Recent Updates
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FDA warns on anemia drugs after test deaths
Headline News 03/10/2007Responding to a spate of deaths in clinical trials, the Food and Drug Administration yesterday issued its most severe warning possible for drugs widely used to treat anemia in kidney disease patients and cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.The "b...
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Mayor Frank Melton Released From Jail
Headline News 03/09/2007Mayor Frank Melton was released from jail Thursday after the Mississippi Supreme Court vacated his arrest and recused Judge Tomie Green from the case, according to court documents provided to The Associated Press.Presiding Justice William Waller Jr. ...
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Former Gov. Pataki joins New York City law firm
Headline News 03/07/2007[##_1L|1029903007.jpg|width="103" height="126" alt=""|_##]Former Gov. George Pataki, after a two-month break, announced Wednesday that he is joining a New York City law firm and will specialize in environmental issues, particularly renewable energy. ...
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Clifford Chance Law Firm Receives Trio Of Awards
Headline News 03/01/2007Clifford Chance's Asian funds and private equity teams have been honoured with three separate industry awards this week.On 28 February, the funds team was named Best Law Firm for Asset Management in 2006 by Asia Asset Management magazine.Today, Cliff...
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Western States Agree to Cut Greenhouse Gases
Headline News 02/27/2007[##_1L|1235311697.jpg|width="180" height="137" alt=""|_##]The governors of five western US states signed an agreement Monday to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, a cause of global warming. During the winter meeting of the National Governors Assoc...
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DOJ unveils religious discrimination education initiative
Headline News 02/21/2007US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales unveiled the First Freedom Project (FFP) Tuesday afternoon, a new Department of Justice initiative aimed at stricter enforcement of laws against religious discrimination and educating the public about their rights...
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Post-9/11 anti-terror case data inaccurate: DOJ audit
Headline News 02/20/2007Federal investigators and prosecutors fudged data on the number of anti-terrorism investigations and cases for the four years after 9/11, according to an audit by US Department of Justice Inspector General Glenn A. Fine released Tuesday. In a report ...
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Justice Department to Monitor Election in New York
Headline News 02/20/2007The Justice Department today announced that on Feb. 20, 2007, it will monitor the special election in Richmond County (Staten Island), N.Y., to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act. The Department monitors will watch and record activities dur...
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Hanson Bridgett brings in ex-49ers lawyer
Headline News 02/16/2007Hanson Bridgett Marcus Vlahos & Rudy LLP said the former lawyer for the San Francisco 49ers has joined the firm. Ed Goines spent five years with the football team as vice president and general counsel, He directed the legal and business contractu...
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Survey - Majority of Law Firms Lack Succession Plans
Headline News 02/08/2007TORONTO, Feb. 8 - Partners or senior lawyers depart from every law office at one time or another, yet most firms don't plan for this eventuality. In a recent survey, 53 per cent of lawyers polled said their law firm or legal department does not...
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Ex-Enron prosecutor joins law firm in D.C
Headline News 02/02/2007Former Enron prosecutor Kathy Ruemmler has joined the law firm of Latham & Watkins in Washington, D.C.Ruemmler was one of three Assistant U.S. Attorneys who took leading roles in the 2004 Enron Nigerian barge case and the criminal trial of former...
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BP Colorado wind farm financing closes
Headline News 01/31/2007The financing closed for the construction of BP Plc's 301-megawatt Cedar Creek wind farm in Weld County, Colorado, the law firm representing the lenders said.International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP said in a release that Cedar ...