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Rapid Diagnostek developing bug-detection device
Posted: January 31st, 2010, 11:00pm EST
Rapid Diagnostek Inc., a firm developing a product that can quickly detect viruses and bacteria, has raised about $1.5 million in financing. -
Maryland wineries seek end to ‘crazy rules’
Posted: January 31st, 2010, 11:00pm EST
A toilet stands between John and Denise Wilkerson’s dream of turning their 45-acre farm into a winery. -
Hermann’s legacy lives on in hospital and green space
Posted: January 31st, 2010, 11:00pm EST
The name Hermann is spoken by many Houstonians every day. They may be referring to a hospital, a park, a street, a building or a public square. While the name is well-known, people may know little about the man behind the name: George Henry Hermann. -
Bank deal adds work for Columbia’s Mark Brandon
Posted: January 31st, 2010, 11:00pm EST
Mark Brandon’s job just got harder. -
North Pacific assets for sale
Posted: January 31st, 2010, 11:00pm EST
North Pacific Group Inc., Oregon’s third-largest private company, has set a Friday deadline to accept bids for its business units. -
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. to pay up to $1M to settle pay dispute
Posted: January 29th, 2010, 4:04pm EST
Poultry company Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. has agreed to pay up to $1 million to settle a suit filed by workers at the company's Dallas facility who said they should be paid for time spent putting on layers of protective gear. (PPC) -
Maui sugar plantation stays open, for now
Posted: January 29th, 2010, 2:55pm EST
The owner of Hawaii’s only sugar plantation may shut down operations next year, citing drought conditions and disputes over diverted water. (ALEX) -
Leprino Foods says it no longer gets milk from dairy accused of abusing cows
Posted: January 28th, 2010, 6:52pm EST
Denver cheese maker Leprino Foods Co. said Thursday that a New York dairy accused by an animal-rights group of abusing its cows no longer supplies one of its cheese plants with milk. -
Monsanto brings R&D facility to Kannapolis
Posted: January 28th, 2010, 8:05am EST
Agricultural-technology giant Monsanto Co. will establish a research-and-development operation at the N.C. Research Campus within six months. (MON) -
Front Range uses only 19% of Colorado’s water, report says
Posted: January 27th, 2010, 3:04pm EST
A new report on Colorado’s water usage concludes that the Front Range uses about 19 percent of the state’s water, yet generates between 80 and 86 percent of its economic activity and tax revenue. -
Applications open for agricultural grants
Posted: January 27th, 2010, 1:38pm EST
The N.C. Value-Added Cost Share program is accepting applications for the spring funding cycle. The program is administered by N.C. MarketReady, part of the educational outreach efforts of Greensboro’s N.C. A&T State University and Raleigh’s N.C. State University. It is supported by the N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund Commission to support the development of value-added agricultural operations, an emerging sector of the state’s agriculture. -
Bunge to sell Brazilian fertilizer assets for $3.8B
Posted: January 27th, 2010, 8:19am EST
Bunge Ltd. plans to sell its fertilizer nutrients assets in Brazil, including its interest in Fertilizantes Fosfatados S.A. (Fosfertil), for $3.8 billion in cash to Vale S.A. (VALE) (BG) -
SF investor in huge Marin land deal
Posted: January 26th, 2010, 3:27pm EST
San Francisco-based Virtu Investments has paid $4.5 million for the 865-acre Borello Ranch in West Marin, one of the largest land sales in Marin County in years. -
Target to stop selling farmed salmon
Posted: January 26th, 2010, 3:15pm EST
Target Corp., which has more than a dozen locations in the Raleigh-Durham area, on Tuesday said it has eliminated farmed salmon from its stores, instead selling only wild-caught Alaskan salmon. (TGT) -
Crispin Cider gets Fox Barrel Cider
Posted: January 26th, 2010, 1:04pm EST
Crispin Cider Co., which makes a high-end alcoholic cider, has bought Fox Barrel Cider Co. in a bid to broaden its brand and reach. -
Full text of Strickland's State of the State speech
Posted: January 26th, 2010, 12:31pm EST
What follows is the full text of Gov. Ted Strickland's annual address to the state legislature. The governor spoke at noon on Jan. 26 at the Ohio Statehouse: -
Target says no to farmed salmon
Posted: January 26th, 2010, 11:01am EST
Target Corp. on Tuesday said it has eliminated farmed salmon from its stores, instead selling only wild-caught Alaskan salmon. (TGT) -
Mexico OKs Monsanto corn seeds
Posted: January 25th, 2010, 2:34pm EST
Three types of Monsanto Co.’s genetically modified corn seed traits have won regulatory approval for import in Mexico. (MON) -
Former tribal leader knew to take advantage of opportunities
Posted: January 24th, 2010, 11:00pm EST
Ivan Makil grew up on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community near the corner of Pima and McDowell roads. He watched housing and commercial developments creep closer and closer to the reservation boundaries and pondered how one street could so definitively divide a land of rapid development and a land of farming. -
How Seattle conventions spread the wealth, even in thrifty times
Posted: January 24th, 2010, 11:00pm EST
Wendell and Naomi Wimberly couldn’t have been happier than to be in Seattle for the annual meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation. -
$25M biomass test plant big opportunity for Hawaii
Posted: January 24th, 2010, 11:00pm EST
The company planning to build a biomass plant in Kapolei said it chose the Islands for its multimillion-dollar test project because of the state’s commitment to “green” energy and accessibility to a variety of feedstocks that can be grown year-round. -
Receiver appointed for $1B North Pacific Group Inc.
Posted: January 21st, 2010, 5:36pm EST
The North Pacific Group Inc., Oregon’s third-largest private company, has been taken over by a court-appointed receiver after what appears to be at least three failed attempts to sell the company. -
Consumer groups seek ban on Monsanto sugar beets
Posted: January 21st, 2010, 2:32pm EST
Earthjustice and Center for Food Safety attorneys filed court papers this week on behalf of organic seed growers, conservation groups and food safety groups seeking a ban on Monsanto’s genetically engineered sugar beets and sugar beet seeds. (MON) -
Fla. Farm Bureau blasts new EPA standards
Posted: January 21st, 2010, 11:53am EST
The Florida Farm Bureau Federation has joined a growing number of groups blasting new water quality standards proposed last week by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. -
Drought leaves 99% of Hawaii dry
Posted: January 20th, 2010, 5:05pm EST
Hawaii agriculture continues to be damaged by an unrelenting drought that has continued into the state’s rainy season. -
Coke partners to help African farmers
Posted: January 20th, 2010, 9:06am EST
The Coca-Cola Co., the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and nonprofit TechnoServe formed a four-year $11.5 million partnership to help 50,000 small fruit farmers in Uganda and Kenya boosts productivity and double their incomes by 2014. (KO) -
Abengoa, Mid-Kansas to partner on hybrid power plant
Posted: January 19th, 2010, 3:30pm EST
Abengoa Bioenergy and Mid-Kansas Electric Co. LLC announced Tuesday plans to develop the country’s first commercial-scale hybrid cellulosic ethanol and power plant. The facility will be built in Stevens County at a cost of $550 million and will have the ability to generate both electric power and cellulosic ethanol. -
Cargill donates $2M to Macalester for charter-school program in MN
Posted: January 19th, 2010, 10:08am EST
The Cargill Foundation has awarded a $2 million grant to the new Center for School Change at Macalester College in St. Paul, intended to improve the academic and operational performance of Minneapolis-area charter public schools that serve a high percentage of students from low-income families. -
Delphi named as alternative site for casino
Posted: January 19th, 2010, 8:03am EST
Penn National Gaming Inc. has picked the former Delphi Automotive Systems LLC site as an alternate location for its Columbus casino. -
Online wine seller Vinfolio takes unusual ‘insolvency’ route
Posted: January 18th, 2010, 5:42pm EST
Vinfolio Inc., a San Francisco-based online wine seller that raised $4.5 million in venture funding last September, entered into an “Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors” filing late last week. The filing is a state-level alternative to filing under Chapter 7 or Chapter 11 for federal bankruptcy protection. -
Jacksonville shares ‘tastiest’ moniker
Posted: January 18th, 2010, 12:04pm EST
Jacksonville is among the featured cities in Florida’s Tastiest Catch, a new Web site launched by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. -
Novus opens Singapore plant
Posted: January 18th, 2010, 11:02am EST
Novus International Inc. has opened a new blending plant in Singapore for animal feed supplements. -
Report: Mendocino's Fetzer Vineyards lays off 12 transportation workers
Posted: January 18th, 2010, 10:22am EST
Fetzer Vineyards laid off 12 workers in its trucking unit and will outsource that role “to save money,” the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported late Friday. -
Monsanto wins part of DuPont license dispute
Posted: January 18th, 2010, 9:41am EST
DuPont cannot combine its seed trait technology with rival Monsanto Co.'s, a federal judge in St. Louis ruled Friday in the companies' ongoing license agreement dispute. (MON) -
Murphy Tomatoes seeks to take advantage of ripe opportunities
Posted: January 17th, 2010, 11:00pm EST
Murphy Tomatoes is settling into a new home and looking for expansion opportunities. -
With financing finally in place, Troy food co-op plans summer opening
Posted: January 17th, 2010, 11:00pm EST
Supporters of opening a fresh food market in downtown Troy got the last bit of financing they needed to finally move ahead with the Troy Community Food Co-op. -
Capay Valley farmers sue Caltrans over plan to widen highway
Posted: January 17th, 2010, 11:00pm EST
A group of Yolo County residents and farmers have filed a lawsuit challenging a $58 million project to widen Highway 16 in rural Yolo County. -
Ohio soybean industry: They’re for more than food
Posted: January 17th, 2010, 11:00pm EST
The underrated soybean may be ready to blossom into a bigger part of consumers’ everyday lives. -
