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A Las Vegas man has been indicted in the first-ever criminal contempt prosecution related to a deceptive credit repair scam. Richard Murkey Sr., 57, who formerly resided in Chatsworth, was named in a nine-count indictment that alleges criminal contempt of court. The indictment, which was returned by a federal grand jury on Tuesday afternoon, was

Pillsbury Winthrop LLP announces the addition of top litigator Christopher Bakes to its growing Sacramento office. Bakes joins as Counsel and specializes in commercial litigation, including complex contract and tort disputes, royalty franchising, licensing, trade defamation, trade secrets and proprietary information, government contracts, and implementing litigation avoidance strategies. “Chris is a superb trial lawyer who

An Orange County podiatrist has been convicted on charges of fraudulently billing Medicare for more than $800,000 in procedures that were never performed. Mark Douglas Little, 43, of Anaheim Hills, was convicted Tuesday afternoon by a federal jury in Santa Ana of 26 counts of health care fraud. Little operates Astra Foot and Ankle Center

DETROIT (10 December 2003) – The law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. achieved an important victory in a Manhattan U.S. District Court last week, lifting a September 30, 2003, ban by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) against Hollywood’s award season movie “screeners.” The U.S. District Judge found likelihood that the

Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that it advised Serco Group plc (Serco) in its recent selection by the Department of Trade and Industry as preferred bidder for the operation of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL). The new ten-year contract is valued at approximately £500 million to Serco over this period. Serco, as an incumbent contractor, has

Today the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Orlando and Jacksonville, together with the respective U.S. Attorney’s Offices announce the indictment of over three dozen defendants involved in two separate international drug trafficking organizations operating in Central and Northern Florida for the past few years. Several other law enforcement agencies have been active in these two

The FBI is kicking off an aggressive Intelligence Analyst hiring campaign and is tailoring its recruiting initiative to identify men and women who possess critical skills such as critical reasoning, computer literacy, sound judgment, research, and information gathering and manipulation. The FBI is especially interested in recent college graduates, professionals, and individuals with military and

Grupo Empresarial Alimentos Europeos, a privately owned Spanish holding company, has announced its purchase from Banco Sudameris Patagonia de la Argentina of holdings in Química Estrella S.A. (Buenos Aires Stock Exchange symbol QES). The acquisition, priced at slightly less than U.S.$1 million, gives Grupo Empresarial a 40.4% stake in Química Estrella. Química Estrella, a food

Baker & McKenzie’s Hong Kong and Taipei offices have been advising Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd (“Fubon”) on its landmark deal to take over Hong Kong-listed International Bank of Asia, Limited (“IBA”). The deal, valued at approximately HK$4.3 billion, involves the acquisition by Fubon of Arab Banking Corporation’s 55 per cent shareholding in IBA, and

ROSLYNN R. MAUSKOPF, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, PASQUALE J. D’AMURO, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, WILLIAM E. KEZER, Inspector-in-Charge, New York Division, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and GLENDA PAPILLION, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge, Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation, announced today the