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8 January – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Andrew Apollony, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Carol Kisthardt, Special Agent in Charge, Naval Criminal Investigative Service (“NCIS”), Southeast Field Office, announced today the return of an Indictment

LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The highly recommended commodities team of Brian Perrott, Partner and two Assistants, Richard Merrylees and Jason Mantovan, will be joining Holman Fenwick & Willan (HFW) early in the new year. Brian will be joining the Partnership of HFW in London on 1 February 2006. He was formerly Head

COLCHESTER, Conn. (LawFuel.com / PRWEB) January 9, 2005 — Scott+Scott, LLC, which filed the initial lawsuit against Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. (“Wolf” or Company”) on December 8, 2005, filed an expanded securities fraud and negligence class action complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (05-C-0687-C) against Great Wolf Resorts

(DALLAS) – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Dallas-based law firm Cowles & Thompson, P.C., today announced that all 11 attorneys and most of the associated staff from the Addison, Texas, law firm Higier Lautin Foxman McKinney & Owen, P.C., have joined Cowles & Thompson, establishing an Addison office for the downtown Dallas firm.

New York (January 7, 2006) – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is pleased to announce that Timothy Bass, Jane Engelhardt, Emilie T. Hsu, and William L. Sturman, Jr., resident in the firm’s New York office, have been named Counsel to the firm, effective January 1, 2006. Timothy Bass is

6 January – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Today the Commission announced the filing of two settled actions against corporate issuers. In one, the company will pay a civil money penalty; in the other, a penalty is not part of the settlement. The question of whether, and if so to what extent, to

Washington, D.C., Jan. 7, 2006 — LAWFUEL- The Law News Network – Top securities lawyer and former astrophysicist Brian G. Cartwright will join the Securities and Exchange Commission as its General Counsel, Chairman Christopher Cox announced today. Mr. Cartwright will succeed Giovanni Prezioso, who was appointed in April 2002. Mr. Prezioso announced on Nov. 30,

LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Bearingpoint, Inc.; Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.; Ernst & Young, LLP; and KPMG, LLP have each settled lawsuits concerning false claims allegedly submitted to various agencies of the United States in connection with travel reimbursement. Bearingpoint has agreed to pay $15 million to settle the matter, Booz Allen has

Washington, D.C., Jan. 7, 2006 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed securities fraud charges against McAfee, Inc., formerly known as Network Associates, Inc., a Santa Clara, California-based manufacturer and supplier of computer security and antivirus tools. The Commission’s complaint alleges that, from the second quarter of

New York, NY – January 8, 2006 – The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that Laura Hegedus has been named counsel in the tax practice group, resident in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Prior to joining Chadbourne, she was a tax lawyer in the New York and London offices of