China (LAWFUEL) – DLA Piper today announced it has provided legal counsel to HSBC Asian Ventures Fund 3 Limited (“HAV3”) in its US $10 million equity investment funding in JACO SOLARSI LIMITED (“JACO”), one of the world’s largest suppliers of upgraded metallurgical (UMG) silicon. Partner Jeff Greene led the deal team which included lawyers Luanne
Washington, D.C., Jan. 19, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – Peter M. Uhlmann, Chief of Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, today announced that he will step down from his current position. Mr. Uhlmann, who joined the Chairman’s office in 2005, is one of the longest-serving Chiefs of Staff in the agency’s 75-year history. As Chief of
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(LAWFUEL) – Three Indonesian men who allegedly facilitated a people smuggling venture to Australia last December will face Perth Magistrates Court today after they were charged by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) with people smuggling. The AFP will allege in court this morning the men crewed a vessel as part of an attempt to smuggle
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Another tragic event for the cruise line industry. There always seems to be plenty of work for cruise ship accident lawyers. According to reports by cruise ship accident lawyers, the FBI says a couple that was aboard a Carnival cruise ship has disappeared and presumed to have gone overboard, their names have not been released.
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Plenty of homeowners have discovered in the past couple of years what it means to be overextended with their banks. Recently some big law firms have learned a similar lesson. Borrowing to fund operating expenses and expansion, they suddenly found nervous bankers at their doorsteps at the earliest sign that their businesses appeared to be
DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Terrice Gay Hutchinson, age 53, of Denver, Colorado, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn to serve 3 years of supervised probation for making a bomb threat to Southwest Airlines, Acting United States Attorney David Gaouette and FBI Special Agent in Charge James Davis announced. Hutchinson was also
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(LAWFUEL) – Two men have been charged after high-grade heroin with an estimated potential street value of $4.5 million was seized in Haymarket, Sydney. About 9.50am yesterday, operatives from the Joint Asian Crime Group (JACG) arrested two Singaporean Nationals, aged 41 and 34, after officers stopped a taxi in George Street. Officers searched the taxi
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DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Hashim Ubay Hasan, age 36, of Los Angeles, California, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge John L. Kane to serve 151 months (12.5 years) in federal prison for bank robbery, Acting United States Attorney David Gaouette and FBI Special Agent in Charge James Davis announced. Hasan was also ordered to
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Marc Dreier, the New York lawyer accused of cheating hedge funds, lost part of the $380 million that prosecutors say he stole in failed investments and used the rest to repay the funds, cover his firm’s expenses and buy property, he said. Dreier, who is being held in jail on fraud charges, yesterday filed a
Washington, D.C., Jan. 16, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Economic Analysis has extended the deadline to January 31 for public companies’ participation in a Web-based survey about the costs and benefits of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The survey, which is available at https://404survey.sec.gov, will help inform
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