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December 22, 2008 -LawFuel Legal Announcements – Chadbourne & Parke LLP has been selected as counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Tribune Co. Chapter 11 case. The Firm was chosen at a committee formation meeting of creditors on December 18. Tribune, owner of 25 TV stations and 12 newspapers, including the

LawFuel – LEV L. DASSIN, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that KOSTA KOVACHEV, formerly a registered broker with the National Association of Securities Dealers, was arrested last night on charges of conspiring with MARC DREIER in connection with the sale of fictitious promissory notes. KOVACHEV was arrested

LawFuel – Legal Newswire – LEV L. DASSIN, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and RONALD J. VERROCHIO, the Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the United States Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), announced the arrest today of BRYANT ISMAIL RODRIGUEZ, a/k/a Bryant Rodriguez, a/k/a Rubin Rodriguez, a/k/a Salvador

Washington, D.C., Dec. 23, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today approved temporary exemptions allowing LCH.Clearnet Ltd. to operate as a central counterparty for credit default swaps. Today’s action is an important step in stabilizing financial markets by reducing counterparty risk and helping to promote efficiency in the credit default swap market. “Today’s

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Jamil Hanna Abdallah, 48, a U.S. citizen residing in Chandler, Ariz., was sentenced on Monday, December 22, 2008 by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton to a term of probation of five years for Willfully Making and Subscribing a Materially False Tax Return. Abdallah was also fined $10,000. When Abdallah pleaded guilty

TUCSON, Ariz. (LAWFUEL) – Veronica Sanchez, 32, of Phoenix, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge John M. Roll to a total of 37 months incarceration in two separate cases. Sanchez was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for Conspiracy to Transport Illegal Aliens for Profit and 16 months (consecutive) for Identity Fraud,

The three major automobile manufacturers in the United States, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, have indicated that without significant financial assistance from the government a filing for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code is likely. Such a filing would have a significant impact on car dealers. Some of the frequently asked

December 21, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) It has been reported by car accident lawyers Los Angeles County, that two teenagers were fatally injured in a Friday night Northridge crash and several other people injured. The accident occurred at approximately 6:45 p.m. according to Los Angeles Police Officer Norman Eisenman on Tampa Avenue in the vicinity

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Javier Mendoza-Cuevas, 34, of Phoenix, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton to 144 months in federal prison on December 15, 2008. Mendoza-Cuevas pleaded guilty on May 28, 2008, to Conspiracy to Cultivate Marijuana on National Forest Lands. He is the final defendant to be sentenced of 11 defendants associated

TUCSON, Ariz. (LAWFUEL) – Latin Breed singer Adalberto C. Gallegos, Jr., 52, of Tucson, was sentenced today to 15 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson. Gallegos pleaded guilty in May 2008 to one count of conspiring with other persons to conduct financial transactions, involving the proceeds of distributing marijuana from