NEW YORK, March 4 LAWFUEL.COM – Legal Announcement Service — Today the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) along with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and the National Fair Housing Alliance filed a friend of the court brief in Cuomo v. The Clearing House Association, LLC. In 2005 the Attorney General
Washington, D.C., March 27, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the distribution of the $60 million Fair Fund created as part of a settled SEC enforcement action against MBIA Inc. in 2007. The funds were distributed to approximately 20,000 investors who purchased MBIA’s securities from Sept. 11, 1998, through Nov. 22,
Moot Court IS MAKING ITS WAY towardS a top national ranking Coral Gables, FL (March 27, 2009 – LAWFUEL) – Further propelling the Charles C. Papy, Jr. Moot Court Board toward a top national ranking, the University of Miami School of Law won the 17th annual Chief Judge Conrad B. Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition.
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Asia (LAWFUEL) – DLA Piper today announced it has advised Daiwa Securities SMBC Principal Investments Co. Ltd. (“Daiwa Securities SMBC PI”) and Quantum Leaps Corporation (“Quantum Leaps”) in the formation of a US$ 300 million new growth fund aimed at investing in technology oriented companies with high growth potential in Asia. The deal was led
It appears that the worst might possibly be over, both for the struggling global economy and the ever-increasing number of major law firms that have been laying off support staff, associates–and even partners–in record numbers. Although law firm layoffs continue–Thursday’s tally included some 234 people let go at four well-known firms–they have slowed. Following news
Washington, D.C., March 26, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained an emergency court order halting a $68 million Ponzi scheme involving the sale of fictitious high-yield certificates of deposit (CDs) by Caribbean-based Millennium Bank. The SEC alleges that the scheme targeted U.S. investors and misled them into believing they were putting
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WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) — All or part of unemployment benefits received in 2009 will be tax free for many unemployed workers, according to the Internal Revenue Service. “This morning we learned that a record 5.6 million people were receiving unemployment benefits in the middle of March. This underscores the need for the relief provided by the
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CORAL GABLES, FL (March 26, 2009) (LAWFUEL) – The University of Miami announced today that Patricia D. White, a nationally known leader in legal education, has been named Dean of the UM School of Law. White is currently the Jack Brown Professor of Law at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State
Mary L. Schapiro – Chairman U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (LAWFUEL) – Before the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs March 26, 2009 I. Introduction Chairman Dodd, Ranking Member Shelby, and members of the Committee: Thank you very much for inviting me to testify as we face a critical juncture in
Chicago (LAWFUEL) – Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Douglas D. Caddell has been named Legal Technology Awards’ 2009 International IT Director of the Year. The Legal Technology Awards, in Association with Legal Technology Journal, is an organization based in the United Kingdom that recognizes individuals, law firms and suppliers for excellence in the
