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LegalView.com Keeps Visitors Informed on Proposed Moisture Plus Class Action
LegalView.com is pleased to point its visitors toward its Moisture Plus blog at http://blogs.legalview.com/moistureplus/. The most recent posts to this frequently updated blog discuss new Moisture Plus lawsuits, one of which seeks class action status for all victims of the possibly contaminated contact lens solution. - June 28, 2007 - LegalView
Lehman, Lee & Xu Signs Scholarship and Internship Agreement with Shanghai Jiaotong University
Lehman, Lee & Xu will grant scholarships to 12 Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Law students annually for the next five years. The firm will also grant 3 recipients of the “Lehman Law Scholarship” the opportunity to perform summer internships with the firm. Managing Director... - June 28, 2007 - Lehman, Lee & Xu
Lehman, Lee And Xu Contributes to Doing Business in 2007: Creating Jobs
Lehman, Lee & Xu has been recognized for contributing to the World Bank/International Finance Corporation annual co-publication Doing Business in 2007: How to Reform. - June 28, 2007 - Lehman, Lee & Xu
LegalView Portal Continues Cutting-Edge Coverage of Auto Accident Legal Issues
LegalView.com, your resource on the Web for everything legal, is pleased to continue updating coverage of car and truck accidents for its comprehensive auto accident portal site. - June 22, 2007 - LegalView
Kiersted/ Systems Announces Strategic Talent Appointments Enhancing Client Service and Automated Litigation Expertise
Chris Wycliff, Longtime Litigation Expert, Named Manager, Consulting - June 22, 2007 - Kiersted Systems
Lehman, Lee & Xu Attends SPAR’s Appreciation Party
Lehman Lee & Xu Senior Foreign Legal Counselor Janet Yong, and Attorney Jipeng Cui, as well as Senior Partner Richard Wageman and Managing Director and co-founder Edward Lehman attended an appreciation party for those who helped the SPAR supermarket chain establish operations in China. The... - June 22, 2007 - Lehman, Lee & Xu
Bio-Synthesis Unveils Online Software ‘Peptide, Oligo, Protein Analysis’
Bio-Synthesis joined with Protein Lounge to bring all the vital and necessary databases to one place. Users have access to the Protein Database, Peptide Antigen Database, and the siRNA database. - June 21, 2007 - Bio-Synthesis Inc.
LegalView.com Continues Coverage of Unfolding Avandia Safety Concerns
With media coverage continuing to raise serious safety questions about the diabetes drug Avandia, LegalView.com is proud to remind readers that it maintains a comprehensive collection of important legal information for concerned patients at their Avandia attorney information portal. Avandia... - June 21, 2007 - LegalView
Solicitors Gloucester – Davey Franklin Jones Adds Legal News Updates to Website
Gloucester based solicitors, Davey Franklin Jones (http://www.dfjlaw.co.uk), has added the latest, real-time Legal News to its website. The addition of Legal News to the website is to keep Davey Franklin Jones’ clients and site visitors informed of the latest legal developments and issues. - June 21, 2007 - Davey Franklin Jones Solicitors
Hodgson Russ LLP’s Web Site Recognized by the Internet Marketing Attorney
Hodgson Russ LLP’s web site was recently acknowledged by the Internet Marketing Attorney as one of the Top 250 web sites in the legal field. - June 21, 2007 - Algonquin Studios, Inc
Legal Zoom National Survey Shows Increasing Number of Americans with Living Wills, But Three Out of Four Remain Unprotected
LegalZoom.com, the nation's number one online legal document preparation service, today announced the results of its third national survey on Living Wills, a legal document that allows individuals to decide whether or not to be kept on life support if one is permanently unconscious or in a coma. - June 21, 2007 - LegalZoom
LegalZoom.com Names John Suh Chief Executive Officer
Legal Zoom, Leading Online Legal Document Service, to Strengthen Growth under Veteran Entrepreneur’s Leadership - June 21, 2007 - LegalZoom
Lehman, Lee & Xu Participates in Wipo Course
