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Davis Polk Advise on Sterling Financial Corp Deal
LawFuel.com – Law News Daily – Davis Polk is advising Sterling Financial Corporation in connection with the sale ofsix bank branches in Oregon by its principal operating subsidiary Sterling Savings...
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Clint Eastwood’s Lawsuit Issue
Movie script lawsuits are nothing new, but it’s seldom that mega-star and producer Clint Eastwood faces them. However an Eastwood movies that wasn’t even a hit, “Trouble with the Curve” has hit...
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Google Battles Online Ad Fraud
Google is taking further steps to stamp out online ad fraud with the acquisition of London-based Spider.io, a startup that has exposed several online scams. Google’s acquisition is part of the online...
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The Tears of Rebekah Brooks at Hacking Trial
Explaining about her failed marriage to the actor and TV presenter Ross Kemp and her affair with one of her co-accused’s, former editor and PM media adviser Andy Coulson, Ms Brooks, 45, the former...
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AG Biondi Announces $173 Million Settlement with Endo Pharmaceuticals For...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Pam Bondi announced today that Florida has joined 46 other states and the federal government in a $173 million global settlement with Endo Pharmaceuticals to resolve...
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Beauty Queen Lawyer Jailed For DUI Offence
Kristina Long was a former UK beauty queen, crowned Miss Bolton and winning a Miss World University competition. But she has now been given a one year jail term for driving while twice the over...
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What Would a Sports Lawyer Do At Sochi?
London-based sports lawyer Raj Koria has handled a range of law issues from sponsorship and merchandising to media and TV rights. Working for the alternative law firm, Halesbury, he spoke with Law in...
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Elaborate Fraud Sees Disability Surgeon Lesniewski Get 8 Years’ Jail for LIRR...
LawFuel.com - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that PETER J. LESNIEWSKI, a Board-certified orthopedist, was sentenced today in Manhattan...
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Missouri’s Gun Law Lessons For the Rest of America
Daneil Webster, a director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research and Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health wrote this blog...
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Norton Rose Opens Brazil Office
Global legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright is expanding its Latin America practice with the opening of a new office in Brazil. To be based initially in Rio de Janeiro, Norton Rose Fulbright’s Brazil...
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American Idol Goes To Court
American Idol may be opening up more than the careers of prospective pop stars. A $10 million lawsuit has been filed this week, which could have an impact well beyond the Idol Empire. The successful...
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Skadden Arps In $2.8 Billion Seniors Deal
LawFuel.com – Skadden is representing Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (a portfolio company of Fortress Investment Group LLC) in its $2.8 billion merger with Emeritus Corporation, announced February 20.The...
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The Guzman Arrest – A Blow Against a Major Cartel
The arrest of drug overlord Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman has struck a blow against a major drug cartel that spawned a global drug network affecting millions of people and earning hundreds of millions of...
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“El Chapo” Guzman Faces Extradition to the US
Drug Lord “El Chapo” Guzman is likely to face justice in the United States if US prosecutors succeed in their attempts to extradict the recently captured leader of one of the largest drug cartels in...
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FBI Agents Sting California Senator
California State Senator Ronald Calderon Charged with Taking Bribes in Exchange for Official Acts on Behalf of Hospital Owner and Independent Film Studio LOS ANGELES – Ronald Calderon, a...
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Australian Law Firm Ordered to Pay Millions to Millionaire
Sydney multimillionaire John Symond, the founder of Aussie Home Loans, has succeeded in a court application to have his former lawyers pay him for advice that landed him in difficulties with the...
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The Death of a Cyber-Bullied TV Presenter
Cyberbullying has become a major issue everywhere and last weekend’s death in Australia of former model and television presenter Charlotte Dawson has prompted calls for a firm, cyberbullying law,...
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Calderon Taken into Custody
California Senator Ronald Calderon was taken into custody after surrendering to federal authorities during the past hour, the US Attorney in Los Angeles reports. In a statement from the US Attorney...
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Hogan Lovells Expands Technology, Media and Telecoms group
WASHINGTON, D.C. LawFuel.com – 24 February 2014 – Hogan Lovells today announced that Tom Peters has joined the firm’s Government Regulatory practice as a Senior Technical Advisor. He will be based...
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Locke Lord Lawyers Joins Texas Board of Legal Specialized
(HOUSTON, DALLAS) February 24, 2014 –The Texas Board of Legal Specialization has awarded three Locke Lord LLP lawyers – Houston Partner Steven Bryant, Dallas Senior Counsel Kirsten Castañeda, and...
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