipping, logistics and ports sectors, Mark Wandless has joined Holman Fenwick & Willan as a Partner. He brings a wealth of experience after 14 years with P&O where he rose to the position of Assistant Legal Director and Assistant

15 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – LawFuel’s lead story from the British Guardian explains how a London QC is the first to earn over £1million from legal aid.

Washington, D.C., Sept. 14, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission is pleased to announce that it has been ranked among the top five places to work in the federal government in a study conducted by the Partnership for Public Service and U.S. News and World Report. “I’m

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – September 14, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today the public offering of 14,159,265 shares of Class A common stock, all of which are being sold by Google, at a price of $295.00 per share. The underwriters have an option to purchase up

15 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Allen & Overy advised Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in München and ERGO International on the sale of approximately 1.4 million shares in E.ON AG and approximately 1.2 million shares in Sanofi-Aventis S.A. The shares were sold after selection of the banks in an auction procedure at

15 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Gordon S. Heddell, Inspector General, United States Department of Labor, announced the unsealing of a thirteen-count (13) labor racketeering Indictment returned by a federal grand jury sitting in Miami, Florida. Charged in

U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Conducts Hearing on Next Phase of Recovery After Hurricane Katrina WASHINGTON, D.C., September 14, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Bingham McCutchen attorney and former California Governor Pete Wilson testified today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs at