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WASHINGTON – LAWFUEL – The PBSJ Corp. (PBSJ), a design and engineering firm based in Florida, has paid more than $6.4 million to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false and fraudulent claims to the government, the Justice Department announced. The settlement arises from a $36 million embezzlement scheme that

Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2007 – The Securities and Exchange Commission today approved rule changes to enhance the NASD Code of Arbitration and make it more user-friendly. The Code will be replaced in its entirety by three separate codes – one for customer disputes, one for industry disputes, and one for mediations, which the Commission

LAWFUEL – US Attorney News – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Anthony V. Mangione, Acting Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office, announced that defendant Rafael Ramirez, Jr., a Palm

DENVER – LAWFUEL – Legal News Network – Troy A. Eid, United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, in conjunction with the Southern Ute Police Department and the Colorado State Patrol, announced that JAMIE L. WOOD, age 21, of Aztec, New Mexico, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver January 22, 2007,

Lawfuel.com – Less than a year ago the partners at Sullivan & Cromwell acknowledged that problems that it was bleeding associates. A 74-page PowerPoint presentation entitled “Recruiting, Associate Morale and Retention” showed that associates were leaving the law firm in droves: S&C lost 31% of its associates in 2004; 30% in 2005. Register with Lawfuel.com

LoJack-Equipped Recoveries Enabled Police to Discover 76 Theft Rings and Recover More Than $4.9 Million in Stolen Assets WESTWOOD, Mass., Jan. 24 LAWFUEL – Sports Law News — LoJack Corporation (Nasdaq: LOJN), the leading provider of tracking and recovery systems for stolen mobile assets, today announced the results of its first annual Motorcycle Theft Study,

Friday 25 January 2007 LAWFUEL – Australia Law News Daily – A report by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has found that home building insurers across Australia have improved their policies and are providing consumers with better access to information about the costs of rebuilding. The report, Making Home Insurance Better, examines the

LAWFUEL – Lawfuel.com’s lead story – The British Prime Minister proposed allowing the Catholic church a lengthy delay before it has to accept applications from gay couples for adoption, but there would be no legal exemption from equality laws. The argument now will centre on the length of delay allowed for Catholic adoption agencies to