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Hessinger Joins Forces with Ad Industry’s Lead Negotiator to Strengthen Firm’s Entertainment and Labor Law Practice For more information, contact Kim Holt, newsPRos, 973-669-0084, or Jamie Moss, newsPRos, 201-493-1027 (July 1, 2008, New York) – Reed Smith’s new Labor & Employment partner Gregory J. Hessinger—who joined the firm in New York from Morgan Lewis July […]

LAWFUEL – Legal Announcements – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and JOHN A. ULIANKO, Regional Director for the Federal Protective Service (“FPS”), Region 2, announced that RALPH RIOS and ROBERT NEVES were arrested today by agents of the Federal Protective Service on charges that they distributed

Gallagher to Join Director Sirri, Deputy Director Colby as Part of Division’s Senior Management Team Washington, D.C., July 1, 2008 – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Daniel M. Gallagher has been named a Deputy Director in the agency’s Division of Trading and Markets. Mr. Gallagher will join the Trading and Markets senior

Washington, D.C., July 1, 2008 – The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Microtune, Inc. and two former senior officers for perpetrating a fraudulent and deceptive stock option backdating scheme that awarded themselves and other employees millions of dollars in undisclosed compensation. The backdating scheme caused the Plano, Texas-based technology company to file false and

NEW YORK, July 1, 2008 (LAWFUEL) — On June 30, 2008, Scott+Scott LLP filed a class action against IndyMac Bancorp, Inc. (“IndyMac” or the “Company”) (NYSE:IMB) and certain officers and directors in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The action is on behalf of those purchasing IndyMac common stock during the

Washington, D.C., July 1, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today published for public comment proposed rule changes to make the limits and purposes of credit ratings clear to investors and ensure that the role assigned to ratings in SEC rules is consistent with the objectives of having investors make an independent judgment

New Partner Focuses on Complex Commercial Litigation, Including Securities and Shareholder Litigation Boston, Mass. (LAWFUEL) – July 1, 2008 – Pepper Hamilton LLP announced that Roger A. Lane, a complex commercial litigator with particular experience in corporate law disputes and related federal securities law issues, has joined the firm as a partner in the Boston

Washington, D.C., July 1, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Chief Information Officer R. Corey Booth completed his SEC service on June 30 and will join the Boston Consulting Group in New York as a leader of its financial services practice. Mr. Booth, who also served as Director of the

DALLAS (LAWFUEL) – Attorney Jane Taber, a founding partner of Dallas’ Taber Estes Thorne & Carr PLLC, has been selected to receive the “Best Series of Articles – Substantive Law” award from the State Bar of Texas. Published in September 2007, Taber’s article, “Mitigating Liability While Serving on a Non-Profit Board,” was the second article