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NYPD Detective Arrested for Computer Hacking
Alleged Victims Include 19 Current NYPD Officers, a Retired Officer, and a Current Member of NYPD’s Administrative Staff Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today the arrest of EDWIN [...]
Law Firms Acting on Yahoo! Tumblr Deal
The $1.1 billion Tumblr purchase by Yahoo! set the financial and tech world spinning and was a handy deal for the two law firms principally involved in the deal. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett represented Yahoo!, with their team lead by corporate partner Gary Horowitz in a team that included Kirsten Jensen, Andrew Nightingale, Cara [...]
Medical Malpractice Law Firm Issues Informational Graphic
The personal injury attorneys at d’Oliveira & Associates have posted a new infographic providing information on who may be liable for medical malpractice and what procedures may give rise to a medical malpractice claim. According to a June 2009 Bloomberg article, it is estimated that expenses associated with medical malpractice amount to approximately $3.6 [...]
Three Involved in Ventura County-Based ‘Ad-Toppers’ Ponzi Scheme that Cost Victims over $27 Million Sentenced to Federal Prison Terms
LOS ANGELES – LawFuel.com – Three Ventura residents were sentenced today to federal prison – with one defendant being ordered to serve more than 17 years – for their roles in an investment scheme that victimized hundreds of investors across the United States and caused losses of more than [...]
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Rosen Law Firm Announces Further Action Against Keyuan Petrochemicals, Inc.
NEW YORK, May 21, 2013 LawFuel.com — The Rosen Law Firm, court-appointed Lead Counsel for Keyuan common stock purchasers from August 16, 2010 through October 7, 2011, inclusive (“Class Period”), announces that Plaintiffs have filed a third amended complaint (“Complaint”) against Keyuan, Chunfeng Tao, Aichun Li (a/k/a/ Aichun Angela Li, Angela Li and Angela Aichun [...]
NYPD Detective Arrested for Computer Hacking
Alleged Victims Include 19 Current NYPD Officers, a Retired Officer, and a Current Member of NYPD’s Administrative Staff Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today the arrest of EDWIN [...]
Medical Malpractice Law Firm Issues Informational Graphic
The personal injury attorneys at d’Oliveira & Associates have posted a new infographic providing information on who may be liable for medical malpractice and what procedures may give rise to a medical malpractice claim. According to a June 2009 Bloomberg article, it is estimated that expenses associated with medical malpractice amount to approximately $3.6 [...]
Davis Polk Advises Warner Chilcott on Its Acquisition by Actavis
Davis Polk is advising Warner Chilcott plc in connection with its approximately $8.5 billion acquisition by Actavis, Inc. in a stock-for-stock transaction. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2013. Warner Chilcott is a specialty pharmaceutical company currently focused on the women’s healthcare, gastroenterology, urology and dermatology segments of the [...]
Encino Personal Injury Attorney Offers Help to Motorcycle Accident Victims
ENCINO, CA, May 14, 2013 LawFuel.com – — Mr. Farhad Hamdam, Encino personal injury attorney, offers legal help for victims of motorcycle accidents. Whether the accident caused moderate injury or a severe brain injury, Mr. Hamdam can help victims recover financial damages for their injuries. Each year in the United States, thousands of people are [...]
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Slaughter and May Advising FirstGroup PLC on Rights Issue
Slaughter and May, working as an integrated team with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, is advising FirstGroup plc (‘FirstGroup’) on a fully underwritten rights issue to raise approximately £615 million (the ‘Rights Issue’). The Rights Issue, which was announced on 20 May 2013, will provide FirstGroup with additional finance resources to continue investment [...]
Law Firms Acting on Yahoo! Tumblr Deal
The $1.1 billion Tumblr purchase by Yahoo! set the financial and tech world spinning and was a handy deal for the two law firms principally involved in the deal. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett represented Yahoo!, with their team lead by corporate partner Gary Horowitz in a team that included Kirsten Jensen, Andrew Nightingale, Cara [...]
Davis Polk Advises Warner Chilcott on Its Acquisition by Actavis
Davis Polk is advising Warner Chilcott plc in connection with its approximately $8.5 billion acquisition by Actavis, Inc. in a stock-for-stock transaction. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2013. Warner Chilcott is a specialty pharmaceutical company currently focused on the women’s healthcare, gastroenterology, urology and dermatology segments of the [...]
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Slaughter and May Advising FirstGroup PLC on Rights Issue
Slaughter and May, working as an integrated team with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, is advising FirstGroup plc (‘FirstGroup’) on a fully underwritten rights issue to raise approximately £615 million (the ‘Rights Issue’). The Rights Issue, which was announced on 20 May 2013, will provide FirstGroup with additional finance resources to continue investment [...]
Manatt’s Move into Digital Media Law with New Entity
LawFuel.com – Digital media law has become a more important legal arena as social media and related matters take hold and law firms are increasingly providing focus on the area with its arcane technology and legal issues. The latest, as Bloombergs report, is the introduction of Manatt Digital Media by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP. [...]
Davis Polk Advises CITIC Capital Partners on Its Acquisition of AsiaInfo-Linkage
LawFuel.com – The Law Firm Newswire – Davis Polk is advising CITIC Capital Partners in connection with the $890 million going-private acquisition of Nasdaq-listed AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc. by a consortium led by CITIC Capital Partners and that includes Edward Tian, a co-founder and significant stockholder of AsiaInfo-Linkage. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including [...]
Sidley Austin Update – SEC Find Local Government Violated Anti-Fraud Securities Laws
LawFuel.com – In a First, SEC Finds a Local Government Violated the Anti-Fraud Provisions of the Federal Securities Laws by Recklessly Making Materially False and Misleading Written and Verbal Statements Not Directly Connected with the Issuance of Debt Securities On May 6, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) ordered the City of [...]
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