LawFuel – Law Announcements – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, JOHN P. GILBRIDE, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Field Divison (“DEA”), and PETER J. SMITH, the Special Agent-in- Charge of the New York Office of the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S.
LawFuel.com – Legal Announcements – Skadden represented the shareholders of OJSC “United Europe – securities,” the owner of Ile de Beauté, a leading distributor of perfume and cosmetics in Russia, in the establishment of a joint venture with France-based retail beauty chain Sephora S.A. Sephora is a subsidiary of luxury goods company LVMH Moët Hennessy
LawFuel Legal Announcements – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROSA ABREU — a former employee of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the City of New York (“OCME”) — was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for her involvement in a
PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – A federal grand jury returned a 7-count indictment yesterday charging a construction worker with identity theft and related crimes. The indictment alleges that between January 2003 and April 2005, Leonal Guerrero, 44, of Gilbert, Ariz., usurped the identity of another and used it to purchase vehicles, gain employment and open credit accounts.
NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2008 (LAWFUEL) — The Brualdi Law Firm, P.C. announces a preliminary injunction hearing has been scheduled for Monday, October 27, 2008, at the Court of Common Pleas in Franklin County, Ohio seeking to preliminarily enjoin the sale of Ikon Office Solutions, Inc. (“Ikon”) (NYSE:IKN) to Ricoh Company Limited (“Ricoh”). The class
PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Dorothy Mae Endfield, 50, of Cibecue, Ariz. and an employee at the White Mountain Apache Tribe’s Cibecue Commercial Center, pleaded guilty today to Embezzlement From a Tribal Organization before U.S. District Judge Earl H. Carroll. Endfield admitted that while she was an assistant store manager for the Commercial Center, she stole approximately
LawFuel.com – Law Announcements Daily – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and MICHELE M. LEONHART, Acting Administrator of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), announced today the arrest of HAJI JUMA KHAN, a/k/a “Abdullah,” a/k/a “Haji Juma Khan Mohammadhasni,” an Afghan drug trafficker charged with
Fees could reach a record $1.4 billion for lawyers, accountants and other professionals working on the Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. bankruptcy, the largest in U.S. history. The biggest winner will be New York-based law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Lehman’s adviser, with an estimated $209 million in fees, said Lynn LoPucki, who teaches bankruptcy law
LawFuel.com – Legal Announcements – A doctor has been indicted for fraudulently billing Medicare for approximately $2.3 million in physical therapy services. The indictment, which was returned Wednesday afternoon by a federal grand jury in Santa Ana, alleges that the “physical therapy” was performed by unlicensed individuals without any supervision by the doctor, consisted only
LawFuel – Legal Announcement Service – Attached is the IRS-Criminal Investigation press release regarding today’s guilty plea entered by Asha Delilah Lenard: Lenard, who was employed by co-defendant Anthony Pendleton, owner of Payless Tax Services, located in Inglewood, California, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the government with respect to claims in
