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Punitive Damage Award Brings Expected Total Judgment in Favor of ICO Global Communications to Approximately $707 Million RESTON, Va.–LAWFUEL – Legal Announcements – A Los Angeles Superior Court jury today awarded ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited (NASDAQ:ICOG) $236 million in punitive damages in its case versus The Boeing Company and its Boeing Satellite Services International

LONDON – Allen & Overy LLP announced today it is advising entities representing the beneficial interests of HH Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a member of the Abu Dhabi Royal Family, on his GBP3.5 billion investment in Barclays plc as part of Barclays’ GBP7.3bn capital raising. The additional capital will be used by Barclays

LOS ANGELES – October 27, 2008 – LawFuel – Legal Announcements – Catherine D. Tucker, Acting Special Agent in Charge for the Los Angeles Field Office announced that Alma J. Batson and son Kelcee L. Batson, operators of tax preparation business located in Riverside, California entered their guilty pleas in federal court today. Alma Batson

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Salvador Vivas-Diaz, 50, of Mexico, charged in Superior Court earlier this week with the death of Phoenix Police Officer Shane Figueroa was charged today in U.S. District Court with Illegal Reentry after Deportation. Vivas-Diaz is currently in the Maricopa County Jail. A federal warrant was issued for his arrest in order for

DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Gordon Dale Sanchez, age 54, of Arvada, was sentenced this afternoon to serve 4 years probation for tax evasion, announced United States Attorney Troy A. Eid and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher M. Sigerson. The sentence was handed down by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Wiley Y.

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Frank Nicholas Pellegrino, 35, of Staten Island, New York, was sentenced on October 29, 2008 by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Pellegrino pleaded guilty on August 22, 2008. Pellegrino was charged with one count of Conspiracy to Possess with

WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) – Among the Department of Justice’s highest priorities are protecting voting rights and combating voter fraud. The Department’s Civil Rights Division enforces specific federal laws that help to ensure all qualified voters have an opportunity to cast their ballots and have them counted, while the Department’s Criminal Division oversees the nationwide enforcement of

LONDON – LawFuel – Legal Announcements – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that Richard Eaton, Chris Grew and Struan Penwarden have joined the firm as partners in its Corporate Group in London, together with three associates who work with them. The new partners join Orrick from Heller Ehrman, where they represented nearly a