Lehman, Lee & Xu would like to congratulate a number of its staff who have participated in and recently completed the General Course on Intellectual Property through the WIPO Worldwide Academy. The correspondence course is estimated to take a total of 50 hours and reviews nearly all areas of... - June 20, 2007 - Lehman, Lee & Xu
LegalView.com Continues to Monitor Recall of Moisture Plus Contact Lens Solution
LegalView.com, your comprehensive portal on the Web for all things legal, continues to closely watch the developing situation of the AMO Moisture Plus Contact Solution recall through its information portal at http://moistureplus.legalview.com/. - June 16, 2007 - LegalView
Big Book of Legal Vendors Debuts in July
The Big Book of Legal Vendors, a comprehensive resource guide to thousands of vendors servicing the legal field, is due out at the end of July. The book lists companies such as court reporters, litigation support, e-discovery, consultants, office suppliers, couriers, process servers, legal recruiters, publications and more. - June 16, 2007 - Estrin LegalEd
Lehman, Lee & Xu Implements Intranet
Lehman, Lee & Xu has recently implemented a document management system which will allow for document sharing among all offices, including a special area in which clients may interactively work on documents with the firm’s professionals. The firm is one of the first Chinese law firms to... - June 16, 2007 - Lehman, Lee & Xu
Thompson & Knight Recognized Again by The Legal 500 US
Leading Law Firm Prominently Ranked Among U.S. Environmental Litigation Firms - June 16, 2007 - Thompson & Knight
Edward Lehman Makes Presentation to MBA Group
Edward Lehman, managing director of Lehman, Lee & Xu and adjunct faculty, St Bonaventure School of Business-MBA program in China, recently made a presentation to the MBA group from St. Bonaventure University. The group was composed of 22 MBA students, 2 professors, and 1 trustee. Five staff,... - June 15, 2007 - Lehman, Lee & Xu
Edward Lehman Selected as Leading Legal Expert in Asialaw's Annual Survey
Edward Lehman, managing director of Lehman, Lee & Xu, was recently identified as an acclaimed legal expert in Asia for Asialaw's annual Asia Lawyer's Survey. Mr. Lehman was honored by the selection, which puts him among the top experts in China and the rest of Asia. The survey results are... - June 15, 2007 - Lehman, Lee & Xu
Top California Private Investigator Lays Out the Top 15 Signs of Infidelity
Are you having trouble fighting the feeling that your spouse is being unfaithful? Do you frequently second guess yourself, your feelings, or the situation? The truth is, many people have the feeling, at one time or another, their spouse has been unfaithful but generally brush their suspicions off... - June 14, 2007 - Gailey Associates Inc.
LegalView Continues Development of Traumatic Brain Injury Portal with Dynamic Blog
LegalView.com, your resource on the Web for everything legal, is pleased to continue expansion of its comprehensive portal for information on traumatic brain injuries (TBI) with a regularly updated blog. The blog focuses on recent TBI cases as well as settlements and neuroscience news related to traumatic brain injuries. - June 14, 2007 - LegalView
Solicitor Gloucester – May 2007 Newsletter Published
Davey Franklin Jones the solicitors’ firm based in Gloucester announces the publication of its May 2007 Newsletter. - June 14, 2007 - Davey Franklin Jones Solicitors
Edward Lehman Makes Presentation at Global Justice Forum
Edward Lehman, managing director of Lehman, Lee & Xu, recently made a presentation at the annual Global Justice Forum, with this year’s event taking place in Rome. Mr. Lehman made two presentations related to China titled Litigation in China and Marketing Strategies in Cases. Many... - June 12, 2007 - Lehman, Lee & Xu
Lehman, Lee & Xu Selected as Editors of Martindale Law Digests for China, Macau, Hong Kong and Mongolia
Lehman, Lee & Xu was recently selected, for the second year in a row, as editors for Martindale's respected Law Digests. The firm will review China, Macau, Hong Kong and Mongolia, which all cover wide areas of law. The firm was excited by the selection, as it took over from a long-time editor... - June 12, 2007 - Lehman, Lee & Xu
