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LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Rear Admiral Robert S. Branham, Commander 7th Coast Guard District, U.S. Coast Guard, Anthony V. Mangione, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Matthew Zetts, Chief Patrol Agent, U.S. Border Patrol, and Harold Woodward, Director of

DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Elie Quinonez, age 35, of Pueblo, Colorado, was sentenced earlier this week by U.S. District Court Judge Walker D. Miller to serve 72 months (6 years) in federal prison for possessing child pornography. Quinonez was a church pastor as well as a correctional officer in Weld County. The defendant, who is free

(LAWFUEL) – SALT LAKE CITY – Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Stephen F. Petersen of Coalville, Utah; accountant Brent Metcalf of Cottonwood, Utah; and CPA Reed H. Barker of Littleton, Colo., have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a tax fraud conspiracy, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. On Sept. 3,

BALTMORE, MD September 5, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The law firm Ober|Kaler is pleased to announce that principal Ethan J. Blank has been appointed to the Board of Directors of CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) of Baltimore. His two-year term became effective on July 9, 2008. CASA is a nonprofit organization committed to serving abused and

Dayton, OH – The Columbus, Ohio law firm of Leeseberg & Valentine, in litigation partnership with Janet, Jenner & Suggs, LLC (Maryland) and German Rubenstein, LLP (New York), have announced the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of residents living near the Behr Dayton Thermal Plant. The suit demands that defendants Behr America,

MENLO PARK, Sept. 2, 2008 (LAWFUEL) — Harold J. Milstein has joined the Silicon Valley office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group. Milstein was most recently a partner in the Silicon Valley office of Heller Ehrman. Milstein’s practice emphasizes trademark counseling and prosecution services,

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 2, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – Robert G. Copeland, James A. Mercer III and Michael S. Umansky have joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as partners in the firm’s Corporate practice group. Copeland is based in the firm’s San Diego/Downtown office, and Mercer and Umansky are based in Sheppard Mullin’s San Diego/Del Mar

Ober|Kaler obtains dismissal of antitrust case against Arkansas-based Baptist Health Washington, D.C., September 4, 2008. (LAWFUEL) On Friday, August 29, the federal district court in Little Rock, Arkansas dismissed all claims in a cardiology clinic’s long-standing antitrust suit against Baptist Health, a five-hospital system in Arkansas, and Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield (“Blue Cross”).

NEW YORK (September 3, 2008) LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – The 1,000 large and medium size law firms in the U.S. represent a $2.2 billion opportunity for technology marketers over the next 12 months, according to the 2008 Law Firm Technology Leadership Study. The survey, updating a similar study in 2006, was commissioned by Incisive