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LAWFUEL.COM – May 26, 2009 Davis Polk & Wardwell advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and UBS Securities LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with an SEC-registered offering of 7,762,500 shares of common stock of Prospect Capital Corporation. Including the over-allotment option, the total proceeds of the offering were approximately $64 million. The common stock

LAWFUEL.COM A British national has been arrested on federal fraud and tax charges that allege he ran an investment scam that took more than $7 million from victims who were promised that their money would be maintained in safe accounts and used only to back the purchase of bonds. Robert Tringham, 64, of Diamond Bar,

LAWFUEL.COM – A Huntington Park Police Officer who for a time was a member of a federal drug trafficking task force has been convicted on federal charges stemming from thefts of cocaine and methamphetamine from drug dealers. Sergeant Alvaro Murillo, 45, of West Covina, who sometimes was called El Padrino (The Godfather), was found guilty

DALLAS – LawFuel.com – Dallas-based Godwin Ronquillo PC has been selected by the Texas Diversity Council as a 2009 corporate division DiversityFIRST™ Awards winner in recognition of the law firm’s diversity and inclusion advocacy. The DiversityFIRST™ Awards program recognizes the accomplishments and sustained commitment by individuals, community organizations, businesses, corporations and/or nonprofit organizations in the

DALLAS – LawFuel.com – Legal Newswire – The Dallas Business Journal has recognized Fish & Richardson principal Steven H. Stodghill as one of the top 15 business defense attorneys in North Texas. The 2009 edition of “The Defenders” is included in the newspaper’s May 22 issue. Mr. Stodghill is the second Fish & Richardson attorney

WASHINGTON, May 27, 2009 LawFuel.com — Finkelstein Thompson LLP is currently investigating potential shareholder claims arising out of CallWave, Inc.’s (“CallWave” or “the Company”) (Nasdaq:CALL) tender offer for its own common stock. On May 5, 2009, CallWave commenced a tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of CallWave common stock. The investigation is primarily

WASHINGTON, May 27, 2009 LAWFUEL.COM — Finkelstein Thompson LLP is investigating potential shareholder claims arising from the proposed acquisition of Data Domain, Inc. (“Data Domain” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:DDUP) by NetApp, Inc. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Data Domain shareholders will receive $25 per share in cash and stock. The investigation is focused

HOUSTON – Jeffrey J. Nichols has moved to Haynes and Boone, LLP as a partner in the firm’s Energy and Power Practice Group in Houston. Mr. Nichols’ practice will focus on structured energy transactions for oil and gas, and electric power companies as well as financial institutions. “Jeff brings a wealth of knowledge and personal

BriefcaseNotes.Wordpress.com – Briefcase Blog – John Bowie – Judging the Judges The verdict is in, but can it be sustained? The “Independent’s” bar have cast judgment upon the country’s judges, which is interesting in the same way cocktail tittle tattle can be intriguing despite its often scandalous, unproven content. But, irony of ironies, the “top