2007

SAN DIEGO (August 21, 2007) – Attorney John J. McNutt has joined Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP’s real estate and environmental litigation practice group as an associate in the firm’s San Diego office. In his practice, McNutt has assisted in the defense of several corporations and individuals under investigation by the Department of Justice […]

The conviction of former Illinois Governor George Ryan on racketeering, conspiracy and fraud charges has been upheld and the will have to begin his six-year-plus prison sentence. A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the corruption conviction of former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, raising the possibility that the 73-year-old Nobel Peace Prize nominee will have

CORAL GABLES, Fla.–LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – A team of highly experienced Coral Gables-based attorneys played an important role in securing a $521 million verdict for Portugal’s Espirito Santo Bank against accounting firm BDO Seidman for negligent financial audits performed over several years at E.S. Bankest, a Miami factoring company. Those audits were blamed

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – By agreeing to plead guilty for his role in an illegal dogfighting outfit, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick took the first step toward putting 1915 Moonlight Road – the home of Bad Newz Kennels – behind him. The Christian Science Monitor reports that getting back to the gridiron will

DALLAS – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Haynes and Boone, LLP announced Tuesday that it will host a five-week series of conferences on legal issues that concern the restaurant and foodservice industry at the Hotel Palomar Dallas. The sessions will commence at 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays from Sept. 6 through Oct. 11, with the

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – A Democratic Congressman is facing assault and battery charges after an altercation Sunday at Dulles International Airport, outside Washington. Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA) allegedly tried to enter a restricted area at the airport baggage claim and pushed aside an airport employee who tried to stop him, according to the

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Spanish Football League (LFP) and Granada 74 have threatened to take legal action against UEFA and FIFA for recommending that the club should be excluded from the second division, Reuters report. “We will take out a suit against FIFA and UEFA because they haven’t the authority to go

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Sentinel Management Group Inc., the cash-management firm that froze client withdrawals last week, was sued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly lying to investors and misappropriating their assets. The firm fraudulently moved at least $460 million in securities from clients’ accounts into its own and misused

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Plaintiffs’ counsel announced today that U.S. District Court Judge Garland E. Burrell denied a motion by the University of Phoenix to dismiss a far-reaching lawsuit against the university for violating Federal law, the so-called incentive compensation ban. “The Higher Education Act prohibits colleges and universities that provide federal financial