LawFuel – Fee income at the UK’s Top 100 law firms increased by 6.3% in Q1 (the quarter ended 31 July 2008) compared with the same period last year, according to the latest figures from business advisory firm Deloitte. Whilst the top 10 firms achieved double digit growth at 11.1%, the rate of growth is
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As a white-collar criminal, the now-deposed king of the plaintiff bar was supposed to serve his sentence at a minimum-security prison camp. Instead, William Lerach is getting a taste of hard time. Earlier this summer, Lerach was placed in administrative segregation — locked down for 23 hours a day — after he allegedly offered a
By John Bowie – LawFuel.co.nz Scarfies Hell I’m flatting for the week with some Scarfies, including my daughter, which is a bit like a grimy reality tv show without the cameras. Try as I might to focus on key issues like the LCA, the structure of the Privileges Committee and of course my ongoing concern
DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Alden Yelloweagle, age 49, of Montezuma County, Colorado, was indicted late yesterday by a federal grand jury in Denver on one count of failure to register as a sex offender, U.S. Attorney Troy A. Eid and U.S. Marshal Ed Zahren announced. Yelloweagle is in federal custody. Yelloweagle was charged by Criminal Complaint
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(LAWFUEL) – As from September, FerradaNehme will incorporate environmental law to its traditional areas of practice after the arrival of Patricio Leyton –before partner in charge of such area at Urrutia y Cía.- as new partner of the firm. Leyton arrives to FN with more than 12 years of experience in project development and environmental
NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2008 (LAWFUEL) — Stull, Stull & Brody announced today that the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, has issued an order on Plaintiff’s motion to class certification in the on-going ERISA 401(k) class action which it commenced against American Electric Power Co., Inc. (NYSE:AEP) (“AEP”)
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PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Dario Romo-Bravo, 43, of Mexico, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Roslyn O. Silver to 87 months in prison. Romo-Bravo pleaded guilty on March 6, 2008, to Illegal Re-Entry After a Prior Deportation. Romo-Bravo was previously deported from the U.S. through San Ysidro, Calif., on September 19, 2006, and was instructed
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Washington, D.C., Sept. 9, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged three former senior executives of Embarcadero Technologies, Inc., alleging that they fraudulently backdated stock option grants to employees at the San Francisco business software company and reported false financial information to shareholders. The SEC alleges that former CEO, President and Chairman
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BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 9, 2008 (LAWFUEL) — The Shuman Law Firm today announced that it is investigating certain current and former officers and directors of Autodesk, Inc. (“Autodesk” or the “Company”) Nasdaq:ADSK) for alleged stock option backdating they caused or allowed to occur at the Company. According to a complaints filed in both the U.S.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PRESS RELEASE Troy A. Eid United States Attorney, District of Colorado FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DENVER (LAWFUEL) – The owner of Disaster Restoration, Inc., Michael Arthur Griggs, along with nine of his current and former employees, were indicted late yesterday by a federal grand jury in Denver on charges of conspiracy, mail fraud
