Los Angeles, California – LAWFUEL – This afternoon, Jennifer Ning, of San Gabriel, President and co-owner of Full Shine Enterprise, Inc., was sentenced to 24 months in prison and 3 years probation for obstruction and loan fraud. Ning previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in which she and her husband Steven Shia obstructed and impaired
Washington, D.C., Aug. 15, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement today announced that investors, small businesses, and charities who purchased auction rate securities (ARS) through Wachovia Securities, LLC and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (collectively Wachovia) could receive up to $9 billion to fully restore their losses and liquidity through a
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Washington, D.C., Aug. 15, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has obtained an emergency court order freezing the profits from an alleged $13 million international fraud involving a Seattle-area microcap company and a Barcelona stock promoter. The SEC charged Bremerton, Wash.-based GHL Technologies, Inc., and its CEO Gene Hew-Len
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Announcement Follows Meeting with Denver Metro Gang Task Force DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey today met with Denver’s Metro Gang Task Force, and announced that the Department of Justice intends to award more than $17 million to combat gangs and gun crime around the country through locally organized Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN)
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August 15, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports by Los Angeles School Bus injury lawyers, an accident involving an empty school bus and a compact vehicle ended in a fatality. The accident is under investigation and the school bus hit a tree after the impact with the vehicle. The accident occurred at approximately 6:30
As athletes, business executives, politicians, and sports fans gathered in Beijing’s 91,000-seat National Stadium for the opening ceremony of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad on August 8, Debevoise & Plimpton international arbitration partner David Rivkin was there. Rivkin is the only American on the 12-member panel of the Beijing ad hoc division of the
August 14th 2008 (Patrice Garby) There was a motorcycle versus car crash on the 57 Freeway Wednesday morning that caused the southbound lanes in Fullerton to slow considerably. According to witness reports, a unnamed motorcyclist was stopped in the left-hand shoulder of the 57 Freeway when a vehicle crashed into him. The driver of a
WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) –– The Internal Revenue Service today issued updated guidance on the voluntary correction program for employee retirement plans – the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS). “Employers and plan administrators want to comply with the tax laws and regulations to protect plan participants,” said Michael Julianelle, director of the IRS’s Employee Plans division.
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PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Jose Tapia Varelas, 23, of Coalcoman, Michoacan, Mexico, was sentenced here yesterday to 10 years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Earl H. Carroll. Varelas pleaded guilty on April 15, 2008, to the charge of Conspiracy to Cultivate More Than 1,000 Marijuana Plants on National Forest Lands. An investigation into Varelas’
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NEW YORK (LAWFUEL) – Haynes and Boone, LLP has added Trevor Hoffmann to its nationally recognized Bankruptcy and Business Reorganization Section. Mr. Hoffmann joins the firm as of counsel in Haynes and Boone’s rapidly expanding New York office. “The bankruptcy practice is a key growth area for Haynes and Boone as we continue to expand
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