Law Admin

(LAWFUEL) – Nora R. Dannehy, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TYLER J. LUNN, 28, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Mark R. Kravitz in New Haven to five months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, the first five months of which

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (LAWFUEL) – Since the horrific attack on students at Columbine High School in 1999, Americans have become all too familiar with school shooting incidents, from Jonesboro, Arkansas to Red Lake, Minnesota, and the worst such recorded incident in U.S. history at the Virginia Tech Campus, where one gunman killed 32 students and

WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) — Individuals and organizations with 25 or more trucks, tractors or other heavy vehicles used on highways now are required to make their excise tax filings with the Internal Revenue Service electronically, rather than by paper. Form 2290, Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax Return, is used to report and pay highway-use excise taxes.

Linda Chatman Thomsen Director, Division of Enforcement U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Washington, D.C. August 7, 2008 Good morning. I am Linda Thomsen, the Director of the Division of Enforcement of the Securities and Exchange Commission. With me today are some of the members of a terrific team of talented and dedicated staff members. We

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Victor Manuel Perez-Monroy, 51, of Mexico, was sentenced here on August 5, 2008 by U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake to 70 months in prison. Perez-Monroy pleaded guilty on August 4, 2008, to a charge of Illegal Re-Entry After Prior Deportation. Perez-Monroy had been deported from the United States to Mexico through

Washington, D.C., Aug. 7, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission staff today unveiled a new one-stop online reference site to assist mutual funds in their anti-money laundering (AML) compliance efforts, and launched a new centralized phone line specifically for securities firms to report the filing of a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) that may

Washington, D.C., Aug. 7, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged six microcap companies, four company officers and several market professionals for their roles in a scheme to raise millions of dollars in capital through improperly registered stocks to fund the companies’ struggling businesses. In four separate enforcement actions, the SEC alleged

DENVER, Aug. 7, 2008 (LAWFUEL) — The Shuman Law Firm today announced that it is investigating the proposed acquisition of PeopleSupport, Inc. (“PeopleSupport”) (Nasdaq:PSPT) by the Essar Group, one of India’s largest business conglomerates. If you currently own PeopleSupport common stock and would like a free consultation concerning your rights and interests, please contact Rusty

WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) — Businesses and associations have until Aug. 31 to submit tax issues to the Internal Revenue Service to be included in the Fall 2008 review in the Industry Issue Resolution (IIR) Program. IIR is an IRS program to resolve business tax issues common to significant numbers of taxpayers through new and improved guidance.

Washington, D.C., Aug. 7, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement today announced a preliminary settlement in principle with Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Citi) including proposed charges and a plan that would give individual investors, small businesses, and charities all $7.5 billion of their money back from auction rate securities (ARS)