LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire Service – St Petersburg – DLA Piper is pleased to announce the appointment of Alexey Chichkanov as a partner to head the St Petersburg office’s Finance & Projects practice. Prior to joining DLA Piper, Alexey was First Deputy Chairman of St Petersburg’s City Property Management Committee (“KUGI”). Alexey has over 13

London – LAWFUEL – DLA Piper UK LLP (“DLA Piper”) has advised Barclays Bank Plc, Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, HSBC Bank Plc and The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc on their provision of £80,000,000 debt funding which was utilised in part to fund the take private of SSP Holdings Plc by H & F Sensor

LawFuel – Legal Announcement – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that ZACHARY BALLARD, a/k/a “Zachary Balard,” a/k/a “Little Zachary,” a/k/a “Boobie,” was found guilty late yesterday afternoon of robbery, firearms charges, and participating in a conspiracy to commit robbery, following a one-week jury trial before

LOS ANGELES – July 23, 2008 – LawFuel – Legal Announcement Service – Debra D. King, Special Agent in Charge for the Los Angeles Field Office announced that Alma J. Batson and son Kelcee L. Batson, operators of tax preparation business located in Riverside, California were arrested earlier today. A grand jury sitting in Los

The 20th Annual Texas Environmental Superconference will be held on Thursday and Friday — August 7-8, 2008 — as always, in Austin at the Four Seasons Hotel. This year’s theme, inspired by politics, is “Join the Party.” And, on this 20th anniversary, party we will. Continuing a tradition begun three years ago, there also will

Brings Experience in Renewable Energy Investments, a Growth Area for the Firm New York, July 23, 2008 — LAWFUEL – Law Firm Newswire – The international law Firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that Eli Katz has joined the Firm as a tax counsel in the project finance and tax practices. The move

HOUSTON (LAWFUEL) – The scenario facing lead paint manufacturers in Rhode Island resembled the litigation nightmares of most American businesses. The defendants faced a state attorney general represented by contingent-fee lawyers. The plaintiffs’ lawyers wielded a vague but public-spirited legal theory to which juries could readily relate. The “victims” described at trial were hundreds of

Washington, D.C., July 25, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed an emergency action to freeze the assets of one or more unknown purchasers of the call options for the common stock of DRS Technologies, Inc. and American Power Conversion Corp., alleging that they reaped more than $3 million in profits by

NEW YORK, July 25, 2008 (LAWFUEL) — Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross LLP (www.pomerantzlaw.com) reminds investors of MRV Communications Inc. (“MRV” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:MRVC) that September 8, 2008 is the deadline to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff in the class action. Pomerantz filed a class action lawsuit against MRV