LawFuel.com – 16 August, 2009 – PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and JOSEPH F. DEMAREST, JR., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced that STEPHEN R. GREEN, 45, of Locust Valley, New York, was arrested yesterday afternoon by
The plaintiffs, represented by veteran Alien Tort Claims lawyer Terry Collingsworth of Conrad & Scherer, alleged in four lawsuits that two Coca-Cola bottlers, Panamco and Bebidas, collaborated with paramilitary forces in what the 11th Circuit called “the systematic intimidation, kidnapping, detention, torture, and murder of Colombian trade unionists.” The complaints didn’t accuse Coke or its
LawFuel.com – 14 August, 2009 – PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and ROSE GILL HEARN, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation (“DOI”), announced that STAY THOMPSON, a/k/a “Stay Daniels,” was found guilty yesterday evening of conspiring to commit mail fraud and money laundering
August 12, 2009 (by Hortatio Algren) According to reports a Canadian rape suspect was arrested on the Carnival cruise ship Inspiration in Tampa Bay. It has been reported that the U.S. Marshalls met the Inspiration when it docked in Tampa Bay after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security found the name of the alleged rapist
In a direct conflict with the Eighth Circuit Court, the Tenth Circuit on July 31 adopted a new theory on stock market activity that can have the effect of sharply reducing the amount of money an executive made on “insider” transactions, leading to a required lowering of the criminal sentence for conviction of that crime.
The 54-year-old former leader of Heller Ehrman was building from the ground up at Dechert, this time with a track record that included the dissolution of his previous firm during his tenure as its chairman. “I’m trying to communicate to the world that I’m back in practice and that this is what I’m good at,”
LawFuel.com – Several weeks after his codefendant was sent to prison for nearly six years, a Los Feliz man was sentenced today to 55 months in federal prison for using a federal Internet site and the United States mails to defraud trucking companies of more than $2.7 million. Viacheslav Berkovich, 34, of the Los Feliz
The debate over Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court took place against a backdrop of tension between the Democratic Congress and Sotomayor’s new colleagues. Since January, Democratic lawmakers have pushed legislation that would reverse the effects of several recent high-profile decisions, many of them driven by the Court’s five-member conservative majority. The Democrats
Congressional Democrats hope to undo several high-profile Roberts Court decisions. Read More »
LawFuel.com – 08 August, 2009 – LEV L. DASSIN, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and JOSEPH M. DEMAREST, JR., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced that MILANA MURCIA of Greenwich, Connecticut, pleaded guilty today in White Plains
Firm Ranked Number One in the Nation for Intellectual Property ATLANTA (August 6) – A record-breaking ninety-three Kilpatrick Stockton attorneys have recently been honored by their peers in The Best Lawyers in America® 2010. The firm was ranked number one in the nation in Intellectual Property with more ranked attorneys than any other firm in
