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Washington, D.C., April 8, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Denver-based investment manager and his firm for conducting a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme through the sale of shares in investment funds that he manages. The SEC also charged the limited liability companies that issued the securities. The SEC is seeking

(LAWFUEL) – The Commission today will consider whether to propose two approaches to restrictions on short selling. One would apply on a market wide and permanent basis, while the other would apply only to a particular security during severe market declines in that security. They include: Market Wide, Permanent Approach *Bid Test: A market-wide short

New York – (LAWFUEL) April 8, 2009 – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Pernod Ricard in its definitive agreement to sell its Wild Turkey American straight bourbon and related businesses to Gruppo Campari for a total purchase price of US$575 million to be paid in cash. The transaction includes the Wild Turkey brands, along

WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) — Taxpayers who need more time to complete their returns should submit their requests for an automatic extension electronically by April 15, the Internal Revenue Service urged today. This year, anyone, regardless of income, can e-file their extensions at no cost from a home computer using IRS traditional FreeFile or F reeFile Fillable

WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) — Credit or debit card convenience fees charged for paying federal individual income taxes electronically are deductible for some taxpayers who itemize, the Internal Revenue Service announced today. Federal law bars the IRS from paying any fees associated with these credit or debit transactions. Card processors normally charge taxpayers for convenience fees when

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Lee B. Woodbury, 51, of Gilbert, Ariz., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Paul G. Rosenblatt, to 18 months in federal prison and is also ordered to pay restitution of $97, 232. Woodbury pleaded guilty on August 18, 2008, to Willfully Filing a False Tax Return. Between 1998 and 2001, Woodbury

LawFuel.com – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Miami Field Division, Hugo Barrera, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Miami Field Office, Katherine Fernandez-Rundle, State Attorney, Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, John F. Timoney, Chief,

As Special Adviser on Leadership and Strategy Development. Colonel Stewart has worked with LBC Wise Counsel at the LBCambridge spring and summer schools for in-house lawyers at Queens’ College Cambridge since the inaugural event in September 2006 and now joins LBC Wise Counsel as a Special Adviser. In addition to supporting LBCambridge, Colonel Stewart will

LOS ANGELES, April 2009 – LawFuel.com – Loeb & Loeb is pleased to announce that firm Co-Chair John Frankenheimer will be honored at The Saban Free Clinic’s 14th Annual Golf Classic. The tournament will be held on Monday, April 13th at the El Caballero Country Club. A long-time supporter and close friend of the Saban