Hawaii shrimp trucks don’t go easy on competition (or garlic)
Posted: January 17th, 2010, 11:00pm EST
It’s lunchtime on a Friday and the smell of garlic cuts through the voggy air near the McDonald’s in Haleiwa. -
Supreme Court to take up Monsanto alfalfa case
Posted: January 15th, 2010, 4:47pm EST
The Supreme Court said Friday it would consider overturning a court order that has blocked Monsanto Co. from selling alfalfa seeds that are genetically modified to resist its Roundup weed killer. (MON) -
Crist requests freeze disaster declaration for all of Florida
Posted: January 15th, 2010, 1:32pm EST
Gov. Charlie Crist cited extensive losses for agriculture producers in all 67 Florida counties in seeking a disaster declaration for the entire state due to cold weather losses. -
AeroGrow names top shareholder its CEO, changes focus
Posted: January 15th, 2010, 10:14am EST
Colorado's AeroGrow International Inc. said Friday it has named a new CEO, changed its sales focus and embarked on additional staff reductions as part of an effort to save the company $1.6 million per year. (AERO) -
Agriculture department offers added funds to groups that provide meals to seniors
Posted: January 14th, 2010, 10:43am EST
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples is awarding $1.1 million to San Antonio area service providers that deliver meals to home-bound elderly and disabled residents. -
Justice Department seeks assurances from Monsanto
Posted: January 14th, 2010, 10:06am EST
Monsanto Co. said Thursday that the U.S. Department of Justice has issued a civil investigative demand requesting information on its soybean traits business as part of it ongoing inquiry into antitrust issues and marketing tactics in the agriculture and seed industry. (MON) -
Mosaic investment hurts Cargill earnings
Posted: January 14th, 2010, 9:54am EST
Cargill Inc. earned $489 million in its fiscal 2010 second quarter ended Nov. 30, down 59 percent from $1.19 billion in the same period a year ago. -
Crowds gather on state's wine trails
Posted: January 14th, 2010, 2:48am EST
New York wine trails uncorked a surge of about 5 million tourist visits in 2009 that gave a boost to rural economies in the state, the grape and wine industry said. -
Listeria scare prompts Parkers Farm recall
Posted: January 13th, 2010, 11:43am EST
Coon Rapids food maker Parkers Farm Inc. is recalling spreads, salsas and cheeses after products have been found “potentially contaminated” with Listeria. -
Cornerstone warm enough for plant replacement financing plan
Posted: January 13th, 2010, 10:58am EST
Cornerstone Solutions Group weathered freezing temperatures with minimal loss and decided to offer zero percent financing to qualified customers for replacing cold-damaged plants and trees. -
Cargill sweetener Truvia dives into yogurt
Posted: January 13th, 2010, 10:47am EST
Agriculture giant Cargill Inc.’s no-calorie natural sweetener Truvia has made its way into another tabletop favorite, yogurt. -
Sonoma Valley's B.R. Cohn Winery announces "slew" of promotions
Posted: January 12th, 2010, 6:51pm EST
B.R. Cohn Winery’s founder and owner Bruce Cohn announced late Tuesday a “slew” of promotions at the Sonoma Valley winery, including title upgrades for longtime CFO Terry Gard and Tasting Room Manager Sherri Hewitt. -
Bunge ups stake in Brazil sugarcane mills
Posted: January 12th, 2010, 5:23pm EST
Bunge Ltd. said Tuesday it reached agreements to become the owner of additional interests in the Moema Group cluster of sugarcane mills located in Brazil. (BG) -
Oahu farm owners expected to plead guilty
Posted: January 12th, 2010, 3:12pm EST
The owners of Kapolei-based Aloun Farms are expected to plead guilty in federal court on Wednesday to running a human trafficking conspiracy in which they recruited Thai workers to Hawaii and forced them to work for low wages. -
Farmers in Seattle: ‘Don’t cap our future’
Posted: January 12th, 2010, 1:42pm EST
Farmers and ranchers attending a conference in Seattle Tuesday approved a resolution opposing “cap and trade” proposals before Congress and also said they’ll support “any legislation that would suspend the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases.” -
'08 Hawaii ag industry value up 5%
Posted: January 12th, 2010, 1:13pm EST
The value of agricultural products grown in Hawaii rose 5 percent in 2008, boosted by a huge increase in seed crops. -
Northern California exports outpace Southern California
Posted: January 12th, 2010, 11:54am EST
California’s export trade is “peeking around an important corner here, (but is) not fully turning it,” a local international trade adviser reported Tuesday after analyzing the latest trade data. -
Clermont nursery owners arrested
