NEW YORK, April 30, 2008 (Lawfuel) — Schiffrin Barroway Topaz & Kessler, LLP and Labaton Sucharow LLP filed a class action lawsuit on April 29, 2008 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (“Lehman Brothers” or the “Company”)
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WASHINGTON – Esteban Lopez Estrada, a Mexican national, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Denver to 24 months in prison for his participation in the sale and smuggling of sea turtle and other exotic skins and skin products into the United States from Mexico, the Justice Department announced today. Along with the prison
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It was fun while it lasted. In 2007, The Am Law 100 — the top-grossing law firms in the United States — finished the best sustained growth spurt since The American Lawyer began tracking firm financials in 1984. For the first time, the firms showed five consecutive years of better-than-average growth in both revenue per
APRIL 24, 2008 (Washington, DC) — Registration is now open for the Association of Corporate Counsel’s (“ACC”) 6th Annual Corporate Counsel University® (CCU) in San Francisco, May 21-23 (http://ccu.acc.com/). For attorneys new to in-house, or for those wishing to sharpen their management and in-house practice skills, CCU has become the gold standard for corporate counsel.
Indicted U.S. law firm Milberg LLP is in settlement talks with federal prosecutors to resolve a long-running criminal case involving accusations it paid illegal kickbacks to clients, sources close to the talks said on Tuesday. New York-based Milberg, scheduled to go on trial in August, is discussing ways to resolve the case with the U.S.
WASHINGTON (Lawfuel) — Economic stimulus payments directly deposited into IRAs and other tax-favored accounts may be withdrawn tax-free and penalty-free, the Internal Revenue Service announced today. This relief is designed to help taxpayers who may have been unaware that by choosing direct deposit for their entire regular tax refund, they were also choosing to have
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DENVER, April 30, 2008 (Lawfuel) — The law firm of Dyer & Berens LLP (www.berenslaw.com) announced today that it has initiated an investigation on behalf of purchasers of HireRight, Inc. (Nasdaq:HIRE) common stock between August 8, 2007 and September 17, 2007 concerning whether the company misrepresented and/or omitted certain material facts in connection with its
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Washington, D.C., April 30, 2008 (Lawfuel) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford and two of his friends in connection with undisclosed payments to Langford related to municipal bond offerings and swap agreement transactions Langford directed on behalf of Jefferson County, Ala. Also charged was the Alabama broker-dealer firm that
AUSTIN (Lawfuel) – Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP announces the addition of Elizabeth Hurst as a partner in its Environmental Group. She will practice in the firm’s Austin office and work closely with the Government Affairs Team. Ms. Hurst joins Gardere from the Oklahoma City-based chemical company Tronox Inc., where she managed the litigation and environmental
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Washington, D.C., April 30, 2008 (Lawfule) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two former senior executives at Monster Worldwide, Inc., for their alleged participation in a multi-year scheme to secretly backdate stock options granted to thousands of Monster officers, directors and employees. The SEC’s complaint, filed in the District Court for Southern District
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