Chicago, IL; July 15, 2004 – LAWFUEL – The practice of law requires years of schooling, successfully completing the bar exam, complying with a distinct code of ethics, and hours of ongoing continuing legal education. However, for Chicago-based Goldberg Kohn, those tests are just the beginning. In addition, the firm further puts itself to the […]

RIVERSIDE, CA , July 16, 2004 – LAWFUEL – An Inland Empire man has agreed to plead guilty to federal fraud charges for running a “high-yield investment program” that in reality was a Ponzi scheme that collected $25 million from victims around the world. John C. Jeffers, 63, of Mentone, signed a plea agreement yesterday

July 16, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; and Michael Clemens, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Miami returned a Superseding Indictment charging the defendant, Giovanni Felipe, a retired City of Miami firefighter

New York and London – LAWFUEL – Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (K&L) and English law firm Nicholson Graham & Jones (NGJ) today announced that they have commenced discussions aimed at a possible combination of the firms later in 2004. If the combination occurs between K&L, with 800 lawyers located in 10 offices across the United

16 July 2004 – LAWFUEL – Allen & Overy has advised Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd., Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited and Santander Central Hispano Investment, S.A. acting as Joint Global Co-ordinators on the initial public offering (IPO) of 74,185,584 shares of Gestevisión Telecinco, S.A. (Telecinco) and the subsequent listing of

16 July 2004, -LAWFUEL – DLA LLP has advised ING Bank NV London Branch (ING) and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) on their provision of Senior and Mezzanine debt funding, which was utilised in part to fund the acquisition of the SafetyKleen Group by JP Morgan Partners and some of the existing management. This

Irvine, CA. July 16, 2004 – LAWFUEL – CasePost is a free on-line service for people seeking legal assistance to post their case and have lawyers express an interest in handling their case. According to Wes Fox, Casepost’s President, “Within the last eighteen months our aggressive on-line marketing has driven more than 150,000 case postings

LARCHMONT, N.Y., July 16, 2004 – LAWFUEL-Election Law Journal Co-Editor Richard L. Hasen says that opponents of Michael Moore or the National Rifle Association want to use campaign finance laws to keep ads for “Fahrenheit 9/11” and the new NRANews radio program from the airwaves. Depending upon how the courts or Federal Election Commission read

IRVINE, Calif., July 16, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Masimo Corporation today announced that the District Court for the Central District of California upheld a jury verdict against Tyco’s Nellcor division of $134.5 million for infringement of Masimo’s patents. In doing so, the Court upheld jury findings of infringement for two Masimo patents, with 15 patent

SANTA MONICA and SAN JOSE, Calif., July 14, 2004 – LAWFUEL – FirstCall/ — Stamps.com Inc. (Nasdaq: STMP) and eBay Inc. today announced that the companies have resolved various disputes among them that led to the filing of litigation in June 2003. eBay will pay Stamps.com an undisclosed amount up front, designated for settlement. The