Edward Lehman and Robert Lieff Lead Establishment of Global Justice Network
Robert Lieff, founding partner of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, and Edward Lehman, founding and managing director of Lehman, Lee & Xu, recently led discussions which resulted in the establishment of the Global Justice Network at the annual Global Justice Forum which took place in... - June 12, 2007 - Lehman, Lee & Xu
LegalView.com Creates Online Resource for Information on the AMO Moisture Plus Contact Solution Recall
LegalView.com, your one-stop shop for legal information online, has responded to the recall of AMO's Moisture Plus contact lens solution with a free new Web site collecting important information for concerned contact lens wearers. - June 11, 2007 - LegalView
LegalView.com Launches Avandia Information Portal with Information on the Latest FDA Warnings
LegalView.com, your resource for everything legal, has launched a new online resource for information on the diabetes drug Avandia located at http://avandia.legalview.com, with details on FDA warnings and recent medical studies. - June 11, 2007 - LegalView
Lehman, Lee & Xu Signs Scholarship and Clinic Agreement with China University of Politics and Law
Lehman, Lee & Xu, signed the Lehman Law Scholarship and Clinic Agreement with the China University of Politics and Law (CUPL) on June 1, 2007. The agreement establishes a program in which three students will be provided a scholarship, and seven others will be given the opportunity to... - June 10, 2007 - Lehman, Lee & Xu
Massachusetts Bar Association Partners with AmeriVault
AmeriVault to Provide Bar Association Members with Data Protection Services for Business Protection & Record-Retention Requirements - June 09, 2007 - AmeriVault Corp.
Aurora Law Firm Expands
Personnel announcement - June 08, 2007 - Joseph P. McCaffery & Associates
Private Investigator in Los Angeles, California Continues to Grow; Wilshire Investigations
Los Angeles Private Investigators have long modeled their businesses and referred their difficult cases to Wilshire Investigations. They have kept their policy of “no press” for over ten years due to the high profile client list that has mandated their reputation of complete... - June 05, 2007 - Wilshire Investigations
TRIAL.COM® Launches Electronic Newsletter Powered By PinHawk
PinHawk technology delivers news from TRIAL.COM® member firm websites to 8,000 attorneys. - May 31, 2007 - PinHawk LLC
The American Dog Owners Association Invites Responsible Dog Owners to Participate in a Demonstration on June 3, 2007
Gather at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. to Support California Pet Owners who Oppose California’s Mandatory Spay/Neuter Bill. - May 30, 2007 - American Dog Owners Association
Military Trial Attorney Interviewed by Chronicle of Higher Education
Keith Scherer was recently interviewed by The Chronicle of Higher Education in an article focused on how the Army is set to handle the massive recall of IRR members. - May 29, 2007 - Gagne, Scherer & Langemo
Legalview.com Introduces Comprehensive Mesothelioma Glossary
LegalView.com, your resource for everything legal, has introduced a new glossary of terminology relating to the condition mesothelioma located at http://mesothelioma.legalview.com/glossary. - May 27, 2007 - LegalView
Finally, a “Real” Lawyer Marketing Seminar
If you are tired of not getting the results you want out of your law firm marketing, the Great Legal Marketing Super Conference is an event that cannot be missed. Go to www.GLMSuperconference2007.com for more information. - May 27, 2007 - Ben Glass Law
Thompson & Knight Attorney Recognized as 2007 Outstanding Tax Lawyer
The international law firm of Thompson & Knight is proud to announce former Managing Partner Buford P. Berry has been selected as the recipient of the 2007 Outstanding Texas Tax Lawyer Award. The award is bestowed by the State Bar of Texas Section of Taxation for a lifetime of significant... - May 26, 2007 - Thompson & Knight
Thompson & Knight Attorney Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