Posted: January 12th, 2010, 11:52am EST
The husband and wife owner of John’s Citrus Trees nursery in Clermont, along with their son, have been arrested for allegedly violating state statutes involving the movement of citrus products from a quarantined location. -
Strawberry give-away to support USF scholarship, introduce brand
Posted: January 12th, 2010, 10:36am EST
Wishnatzki Farms will give away thousands of pounds of strawberries at the University of South Florida on Jan. 19 to raise money for a scholarship fund and to publicize its new Wish Farms brand. -
Monsanto, Stokes Bio partner on plant breeding
Posted: January 12th, 2010, 9:16am EST
Biotechnology firms Monsanto Co. of St. Louis and Stokes Bio Ltd. of Limerick, Ireland, said Tuesday they have entered into a licensing agreement and collaboration to help accelerate the pace of new advancements in plant breeding. (MON) -
Danforth Center to collaborate with Dow on cassava research
Posted: January 12th, 2010, 8:00am EST
Researchers at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and Dow AgroSciences, a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Co., have partnered to study how technology can help improve the root crop cassava for millions of people living in developing countries. -
Vinson & Elkins expands to West Coast
Posted: January 11th, 2010, 9:37pm EST
Houston attorney Boyd Carano is one of three partners who have been tapped to launch Vinson & Elkins LLP's new Silicon Valley office -- the international law firm’s first on the West Coast. -
USDA buys Fluidigm test for cattle
Posted: January 11th, 2010, 4:06pm EST
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has bought a testing system from Fluidigm Corp. to help manage America's dairy and beef cattle. -
Morris, Manning & Martin ATL office grows
Posted: January 11th, 2010, 3:15pm EST
Morris, Manning & Martin LLP added four attorneys to its Atlanta office’s litigation and commercial lending and real estate development practices. -
SEC sues former Indevus exec over insider trading allegations
Posted: January 11th, 2010, 1:31pm EST
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed an insider trading lawsuit in Massachusetts District Court against a former senior executive at Indevus Pharmaceuticals. -
Fisher & Phillips now in Phoenix
Posted: January 11th, 2010, 12:53pm EST
Atlanta labor and employment law firm Fisher & Phillips LLP said Monday it opened an office in Phoenix, the company’s first office in Arizona. -
Missouri uses more sugar beets to melt icy roads
Posted: January 11th, 2010, 12:53pm EST
Missouri highway workers are using more sugar beets to melt ice off the state’s roads. -
Koss trading resumes Monday; price falls 24%
Posted: January 11th, 2010, 12:45pm EST
The Nasdaq Stock Market resumed trading of Koss Corp.'s stock at 1:00 p.m. Central time, and the stock price fell 24 percent. (KOSS) -
Pacific Ethanol shares skyrocket 80%
Posted: January 11th, 2010, 12:37pm EST
Shares of Pacific Ethanol Inc. soared more than 80 percent Monday, following a positive report by InvestorSoup.com. -
Koss: Unauthorized transactions increased over years
Posted: January 11th, 2010, 12:22pm EST
Koss Corp. said Monday that unauthorized transactions by its former vice president of finance Sujata "Sue" Sachdeva, who is alleged to have embezzled millions from the company, grew bolder over the years, topping $10 million in the first two quarters of fiscal 2010 alone. (KOSS) -
Javelin merger hit by class-action flurry
Posted: January 11th, 2010, 11:02am EST
Javelin Pharmaceuticals Inc. said it has been hit by a flurry of class-action lawsuits and pending legal filings linked to its planned $95 million merger with Myriad Pharmaceuticals Inc. -
Court orders former Speaker Finneran disbared
Posted: January 11th, 2010, 10:23am EST
The state Supreme Judicial Court Monday ordered the disbarment of former Massachusetts House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran. -
Iris Data Services buys Lexsum to bulk up litigation support services
Posted: January 11th, 2010, 10:00am EST
Litigation support company Iris Data Services has bought Lexsum Inc. in a move designed to expand its service portfolio. -
Phila. Councilman Green leaves Pepper Hamilton for Kutak Rock
Posted: January 11th, 2010, 9:54am EST
Philadelphia City Councilman William J. Green has switched law firms — moving from Philadelphia-based Pepper Hamilton to a fledgling office of Omaha, Neb.-based Kutak Rock. -
Wichita attorney named shareholder at South & Associates
Posted: January 11th, 2010, 9:37am EST
Attorney Mark Mellor has been promoted to shareholder at the Overland Park-based law firm South & Associates PC. -
Squire Sanders eyes growth in depressed Phoenix market
