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Tuesday 04 July 2006 06 LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Two of the former National Australia Bank (NAB) foreign currency options traders were today sentenced in the County Court of Victoria on charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Mr David Matthew Bullen, 34 years old, of Eversley in Victoria, was

Tuesday 4 July 2006 LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Mr Robert Kelly, the former assistant company secretary of HIH Insurance Limited, today appeared in the Downing Centre Local Court, Sydney, and indicated to the court that he would plead guilty when arraigned next month to a charge arising from his role in the HIH

WASHINGTON – LAWFUEL – Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty announced today that the United States reached final agreement with The Boeing Company on a record $615 million settlement to resolve criminal and civil allegations that the company improperly used competitors’ information to procure contracts for launch services worth billions of dollars from the Air

Friday 30 June 2006 06 – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has obtained orders in the Federal Court about superannuation switching advice provided by former AMP financial adviser, Mr John Vafiadis of Hobart. The court made declarations that Mr Vafiadis had breached the law by giving inappropriate

Nearly $50 Million to Reimburse Locked-out Workers and Unions LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Ralphs Grocery Company, the owner of about 300 supermarkets across Southern California, has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges that it covertly rehired hundreds of locked-out workers under false names and social security numbers during its 2003-2004 lockout of

Wins major coup in recruiting senior PRC partner for Beijing China – Global law firm Clifford Chance has demonstrated its ongoing strong commitment to China with the appointment of a leading PRC and US qualified senior China partner, Rupert Li, who joins the firm’s China Corporate practice from US firm Morrison & Foerster effective 1

LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – • Advised HSBC on the HK$4 billion funding of the redevelopment of Ocean Park, which involves the construction of new attractions and food and retail facilities, the installation of new equipment, the acquisition of contents and animals for attractions, and the renovation of existing facilities. • Advised the lenders

Research to Identify Investor Perspectives on Their Relationships with Financial Service Providers Washington, D.C., July, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission published a draft contract proposal today in preparation for a major study comparing how the different regulatory systems that apply to broker-dealers and investment advisers affect

Washington, D.C.,, 2006 – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that a federal court jury today found Stephen J. Treadway, the former chairman of the board of trustees of the PIMCO equity funds, liable for defrauding PIMCO equity mutual fund investors through an undisclosed market timing arrangement with Canary Capital Partners LLC. From February 2002

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced today the June 29, 2006 Indictment by a Miami grand jury of a defendants, Kareem Jackson, a/k/a “Jamar Fields,” a/k/a “Face,” and Eriverto M.