LONDON – 29 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law firm, legal, law news – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe announced today that Martin Bartlam and Hazel Miller, previously with Jones Day’s London office, will be joining Orrick’s London office as partners in its European finance group. With these additions, Orrick now has nearly 100 lawyers in […]

Houston, 29 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law, legal, attorney news – Godwin Gruber, LLP has announced David W. Holman and R. Alan York will join the Firm’s Appellate Section as Partners, effective December 1. “David and Alan are considered by judges and attorneys across the state to be among the very best appellate attorneys

NEW YORK, Nov. 29 2004 – LAWFUEL – Lawsuit, legal, law firm, attorney news — Nielsen Media Research and Univision Communications, Inc., today announced that Univision has dismissed litigation that sought to halt Nielsen’s use of Local People Meter (LPM) service in Los Angeles, and Nielsen has withdrawn its motion against Univision under California’s Strategic

CHICAGO, Nov. 24 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law, legal, law firm news — Ralph Levy, Chairman of the Board of Directors of ALAS, Inc., is pleased to announce that Mark Nozette has been elected President of ALAS, Inc. effective January 1, 2005. In making this announcement Mr. Levy stressed the outstanding contributions made by Mark

NEW YORK, Nov. 28 2004 – LAWFUEL – Legal, law, law firm news — A few years ago the Long Island, New York, law firm of Leeds, Morelli & Brown, a small firm with just 15 lawyers, called Bear Sterns saying approximately 50 minority employees at Bear Stearns were ready to sue, possibly as a

November 22, 2004, Washington, D.C. – LAWFUEL – Law, legal, law firm news – Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher is pleased to announce that Michael Farhang is a recipient of the U.S. Assistant Attorney General’s Award for Furthering U.S. Interests Overseas. The award was presented in the Department of Justice Criminal Division’s annual ceremony in Washington,

27 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law, legal, law firm news – Skadden representing Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company in its $1.5 billion acquisition of the Life Savers and Altoids businesses of Kraft Foods Inc. Both companies are based in Illinois.

November 17, 2004, Washington, D.C. – LAWFUEL – Law, legal, law firm news – Roger Warin, Chair of the Executive Committee of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, has announced the promotion of 15 of the firm’s attorneys, effective January 1, 2005. These include new partners Brian Heberlig and Gwendolyn Prothro, in the firm’s Washington, D.C. litigation

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is representing MMC Capital, Inc. and Vertafore, Inc. in Hellman & Friedman LLC’s acquisition of Vertafore, Inc. from Trident II and certain of its affiliates, which are managed by MMC Capital, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., and other minority investors. JMI Equity is investing alongside

26 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – Insurance law, legal, law firm news – Leading UK insurance run-off specialist, Omni Whittington has completed another acquisition in the Singapore insurance market. The Singapore corporate insurance team of Norton Rose, the international law firm, and Singapore law firm, Rodyk & Davidson, acted for Omni Whittington on the purchase