April 1, 2004 Baker Botts L.L.P. is pleased to announce the return of Robert W. Jordan, a former senior partner in the firm’s Dallas office and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Mr. Jordan returns as a senior partner in the firm’s Dallas office, where […]

LONDON (2 April 2004) — Kilpatrick Stockton announces today that it advised Babcock International Group plc on the £480m contract for South West Prime. The contract has been awarded by MoD to Debut Services (South West) Limited, a joint venture between Babcock and Bovis Lend Lease. The contract relates to the provision of property maintenance

MMS CO. IS LATEST SHIPPING COMPANY TO BE SUBJECT TO MULTIMILLION DOLLAR FINES FOR DUMPING OIL WASTES MMS Co. Ltd., a Japanese ship management company, pleaded guilty today to four felony charges for failing to follow federal water pollution prevention laws by routinely dumping oily wastewater from one of its ships. MMS pleaded guilty to

A Gulfport, Mississippi man was sentenced today to 88 months in federal prison for his conviction on charges of traveling from his home state to California for the purpose of having sex with a 13-year-old boy Daniel Diamond Tucker, 53, received the more-than-seven-year sentence this morning from United States District Judge James V. Selna. Judge

Energy specialists Geoff Hewitt and Gordon Clark are joining leading law firm Charles Russell. Their appointments further extend the firm’s services for clients in the energy sector, which already includes mining expertise. Both Gordon and Geoff, who previously worked at Morgan Cole, will be based at Charles Russell’s office in London. Gordon’s initial energy experience

Florida Attorney Russell Adler recently experienced an epiphany; one that might be a bit startling for small law firms that are used to the paper-intensive environment that surrounds litigation. “Why not turn the law offices of Karmin, Adler & Padowitz into a paperless, technology-advanced firm while reducing overhead expenses and gaining efficiency?” That’s the concept

Employers face an increase in disability discrimination claims as workers hit by falling workplace and personal injury pay outs seek a new form of legal compensation, according to a leading employment lawyer. “Most people who sustain a major physical or psychological injury experience some problem in returning to the workforce”, said Allens Arthur Robinson workplace

PHILADELPHIA, April 2 /PRNewswire/ — The law firm of Spector, Roseman & Kodroff, P.C. announces that a class action lawsuit was commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers, redeemers and holders of shares of American Express Financial Advisors, Inc. (“AEFA” or the “Company”), between

International law firm Allen & Overy advised joint lead managers and bookrunners UBS and Cazenove on HHG plc’s placing of 246,160,000 new shares, raising £118 million. HHG, the recently-listed asset management and insurance group, will use the cash raised to help buy the remaining 24% of Hendersen, its asset management business, from its subsidiary Pearl

SAN FRANCISCO, CA–Pillsbury Winthrop LLP is pleased to announce that Timothy Burns has returned as a partner to the firm’s San Francisco office. Burns, whose practice focuses on tax, partnership and private equity matters, has worked on numerous private equity funds both as the lead attorney and as a member of a team. Burns joined