Posted: January 10th, 2010, 11:00pm EST
Attorneys John Welch and Bob Matia hope to see some light at the end of the tunnel this year as Phoenix looks to recover from the recession. -
Big story of lateral lawyer moves was Wolf Block’s demise
Posted: January 10th, 2010, 11:00pm EST
If you remove the refugees from the dissolved Wolf Block from the equation, lateral partner movement at local law firms over the past year was not exactly brisk. -
Lawyers contend with vague estate tax laws
Posted: January 10th, 2010, 11:00pm EST
When a law is about to change, lawyers often pounce into action to help clients accommodate to the changes. But when Congress failed to act last year in changing or creating a law pertaining to the estate tax, Dayton-area law offices have been left without guidance to give their clients. -
How to hire the right lawyer for your needs
Posted: January 10th, 2010, 11:00pm EST
A good business lawyer can help early-stage companies avoid the “mistakes of youth” that can cause big problems down the line. But at what stage should an entrepreneur hire an attorney, and for what reasons? -
Law firms look to keep billing rates flat in 2010
Posted: January 10th, 2010, 11:00pm EST
Citing concerns about the economic climate, Wichita law firms are trying to hold the line on attorneys fees in 2010. -
Philly law firm expands Pittsburgh office, names local leader
Posted: January 10th, 2010, 11:00pm EST
Philadelphia-based law firm Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC has added five lawyers to its seven-year-old Pittsburgh office, more than doubling its size. -
Social media snares
Posted: January 10th, 2010, 11:00pm EST
When advertising budgets shriveled last year, more businesses submitted to the popularity of Twitter and social media as a low-cost marketing alternative. But a new wave of e-remorse is emerging amid growing concerns over security, privacy and the disappearing distinction between personal and professional lives. -
Social media presents pitfalls for those in legal profession
Posted: January 10th, 2010, 11:00pm EST
Lawyers are notoriously slow to adopt new technology. They will joke about having been terrified about new legal implications of cell phone and fax machine use in the not-too-distant past. -
Ponzi suit again tags Regal Financial, Tam
Posted: January 10th, 2010, 11:00pm EST
Regal Financial Bank is again facing allegations in a federal lawsuit that claims the bank and its former chief executive were involved in a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme that bilked Indonesian investors out of millions of dollars. -
Lexington law firm Miller Wells opens office in Louisville
Posted: January 10th, 2010, 11:00pm EST
Lexington law firm Miller Wells PLLC opened an office this week in downtown Louisville. -
Baker Hostetler names new managing partner for Orlando office
Posted: January 10th, 2010, 11:00pm EST
G. Thomas Ball, the longtime managing partner of Central Florida’s fourth-largest law firm, Baker Hostetler, is passing the leadership mantle to James V. Etscorn. -
Colorado's agriculture outlook has pluses, minuses
Posted: January 10th, 2010, 11:00pm EST
As the National Western Stock Show kicks off its 104th year, the state’s $16 billion agriculture industry is facing a “mixed bag” of good and bad news on the economic front. -
NCSU says time is ripe for starting greenhouses
Posted: January 10th, 2010, 11:00pm EST
N.C. State University hopes to advance its research at the N.C. Research Campus by adding two temporary greenhouses in Kannapolis early next year. -
A bountiful harvest
Posted: January 10th, 2010, 11:00pm EST
The Oregon Food Bank had a year most businesses would kill for: In the 12 months that ended June 30, revenue grew 16.5 percent and it added 37 distribution points and 20 percent more customers, roughly half of them first-timers. -
Bogle hopes to bring winegrape crushing, bottling home to Yolo
Posted: January 10th, 2010, 11:00pm EST
Bogle Vineyards Inc. plans to bring wine production jobs home to Yolo County by building a crushing and bottling plant about four miles southwest of Clarksburg, where the winery has a tasting room. -
Rose Law Group adds energy expert
Posted: January 9th, 2010, 6:00am EST
Rose Law Group PC is among Phoenix law firms beefing up their renewable energy and green sector practices. -
Denver CPA gets prison sentence in college-fund, rent theft
Posted: January 8th, 2010, 3:34pm EST
A Denver accountant was sentenced to prison Friday and ordered to pay $2.9 million in restitution in connection with thefts from college trust funds and apartment rent payments. -
Scott Derrick named managing partner at Gullett Sanford Robinson & Martin
