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LawFuel – See Hot Files First she fought for the families affected by the World Trade Center attacks and now Arelia Margarita Taveras is taking on Atlantic City. The client? Herself. The charge? That they let her lose over $1 million gambling. Read LawFuel’s ‘Hot Files’

SAN FRANCISCO– LAWFUEL –The law firm of Girard Gibbs LLP (http://www.girardgibbs.com) announces that it is investigating alleged violations of fiduciary duties by the board of directors of Diebold, Inc. (NYSE:DBD) (“Diebold”) relating to a buyout offer by United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) (“United Technologies”). It is alleged that Diebold’s directors are violating their fiduciary duties of

DALLAS – LAWFUEL – Legal Announcements – Haynes and Boone, LLP announced today that Michael Boone has been honored as the 2008 recipient of the J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award presented by Southern Methodist University’s Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Responsibility. The award, named in honor of the former Dallas mayor, was presented

Seventh Trial Conviction for Medicare Strike Force LAWFUEL.com – A federal jury in Miami convicted a physician and the owners and operators of two durable medical equipment companies and a home health care agency of Medicare fraud, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta of the

LAWFUEL – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office (“FBI”), and Michael E. Yasofsky, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division (“IRS”), announced that Defendant, Daniel N. Miteff, 56, of Wellington, Florida, was

London, UK, March 3, 2008, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, one of the world’s leading international law firms, has been nominated for several IFLR Americas Awards. The winners will be announced on April 9, 2008, at IFLR’s annual awards dinner to be held at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. Cadwalader has been shortlisted for

LawFuel – Libertarian presidential candidate Ron Paul has ended his campaign for the presidency with a video on his website. “I don’t mind playing a key role in this revolution, but it has to be more than a Ron Paul revolution,” he said. “Our job now is to plan for the next phase.” Paul campaign

MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, MARK J. MERSHON, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), GORDON S. HEDDELL, the Inspector General of the United States Department of Labor (“DOL-OIG”), and ROSE GILL HEARN, the Commissioner of the New

DALLAS – LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – Haynes and Boone, LLP was selected as the North American Law Firm of the Year for 2007 in the Transactions category of the Private Equity Real Estate (PERE) Annual Awards. The firm’s national reputation in representation of U.S. and foreign commercial and investment banks in capital commitment subscription