(LAWFUEL) – A 22-year-old Spanish man will face Perth Magistrates Court today charged with smuggling more than two kilograms of drugs into Australia. Customs officers at Perth International Airport stopped the man for a baggage check after he arrived on a flight from Dubai last night. An x-ray of the man’s baggage revealed a possible
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(LAWFUEL) – Chapman Tripp received a Judges Commendation award in the Emerging Large and Corporate category at the 2008 Northern Sustainable Business Network Awards, held in Auckland on Thursday 28 August. Express Couriers won the main prize for the category and Criterion Furniture took the overall award for Sustainable Business of the Year. Chapman Tripp
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LawFuel – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the indictment of AAFIA SIDDIQUI on charges related to her attempted murder and assault of United States nationals and officers and employees. SIDDIQUI is scheduled to be arraigned on the Indictment on Thursday, September 4, 2008, at
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LawFuel – The United States today filed a civil lawsuit against The Boeing Company, alleging that the company unlawfully inflated the price it charged the Air Force to manufacture the Towed Decoy System for the B-1 bomber. At the core of the lawsuit, which was filed in United States District Court in Los Angeles, is
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LawFuel – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney from the Southern District of New York, and PETER J. SMITH, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) announced that TREMAIN ARRNEL TAZEWELL, a/k/a “Roc,” a/k/a “Slim,” pleaded guilty today to conspiring to
Officer of HM Systems Inc. Sentenced for Role in Defrauding Defense Products Manufacturer and Filing False Tax Return, Ordered to Pay $842,902 in Restitution Santa Ana – LawFuel – On August 19, 2008, Haresh Majmundar, Officer and director of HM Systems, Inc. (HMS) was sentenced to serve 12 months and one day in federal prison
A unit of Grupo Mexico SAB, Mexico’s biggest mining company, intentionally harmed creditors of Asarco LLC by stripping the company’s stake in Southern Copper Corp., a judge ruled. Americas Mining Corp. is liable for the “actual fraudulent transfer” of a 54 percent stake in Southern Copper away from Asarco, a separate Grupo Mexico unit that
PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – George Renteria,19, of Casa Blanca, Ariz. was sentenced to 75 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Mary H. Murguia. Renteria pleaded guilty on January 3, 2008 to robbery after trying to steal a car on the Gila River Indian Reservation with co-defendant Traci Jackson. In the same incident, Jackson, 41,
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DALLAS (LAWFUEL) – Cowles & Thompson, P.C., is proud to announce that Richard Barrett Cuetara has been promoted to shareholder in the business litigation section of the Dallas-based law firm. Mr. Barrett Cuetara’s practice focuses on complex real estate litigation. He represents real estate developers, property management companies and retail brokerage companies. He serves as
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Washington, D.C., Sept. 2, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox today announced that helping older investors make difficult decisions about their finances and learn new ways to protect their assets as they age will be the primary focus of the SEC’s third annual Seniors Summit to be held at the agency’s
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