Posted: January 8th, 2010, 3:27pm EST
Scott Derrick has been named managing partner at Gullett Sanford Robinson & Martin PLLC, the law firm announced today. He succeeds George Crawford Jr., who has served as managing partner of the law firm for 11 years. -
Local energy firms sue former IT manager to recover data
Posted: January 8th, 2010, 1:51pm EST
An energy investment company and an affiliate have sued their former head of information technology and data security, alleging the one-time employee is refusing to return “highly confidential internal company data” unless he gets a “substantially larger severance payment.” -
Law firm Isaacson Rosenbaum finds 'more collegiality' in new office space
Posted: January 8th, 2010, 12:08pm EST
Denver law firm Isaacson Rosenbaum PC said Friday it has relocated to a new 34,000-square-foot space on the 18th floor of 1001 17th Street. -
Anthem College offers new degree programs
Posted: January 8th, 2010, 10:12am EST
Anthem College will launch new associate’s of science degree programs in paralegal, accounting technology and business management on Feb. 10. -
Denver attorney named to Interior post
Posted: January 8th, 2010, 9:25am EST
Constance Rogers, a partner with Denver law firm Davis Graham & Stubbs, has been named to a U.S. Interior Department post. -
Reifurth nominated for appeals judge
Posted: January 7th, 2010, 6:19pm EST
Gov. Linda Lingle on Thursday nominated Lawrence M. Reifurth to serve as a judge on the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals. -
U.S. attorney names key lieutenants
Posted: January 7th, 2010, 5:12pm EST
United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz has appointed James F. Lang as the chief of the Criminal Division, John T. McNeil as the deputy chief of the Criminal Division and Nadine Pellegrini as the chief of the Major Crimes Unit. -
Ralph Schomp Automotive to pay $1.5 million to settle EEOC bias case
Posted: January 7th, 2010, 2:30pm EST
Arapahoe Motors Inc., doing business as Ralph Schomp Automotive, has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a sex and age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced on Thursday. -
Fla. recoups $287M for Medicaid
Posted: January 7th, 2010, 1:35pm EST
A task force of Florida agencies said Thursday that it recovered $287 million in Medicaid overpayments and prevented more than $18.9 million in improper payments in the fiscal year that ended in June. (LLY) (BMY) (WCG) -
States reach settlement with Abbott
Posted: January 7th, 2010, 1:33pm EST
Florida is part of a $22.5 million multistate settlement with Abbott Laboratories and two related companies resolving antitrust allegations about TriCor cholesterol drug, Attorney General Bill McCollum said. (ABT) -
Foley Hoag names co-managing partners
Posted: January 7th, 2010, 1:32pm EST
Law firm Foley Hoag LLP has appointed William Kolb and Adam Kahn as co-managing partners, effective Jan. 1, the firm said Thursday. -
Hewlett Packard sued over laptop-induced house fire
Posted: January 7th, 2010, 11:00am EST
A Massachusetts man whose house was destroyed in a fire investigators blamed on a Hewlett Packard Co. notebook computer is suing the California-based computer giant. (HPQ) -
SEC filing: Grant Thornton kept in dark on Koss financials
Posted: January 7th, 2010, 9:59am EST
Grant Thornton LLP, which Koss Corp. fired as its independent auditor, filed a letter with federal regulators stating it has no basis on which to either agree or disagree with Koss Corp.’s disclosure that Koss financial statements going back to fiscal 2005 may be unreliable. (KOSS) -
Clippers announcer to be arraigned on grand theft charges
Posted: January 7th, 2010, 9:02am EST
Los Angeles Clippers television announcer Michael Smith is set to be arraigned Thursday on charges of grand theft related to a development deal that went bad, according to media reports. -
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan inks 156,000-square-foot deal in East End
Posted: January 7th, 2010, 12:00am EST
Law firm Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP has inked a deal to occupy more than half of 700 Sixth St. NW. -
Koss appoints Baker Tilly as auditor
Posted: January 6th, 2010, 5:37pm EST
Koss Corp. has appointed Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP as its independent auditor, effective immediately, Koss officials said Wednesday. (KOSS) -
State Bar seeks disbarment of William Wahl III
Posted: January 6th, 2010, 3:35pm EST
The State Bar of Arizona petitioned the Arizona Supreme Court to disbar Scottsdale attorney William Wahl III for allegedly practicing law while under suspension. -
Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon resigning post
