New York – March 10, 2008 – LAWFUEL – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has been named Best Law Firm (Fund Formation) in North America by The Private Equity International Awards 2007, presented by Private Equity International magazine and PrivateEquityOnline.com. The awards are based upon an annual readers’ poll. The firm was also honored twice as
MICHAEL J. GARCIA, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the guilty pleas today of VYACHESLAV MANOKHIN, a United Nations employee working out of U.N. headquarters in Manhattan, and VLADIMIR DEREVIANKO, a New Jersey resident, in connection with a scheme to fraudulently procure large numbers of United States entry visas for
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LAWFUEL.COM A name partner and an attorney at one of the West Coast’s largest immigration law firms were sentenced today for filing fraudulent employment visa applications on behalf of foreign nationals, including more than a dozen of the law firm’s own workers. Daniel E. Korenberg, 58, of Encino, a name partner and founder of the
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BALTIMORE – March 10, 2008 LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – Ober|Kaler attorney Sylvia Ontaneda-Bernales has been named one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women. The honor, bestowed by Maryland’s business and legal daily newspaper, The Daily Record, recognizes those women who demonstrate a high level of achievement through professional accomplishment, community service, leadership and mentoring. Ms.
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San Francisco – March 10, 2008 – The international law firm Bryan Cave LLP expanded its presence in California with the opening of a San Francisco location today. The San Francisco office, serving the entire Bay Area and Northern California, is the firm’s third in the state, following Los Angeles and Irvine. The firm already
LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s brief statement to the public, delivered on Monday afternoon: Over the past nine years, eight as attorney general and one as governor, I’ve tried to uphold a vision of progressive politics that would rebuild New York and create opportunity for all. We vowed to bring real change
Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been caught on a federal wiretap arranging to meet with a high-priced prostitute at a Washington hotel last month, according to a person briefed on the federal investigation. An affidavit in the federal investigation into a prostitution ring said that a wiretap recording captured a man identified as Client 9 on
The Association of Corporate Counsel & WeComply Offer Free Ethicall Phone Message on March 10, 2008 (Washington, DC) – LAWFUEL – The political climate is heating up and as candidates publicly unleash barbs at one another, employees, too may be openly vocal about their political preferences. While many employees actively campaign for their favorite candidates,
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WASHINGTON, D.C., March 10, 2008 — LAWFUEL – Legal Appointments – Brian Z. Liss has joined the Washington, D.C. office of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP as special counsel in the firm’s Labor and Employment practice group. Liss most recently practiced with Morgan Lewis & Bockius in Washington, D.C. Liss focuses his practice on
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The FBI has begun a criminal inquiry into the largest U.S. mortgage lender, Countrywide Financial Corp (CFC.N: Quote, Profile, Research), for suspected securities fraud as part of investigations into the mortgage crisis, The New York Times reported on Sunday. Citing unnamed government officials with knowledge of the case, the Times said the investigation into whether