The international law firm of Thompson & Knight is proud to announce Partner Rust E. Reid as the recipient of the 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Dallas Bar Association’s (DBA) Probate Section. The award is given in recognition of Mr. Reid’s 47-year career in trusts... - May 24, 2007 - Thompson & Knight
National Arbitration Forum Issues Three Decisions on Internet Domain Name Disputes
Trademarks: Disney, Jimmy Buffett and Angels - May 23, 2007 - National Arbitration Forum
Great Lakes Court Services Joins Michigan Process Server Directory at SearchForServers.com
Great Lakes Court Services has joined the Michigan process server / process service directory at SearchForServers.com - May 22, 2007 - Glaeser Enterprises, LLC
Free Speech in Public Schools: The “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” Case
This week on PublicSquare.net, they’re featuring a vigorous debate on one of the most controversial cases of the Supreme Court’s current term: Morse v. Frederick, popularly known as the “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” case. In 2002, Deborah Morse, high school principal in Juneau,... - May 19, 2007 - PublicSquare.net
Richard Wageman Makes Presentation Regarding Children’s Advertising Laws in China
Richard Wageman of the firm, Lehman, Lee and Xu, gave a joint presentation titled "Children’s Advertising in the Crosshairs”. The meeting was sponsored and hosted by the Global Advertising Lawyers Association (GALA) and Leo Burnett Worldwide, for advertising lawyers from 47... - May 19, 2007 - Lehman, Lee & Xu
Richard Wageman Makes Co-Presentation on Franchising in China
Richard Wageman of the firm, Lehman, Lee and Xu, gave a co-presentation titled “International Franchise Association Legal Symposium-Franchising in China-What you need to know before you go". Approximately 100 individuals attended. Co-presenters were Debra Abate (General Counsel for Mail... - May 19, 2007 - Lehman, Lee & Xu
Military Trial Attorneys Gather for Annual Meeting
The founding members of the military law firm Gagne, Scherer & Langemo, LLC, gathered over the weekend for the firm’s annual partnership meeting. - May 18, 2007 - Gagne, Scherer & Langemo
Hatfield Legal Group LLC Opens Mystic CT Office
Local family opens new law firm to serve Connecticut and New England. Thomas A. Hatfield and Anne P. Hatfield today announce the opening of their law firm, Hatfield Legal Group, LLC, which will serve clients throughout Connecticut and New England. - May 16, 2007 - Hatfield Legal Group LLC
Unique Law Firm Marketing Opportunity from Lawline.com
A leading provider of online continuing legal education now offers a distinctive marketing opportunity for individual law firms looking to generate interest in their practices. - May 15, 2007 - FurtherEd
Helms Mulliss & Wicker Unveils Branded Vehicle, Innovates Commuter Marketing
Helms Mulliss & Wicker announces the unveiling of the firm’s new delivery vehicle. It is believed to be the first law firm in the country to utilize the latest technology in vehicle branding. Commuter marketing is a cost-effective way to reinforce the firm’s name in the marketplace. - May 10, 2007 - Helms Mulliss Wicker
Edward Lehman Joins Executive Committee of Institute for Law and Technology
Edward Lehman, managing director of Lehman, Lee and Xu, has recently joined the Executive Committee of the Institute for Law and Technology. “[T]he purpose of the Institute is to provide a premier national and global forum on intellectual property and technology-related legal issues of policy... - May 10, 2007 - Lehman, Lee & Xu
Judice Law Firm Announces New Location
Attorney Gregory Van Judice is pleased to announce the convenient new location of Judice Law Firm, 805 Bayou Pines West, Suite B, Lake Charles, Louisiana, (337) 439-8100. The streamlined office space will enable the Judice Law Firm Staff to more efficiently serve clientele. In celebration of the... - May 10, 2007 - Judice Law Firm
Judice Law Firm Hosts Open House for Oyster Fishermen
The Judice Law Firm, 805 Bayou Pines West, Lake Charles, Louisiana, hosted an “open house” on April 28th for oyster fishermen affected by the recent Bayou D’Inde / Calcasieu Waterway sewage spill. Refreshments were served as guests completed the forms required to file a... - May 10, 2007 - Judice Law Firm