Posted: January 6th, 2010, 1:55pm EST
Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon is stepping down, the result of a guilty plea entered Wednesday on one count of perjury. -
S.F. real estate law firm Cassidy Shimko folds
Posted: January 6th, 2010, 1:46pm EST
Cassidy Shimko Dawson & Kawakami, a San Francisco boutique law firm specializing in real estate deals, has closed. -
Law firm mergers down 24 percent in 2009
Posted: January 6th, 2010, 1:38pm EST
Last year, law firms chose to buckle down and manage their expenses instead of expanding their businesses with mergers and acquisitions, according to recently released data. -
Law firm mergers drop in 2009
Posted: January 6th, 2010, 1:21pm EST
Law firm mergers and acquisitions fell 24 percent in 2009 compared with the year before. -
Reuters: Live Nation/Ticketmaster deal could head to court
Posted: January 6th, 2010, 12:35pm EST
The Department of Justice has assembled a team of litigators and is prepared to take the proposed merger of Live Nation Inc. and Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. to court, according to a Reuters report. (LYV) (TKTM) -
Law firm mergers fall 24% in 2009
Posted: January 6th, 2010, 12:32pm EST
The number of new law firm mergers and acquisitions announced in the U.S. last year fell 24 percent from 2008, according to Altman Weil Inc. -
Law firm M&A cooled in chilly 2009
Posted: January 6th, 2010, 12:29pm EST
The economy has put the kibosh on the law firm merger craze of the past several years, according to a new report. -
Human Capital: People on the move, Jan. 6
Posted: January 6th, 2010, 11:23am EST
A daily roundup of senior-level executive hires and board appointments: Wednesday, Jan. 6 -
Bender will be president of Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
Posted: January 6th, 2010, 10:07am EST
The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association announced Wednesday that Tom Bender has taken the gavel as the organization’s president. -
Rothstein plea hearing set for Jan. 27
Posted: January 6th, 2010, 9:22am EST
On Wednesday morning, U.S. District Judge James Cohn set accused Ponzi schemer Scott W. Rothstein’s guilty plea hearing for 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 27. -
Sungenis promoted to president at TASA Group
Posted: January 6th, 2010, 9:02am EST
The TASA Group Inc. said Tuesday that Melinda S. Sungenis was promoted to president Jan. 1. -
Elected Hawaii secretary of state proposed
Posted: January 5th, 2010, 5:56pm EST
Hawaii should have an elected secretary of state to oversee elections, Lt. Gov. James R. “Duke” Aiona said Tuesday. -
Rothstein guilty plea imminent
Posted: January 5th, 2010, 5:22pm EST
Scott Rothstein, the former attorney accused of running a $1 billion Ponzi scheme, will plead guilty, his attorney says. -
Huckstep to lead local Adams & Reese office
Posted: January 5th, 2010, 4:59pm EST
M. Ann Huckstep, a well-known Birmingham attorney at Adams & Reese, was recently promoted to run the firm’s local office. -
IRS employee pleads guilty to federal charges
Posted: January 5th, 2010, 4:39pm EST
An Internal Revenue Service employee working in Dallas has pled guilty to receiving a bribe from a public official, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. -
Ed Kubo nominated to judgeship
Posted: January 5th, 2010, 3:37pm EST
Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle on Monday nominated former U.S. Attorney Edward H. Kubo, Jr. to serve as a judge in 1st Circuit Court in Honolulu. -
Gerry Hinkley, Allen Briskin join Pillsbury health law practice
Posted: January 5th, 2010, 12:35pm EST
Two well-known local health care attorneys, Gerry Hinkley and Allen Briskin, have left Davis Wright Tremaine and joined Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman’s health care industry practice, San Francisco-based Pillsbury said Tuesday. -
Stanford Law School spins off venture giving access to IP data
Posted: January 5th, 2010, 11:57am EST
Stanford Law School on Tuesday announced the launch of a private venture in legal informatics called Lex Machina -- the outgrowth of a research project called the Stanford Intellectual Property Litigation Clearinghouse. -
Tampa Chamber names Shumaker Loop partner general counsel
Posted: January 5th, 2010, 11:54am EST
Ronald A. Christaldi is the new general counsel of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce. He was named a partner member of the Chamber in February 2009. -
Hollins, Wagster, Weatherly & Raybin splits, new law firm formed
Posted: January 5th, 2010, 11:17am EST
Three shareholders of Hollins, Wagster, Weatherly & Raybin PC have left to start their own law firm. -
Grant Thornton fires back at Koss Corp.
