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The “People’s Justice” Sotomayor’s Oprah Factor
Justice Sotomayor has blazed an interesting and distinctive path according to a paper written for Yale Law School by David Fontana, who talks about the “People’s Justice” – someone who has broken...
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Four Lawyers Join Quarles & Brady Chicago
CHICAGO, ILL. (April 2, 2014) — The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that Travis J. Eliason, Laura T. MacDonald, Anne M. O’Brien and Jaya F. White have joined the firm...
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Three Arrested on Money Laundering, Health Care and Tax Fraud Charges
LOS ANGELES – Three people who were recently named in a superseding indictment that adds health care fraud charges to money laundering and tax fraud schemes were arrested this morning by...
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Attorney General Biondi Statement on Florida Information Protection Act
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Pam Bondi issued the following statement following the Senate Rules Committee’s unanimous passage of the Florida Information Protection Act of 2014, Senate Bill 1524,...
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New Partners Named At Skadden Arps
LawFuel.com – We are pleased to announce that the following attorneys have become partners of the firm: Boris Bershteyn Litigation New York Will H. Cai China Corporate Hong Kong C. Michael Chitwood...
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Davis Polk Advises on Acquisition of Seacon Group
Davis Polk is advising TE Connectivity Ltd. in connection with its $490 million acquisition of the SEACON group. The transaction, which is expected to close before the end of September 2014, is subject...
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Cherie Blair’s Law Firm (And Cherie, Too) Are Doing Very Well, Thank You
Cherie Blair, the wife of former British PM Tony, has been doing alright since her husband left Number 10 Downing Street. Like husband Tony, who has operated lucrative business broking deals and...
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How Bad is the McCutheon v Federal Election Decision by the Supreme Court....
Mansur Gidfarwrites in the Huffington Post about the McCutcheon Supreme Court decision. A former Upworthy deputy editor and contributor, he is the Communications Director of Represent.Us, a...
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Baker + McKenzie Sees Benefits in Frankfurt Clearing House for China Trade
LawFuel.com – Frankfurt, Germany, 28 March 2014 – During his state visit in Berlin, Chinese president Xi Jinping signed a letter of intent to set up a renminbi clearing house in Frankfurt am Main with...
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Violent “Luchie” NY Drug Trafficker GUilty of Murder-for-Hire
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROGER KEY, a/k/a “Luchie,” a violent and large-scale drug trafficker who operated in Manhattan and the...
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Harvard and the Rape Cases
Winnie M Li wrote this article about her experience being raped while at Harvard and how her case was handled. Her article appears in the Huffington Post. When I woke up this morning a friend had...
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Largest Clean-Up Bill Ever! Anadarko’s $5.15 Billion Bill
In what is the largest environmental clean-up settlement ever, Anadarko has agreed to pay for the environmental and toxic tort issue and pay up to $5.15 billion, the US Attorney and Justice Department...
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Law Firm Management & Gender Diversity – Top 3 Things
Former Pillsbury Winthrop senior partner and chair Mary Cranson spoke to LawFuel about gender diversity issues in law firms, noting the top three things she recommends that law firms – and others –...
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Fund Manager Sentenced to 7 Years Prison for Multimillion Investment Fraud
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that STEPHEN COLANGELO, Jr., was sentenced yesterday to 87 months in prison in connection with two separate...
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Former US Railroad Retirement Board Representative Gets Five Years’ Jail for...
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MARIE BARAN, a former employee of the United States Railroad Retirement Board (“RRB”), was...
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DLA Peru Deal Named Deal of the Year in Project Finance Category
Planta de Reserva Fría de Generación de Eten S.A., a Peru-based power generation company, received the “Deal of the Year” award in the Project Finance category from International Financial Law Review....
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So Who Is the Top Ranking M&A Law Firm, Then?
Law firm rankings? Where would we be without them. The first quarter of the 2014 Am Law rankings, released this week, and for M&A advisors has Skadden Arps and Simpson Tacher in the top three. The...
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Ukraine and US Energy Restrictions – Will Geopolitics Bring Reform?
March 2014 William J. Clinton, Scott S. Lincicome, Ron Kendler The situation in Ukraine has intensified political and media scrutiny of the United States’ restrictions on the export of crude oil and...
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Law Firm Investigators Claims for Yelp Inc Investors
NEW YORK, April 4, 2014 LawFuel.com — Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Yelp, Inc. (“Yelp” or the “Company”)(NYSE: YELP)(CUSIP: 985817105). Investors are advised to...
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Escobar – Better Than Breaking Bad?
Reports that Netflix’s new series, Narcos, the story of the major crime figure and head of the infamous Medellin Cartel could be better than even “Breaking Bad”, the award-winning, biggest, baddest and...
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