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14 June 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Herbert Smith recently advised Amshold Limited, an investment company held by long term client Sir Alan Sugar, on the proposed sale of its remaining 14.7% stake in Tottenham Hotspur plc to ENIC International for £25 million. The firm also acted for Amshold and Sir Alan

Washington, D.C., June 14, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The US Business Law Newswire – The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission today released its first ComplianceAlert letter to help chief compliance officers of SEC-registered firms learn more about common deficiencies and weaknesses that SEC examiners are finding during compliance examinations. This broader sharing of

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – An Azusa man who was the first person convicted by a jury under the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 for operating a sophisticated “phishing scheme” has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for committing identity theft, credit card fraud, witness harassment and other offenses. Jeffrey Brett Goodin, 47,

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – LawFuel’s lead story, from Reuters, reports that Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s appeal against his 2 1/2 year prison sentence may not delay his entering jail while he appeals the perjury conviction, a US Court has rule. Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff, will have to report to

LOS ANGELES– LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire –Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (Pink Sheets:VTSS) today announced it has filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles against auditing firm KPMG, LLP alleging KPMG failed to properly provide auditing and other services to Vitesse during the time period 1994 to 2000. By way

CHICAGO– LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire –Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLP has announced that Michael R. Hassan has joined the firm as a partner. For more than 30 years, Mr. Hassan practiced law with Lord, Bissell & Brook. At Butler Rubin, Mr. Hassan will be part of the business litigation group which serves

Sycamore Networks Wins Dismissal of Stock Options Backdating (June 2007) LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Lawsuit Skadden attorneys won dismissal of a shareholder derivative lawsuit alleging stock options backdating for client Sycamore Networks, Inc., in the Delaware Court of Chancery. The potentially pivotal decision, issued on June 7, is one of the first court

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – See ‘Hot Gossip’ – The operators of an X-rated Paris Hilton web site exposed the credit card numbers and identities of about 750 subscribers who signed up after the site recently returned online in the face of a federal court injunction, The Smoking Gun website reports. LawFuel.com is the

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Lawfuel’s lead story, from ‘The Times’, reports that the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has the butchers of Darfur in his sights. The Darfur investigation could lead to the first prosecution by the court since it was set up in 2002, involving a member of an African