Posted: January 5th, 2010, 9:50am EST
After its firing as outside auditor for Koss Corp., which is reeling from a $31 million embezzlement case, Grant Thornton LLP fired back that it was never hired to evaluate “internal controls” at Koss. (KOSS) -
Former D.A. Abraham joins Archer & Greiner in Center City
Posted: January 5th, 2010, 8:56am EST
Just a day after her long stint as Philadelphia’s district attorney ended, Lynne M. Abraham joined Haddonfield, N.J.-based Archer & Greiner’s Center City office. -
Koss fires accounting firm; losses could hit $31M
Posted: January 4th, 2010, 4:34pm EST
Koss Corp. said it has expanded its investigation of unauthorized financial transactions by former vice president of finance Sujata Sachdeva, that losses could now exceed $31 million and the company has fired Grant Thornton as its independent auditor. (KOSS) -
Godwin Ronquillo opens Houston office
Posted: January 4th, 2010, 2:53pm EST
Trial and appellate law firm Godwin Ronquillo PC has opened a Houston office to focus on civil litigation and appeals. -
Cox comes to EpsteinBeckerGreen
Posted: January 4th, 2010, 1:37pm EST
EpsteinBeckerGreen has tapped attorney Thomas Cox for its Atlanta office’s labor and employment practice and litigation practice. -
Choate poaches IP lawyer from Fish & Richardson
Posted: January 4th, 2010, 1:27pm EST
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP has hired Michael H. Bunis as an intellectual property litigation partner, the law firm said Monday. -
Kevin J. Napper of Carlton Fields named FBA president
Posted: January 4th, 2010, 1:06pm EST
Kevin J. Napper is the new president of the Tampa Bay chapter of the Federal Bar Association. -
Former Morgan Lewis leader Shecter to join Reed Smith
Posted: January 4th, 2010, 12:02pm EST
Howard L. Shecter, the former chairman and managing partner at Philadelphia-based Morgan Lewis & Bockius who left the firm after 39 years to join the New York office of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe in 2007, is on the move again. -
Cozen O’Connor adds Baker Hostetler lawyers
Posted: January 4th, 2010, 10:26am EST
Law firm Cozen O’Connor hired three attorneys from Baker & Hostetler LLP to expand its antitrust and trade regulation practices. -
Albany Law School alum sworn in as U.S. Attorney
Posted: January 4th, 2010, 9:16am EST
An Albany Law School alumnus was sworn in Jan. 3 as the new top attorney in a federal court district covering the Capital Region. -
Carr, Riggs & Ingram absorbs NOLA firm
Posted: January 4th, 2010, 9:14am EST
Carr, Riggs & Ingram LLC, the fourth-largest accounting firm in the Southeast, has acquired New Orleans CPA firm Roth Murphy Sanford LLP for an undisclosed amount. -
Burns, White & Hickton adds two offices
Posted: January 4th, 2010, 8:31am EST
Burns, White & Hickton LLC, Pittsburgh’s tenth-largest law firm, opened two new offices late last month, in Harrisburg, and in Cherry Hill, N.J., bringing its total number of sites to eight. -
Top 2009 headlines: Finance and law
Posted: January 3rd, 2010, 11:00pm EST
March 4: Big layoffs announced from major law firms: O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP, DLA Piper and Nixon Peabody LLP -
Legal practice covers lots of territory
Posted: January 3rd, 2010, 11:00pm EST
When Dr. Adnan Siddiqui began thinking about how to bring his parents to the U.S. from Pakistan earlier this year, he knew he’d need the skills of a good immigration attorney. -
Marketing to lawyers a challenge for expert witnesses
Posted: January 3rd, 2010, 11:00pm EST
Expert witness John Lloyd has been testifying since 1993, but he limits his advertising to the CV and publications on his Web site. -
Lawyers, technology firms team up for e-discovery
Posted: January 3rd, 2010, 11:00pm EST
The digitization of data had a massive impact on the litigation process, challenged the legal industry and made the paper file obsolete. -
Hiring an attorney involves relationship building
Posted: January 3rd, 2010, 11:00pm EST
A good business lawyer can help early-stage companies avoid the “mistakes of youth” that can cause big problems down the line. But at what stage should an entrepreneur hire an attorney, and for what reasons? -
American Italian Pasta sues ex-CEO for $2M in legal fees
Posted: January 3rd, 2010, 11:00pm EST
American Italian Pasta Co. is suing former CEO Timothy Webster to get back legal fees it advanced to defend him in civil and criminal proceedings. -
Armstrong expands Intellectual Property practice
Posted: January 3rd, 2010, 11:00pm EST
Armstrong Teasdale continues to expand its intellectual property practice group with the addition of attorneys Harven DeShield, Jason Conway and Mark Pitchford. Along with the trio of new lawyers, the firm’s IP practice added two technology specialists, bringing the total number of practice members to 72. -
Buoyed by skittish economy, fledgling boutique law firms thrive
Posted: January 3rd, 2010, 11:00pm EST
Then Date: March 13, 2009 Headline: ‘Fee-sensitive clients prompting lawyers to form boutique firms’ -
More Bay Area firms adopt creative legal fees
Posted: January 3rd, 2010, 11:00pm EST
The billable hour — often wounded but never killed — will take a further beating this year. -
Law firms predicted to do more than cut pay and lay off
Posted: January 3rd, 2010, 11:00pm EST
Philadelphia’s large law firms managed recessionary effects on their business in 2009 by cutting costs — specifically focusing on their largest cost, personnel. But a business can only stay profitable for so long if revenues are flat or declining, and legal experts believe firms will begin to implement a new business model this year that goes beyond cutting personnel and salaries.