NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2009 (LAWFUEL) — The law firm of Harwood Feffer LLP announces that it filed a new class action lawsuit on February 9, 2009 on behalf of purchasers of the American Depository Shares (“ADSs”) of Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (“Satyam” or the “Company”) (NYSE:SAY) during the period January 6, 2004 through January
BALTIMORE MD (LAWFUEL) – February 9, 2009 Baltimore-based law firm Ober|Kaler announced today that John P. Edgar has joined the firm’s Estates & Trusts Group. Mr. Edgar’s legal practice focuses on estate and trust planning and administration, as well as related tax and business planning issues. Prior to joining Ober|Kaler, Mr. Edgar served from 2005-2008
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Dana Levitt Brings Extensive Trial and Arbitration Experience (LAWFUEL) – Los Angeles — Foley & Lardner LLP today announced that litigator Dana Levitt has joined the firm as a partner in the Los Angeles office, working in the General Commercial Litigation Practice. Prior to joining Foley, Levitt was a partner at McDermott Will & Emery
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(LAWFUEL) – Twelve people will face Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney today as a result of an investigation into a $10 million offshore tax evasion and money laundering scheme. A total of 153 charges have been laid against a Sydney accountant, her husband and 10 of her clients. AFP National Manager Economic and Special
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Washington, D.C., Feb. 9, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Linda Chatman Thomsen, Director of the Division of Enforcement, plans to return to the private sector. Ms. Thomsen led a historic period of SEC law enforcement during which the Commission brought more than 2,000 enforcement actions and returned billions of
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(LAWFUEL) – Three Indonesian men will face Perth Magistrates Court charged with people smuggling after the alleged attempt to facilitate the arrival of 17 people to Australia rom Indonesia on 17 January 2009. A 20-year-old Indonesian man appeared today and a 24-year-old man and a 22- year-old man will appear in court tomorrow charged by
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At law firm Bickel & Brewer, even the mailroom clerks wear suits and ties. Until recently, that might have been considered extreme. But now, power dressing is coming back in style, and the old-school law firm has a new relevance. As law-firm layoffs mount, fear of unemployment appears to be speeding up the resurgence of
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Khuzami is being considered for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s top enforcement position, one source familiar with the matter said on Saturday. The SEC’s new chairman, Mary Schapiro, has been looking for a “tough” prosecutor to restore the agency’s reputation as Wall Street’s top cop and an announcement could come
LawFuel – Legal Newswire – LEV L. DASSIN, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that two former employees of the New York City Department of Education (“DOE”), NEIL CREMIN and IRA SOKOL, pleaded guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge ANDREW J. PECK in Manhattan federal court to
DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Linda Edwards, age 55, of Centennial, Colorado, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Court Judge Marcia S. Krieger to serve 41 months (3 ½ years) in federal prison for wire fraud, false statements, and false use of a Social Security number, announced Acting U.S. Attorney David M. Gaouette, Special Agent in
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