LAWFUEL – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JULIO CESAR LOPEZPENA, a/k/a “Julito,” a/k/a “Ojitos,” a high-ranking member of the notorious Norte Valle Cartel in Colombia, was sentenced today to 45 years in prison for importing thousands of kilograms of cocaine into the United States
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BENSALEM, Pa., June 4, 2008 (Lawfuel) — Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that it is investigating claims against BP p.l.c. (“BP” or the “Company”)(NYSE:BP) concerning whether the BP post-retirement benefit plans (the “Plans”) imprudently invested in BP stock and whether the Plans’ administrators breached their fiduciary duties to the Plans’ participants in violation
PHOENIX (Lawfuel) – A federal grand jury returned a 22-count indictment yesterday against Jose Carmelo Magana, 44, of Yuma, Ariz.; Ana Calderon, 28, of San Luis, Ariz.; and Jesus Gastelum-Rodriguez, 41; Guadalupe Milan de Gastelum, 38; and Brenda Covarrubias, 39, all of San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico. All were arrested in the Yuma area
The last time Washington attorney Eric Holder participated in a high-profile vetting, it was for fugitive financier Marc Rich. The episode in 2001 became the final scandal of the Clinton administration and landed Holder, at the time the No. 2 official at the Justice Department, in the middle of a congressional investigation. Now Holder, a
Washington, D.C., June 4, 2008 (Lawfuel) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the list of panelists scheduled to participate in the International Roundtable on Interactive Data for Public Financial Reporting scheduled for June 10, 2008, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The Roundtable follows the issuance on May 30, 2008, of a proposed
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(Lawfuel) – SEC CHARGES BURR B. MCKEEHAN AND JOSEPH A. FONTANETTA WITH INSIDER TRADING IN CONNECTION WITH ANIMAS CORPORATION’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF MERGER WITH JOHNSON & JOHNSON McKeehan Agrees to Pay Disgorgement and Civil Penalties Totaling $384,095 The Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) today announced the filing of a civil action in the United States District
NEW YORK, June 4, 2008 (Lawfuel) — A four-law-firm legal team with nationally recognized securities law experience has filed additional investor claims against two subsidiaries of Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. — Bear Stearns & Co., Inc. and Bear Stearns Securities Corp. — and the portfolio managers for the Bear Stearns High Grade Structured Credit Strategies
Washington, D.C., June 4, 2008 (Lawfuel) – Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox today announced that Steven B. Harris has been appointed to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). Mr. Harris, a former long-time Senate Banking Committee official who played a key role in the legislation that created the PCAOB, was unanimously selected
ST. LOUIS, June 3, 2008 (Lawfuel) – Bryan Cave LLP has promoted three lawyers to counsel at the firm. With more than 880 lawyers worldwide, new counsel are: Steven Dawson, St. Louis Steven Dawson, formerly an associate at the firm, practices in the areas of estate and business succession planning and post-death estate and trust
HARTFORD, Conn., June 3, 2008 (Lawfuel) — The law firm of Schatz Nobel Izard P.C., which has significant experience representing investors in prosecuting claims of securities fraud, announces that a lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin on behalf of all persons
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