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Twenty-Year Colma City Councilman Admits Receiving Gifts SAN FRANCISCO – LAWFUEL – Legal News Daily – United States Attorney Scott N. Schools announced that Phillip J. Lum, the former Mayor of Colma and a member of the Colma City Council for twenty years, pleaded guilty yesterday to public-corruption charges in connection with allegations that Mr.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 6, 2007 Corrected paragraph: Statements by United States Attorney Troy Eid and then by FBI Special Agent in Charge in Denver Richard Powers regarding the jury deadlocking after their deliberation in an attempt to determine a sentence for William Sablan, age 42, for the first degree

New York – April 6, 2007 – LAWFUEL – Trademark Law News – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has been recognized as U.S. firm of the year for Trade Mark/Copyright Contentious by Managing Intellectual Property (“MIP”) as part of its annual World IP Survey. The firm was honored at MIP’s annual IP awards dinner at Claridge’s

Lead Defendant Used Phony Credit Cards to Run Up Losses in Excess of $1,000,000; Co-Defendant Receives 4 Months in Prison SAN FRANCISCO LAWFUEL – United States Attorney Scott N. Schools announced that defendants Ming Li (also known as “Zheng Ling” as well as “Ah Mau”) and Zhou Ru Tan (also known as “Li Li”) have

Alijandro “Lucifer” Jones Sentenced to Sixteen and a Half Years in Prison OAKLAND – LAWFUEL – US Attorney News – United States Attorney Scott N. Schools announced that Alijandro “Lucifer” Jones was sentenced today to 198 months (sixteen and a half years) in prison, eight years supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special

LAWFUEL – IRS News – Robert Frank Hanna, the owner and operator of Newport Tux and Uniform in Newport Beach, California, pleaded guilty this afternoon to evading the payment of his federal taxes. Newport Tux and Uniform is a business that sold uniforms to other businesses, primarily hotels and casinos in California, Nevada, and the

Lawfuel- Law Firm News – On April 1, Skadden celebrated its 59th anniversary and on April 4, named 29 new partners based in 11 different offices, including New York, Chicago, Washington, San Francisco, Paris, London, Beijing and Tokyo. The full list may be seen at: http://www.skadden.com/content/sitefiles/Skadden_86482E6B44CB6A613DC97F375087C59B.pdf

High testosterone readings have been secured by Australia’s Anti-Doping Agency in respect of a number of athletes, but Ian Thorpe’s is one that has hit the headlines. Sydney’s Daily Telegraph reports that warnings have been issued previously to top Australian athletes but no action was taken because medical evidence provided legitimate explanations for the high

WASHINGTON, April 6 LAWFUEL – US Law News — The National Paint and Coatings Association, Inc. (NPCA) strongly opposes the decision by Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann to sue 10 companies over the issue of lead poisoning. Instead of pursuing current, effective measures that have made major progress in eliminating childhood lead poisoning, the attorney