RIVERSIDE, Calif.- May 5 – LAWFUEL – The law firm of Marshack Shulman Hodges & Bastian LLP (MSHB) today announced that the United States Bankruptcy Court in Riverside, California has entered an order confirming the bankruptcy plan of reorganization for Swiftcomm, Inc. Swiftcomm, a privately held California corporation based in Riverside, operates a state of […]

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 26 – LAWFUEL – Piper Rudnick LLP announced today that Steven B. Feirman, a partner in the firm’s Franchise and Distribution practice group, has won the 2004 Burton Award for Legal Achievement for his article “The Legality of Rebates from Suppliers.” The Burton Award is dedicated to the enrichment and refinement of

4 May, 2004- LAWFUEL – IP Law & Business Magazine recently ranked Kilpatrick Stockton’s Patent Litigation Practice 19th out of all US firms. Kilpatrick Stockton’s ranking is in the category of “Firms that Defended the Most Cases.” To be eligible, cases had to be filed in 2003. For more information on Kilpatrick Stockton’s Intellectual Practice,

WASHINGTON, D.C. – LAWFUEL – The United States Bankruptcy Court presiding over WorldCom, Inc.’s bankruptcy petitions has authorized the company to enter into a settlement with the United States, the Justice Department announced today. The court approved WorldCom’s agreement to pay the government $27 million to settle claims that it defrauded the General Services Administration

4 May – LAWFUEL – Chadbourne Represented Irish Investors in Polish Property Purchase from German Investors Chadbourne & Parke represented a group of private Irish investors in the purchase of a major retail/office investment in Warsaw for 60m Euros, in a share purchase deal in which the property was acquired from German investors. Capital Partners,

ROCKVILLE, Md., May 4 – LAWFUEL – Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), the world’s leading provider of proxy voting and corporate governance services, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Securities Class Action Services (SCAS), has released its list of the top 50 plaintiffs’ law firms ranked by the total dollar amount of final securities class action

Brooklyn, NY – May 2004 –The New York State Appellate Division upheld a lower court ruling that struck the City of New York’s answer in a civil lawsuit arising from the shooting of an innocent bystander by an off-duty New York City Police Officer. The Court’s decision holds the City of New York and the

International law firm Allen & Overy’s partnership has voted unanimously to convert to a UK Limited Liability Partnership (LLP). Allen & Overy becomes the first international firm to become a UK LLP. Allen & Overy LLP, as the firm will be known from 1 May 2004, took advantage of new legislation which came into effect

The Commonwealth Attorney-General has released the results of the research and analysis of the Digital Agenda and related copyright reforms undertaken by leading commercial law firm Phillips Fox.

Seven individuals associated with a tax fraud group known as “We the People” were convicted today on various federal charges related to the promotion of bogus tax shelters that falsely promised to limit exposure to federal income taxes. A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted the seven on charges that included conspiring to defraud the