Washington, D.C., March 9, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a money manager with offices in New York and Rhode Island for falsely creating a billion-dollar client in order to gain credibility and attract legitimate investors. In its complaint, the SEC charged Leila Jenkins and her firm, Locke Capital Management Inc.,
LawFuel.com – Legal News – MT. PLEASANT, S.C., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Frederick “Fritz” Jekel and Paul Doolittle, former Motley Rice LLC lawyers, announce the formation and opening of Jekel-Doolittle, LLC. Together, Mr. Jekel and Mr. Doolittle offer a combined 30 years of legal experience to represent residents of South Carolina communities in complex legal
WASHINGTON, March 5 LawFuel.com — In a letter to Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Lead Director O. Temple Sloan, the CtW Investment Group called on BAC’s board to remove Ken Lewis as Chairman and CEO in light of his disastrous missteps. Since the September 15, 2008 announcement of the merger with Merrill Lynch, BAC has:
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Lawfuel.com – Legal Announcements – March 5, 2009 Davis Polk & Wardwell is advising Credit Suisse Securities (USA) Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., UBS Securities LLC, Bank of America Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as joint book-running managers in connection with a $2.4 billion registered offering by Eli Lilly and Company of $1
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London, 7 March 2009 – Sentebale, the charity founded by Prince Harry of the British Royal Family and Prince Seeiso from the Lesotho Royal Family, has appointed London lawyer Sophie Chandauka as one of its four new trustees. Sentebale’s mission is to use innovative approaches to transform the lives of Lesotho’s orphans and vulnerable children,
Wall Street pariah Bernard Madoff is set to leave his midtown penthouse twice this week, get into a vehicle accompanied by security guards and be driven downtown to federal court. Madoff, 70, who has been under house arrest since December, should enjoy those chauffeured tours while he can. For Madoff, time as a free man,
NEW YORK, March 6, 2009 (LAWFUEL) — The Brualdi Law Firm, P.C. announces that a lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on behalf of purchasers of SunTrust Banks, Inc. (“SunTrust”) (NYSE:STI) publicly traded securities during the period between July 22, 2008 and January 21, 2009
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NEW YORK, March 6, 2009 (LAWFUEL) — The Brualdi Law Firm, P.C. announces that a lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona on behalf of all purchasers of NutraCea common stock (OTCBB:NTRZ) during the period from August 14, 2007 through and including February 23, 2009 (the “Class
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Washington, D.C., March 6, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The continuing resolution funding the Securities and Exchange Commission for fiscal year 2009 since Oct. 1, 2008, is being extended through March 11, 2009. Therefore, fees paid under Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 13(e), 14(g) and 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of
Washington, D.C., March 6, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today took action to help improve transparency in the multi-trillion dollar credit default swap market by approving conditional exemptions that will allow ICE US Trust LLC to operate as a central counterparty for clearing credit default swaps. “It is critical that we bring
