LAWFUEL.com – Davis Polk & Wardwell advised Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC as joint book-running managers on a $500 million SEC-registered offering by The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. of its 6.300% senior notes due 2018. The Hartford is one of the nation’s largest financial services and
LawFuel – Law Firm Announcements – On April 9, Cravath partner LizabethAnn R. Eisen will speak at “Mastering Negotiation Skills”, a conference presented by the Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF) in New York City. WILEF’s mission is to create a dialogue for the purpose of educating women in law on becoming leaders in the
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~ Third office location brings additional resources to combat internet child predators ~ FT. LAUDERDALE, FL – Citing the need for a statewide approach toward fighting the escalation of predatory crimes against children, Attorney General Bill McCollum today opened his CyberCrime Unit’s third office in Ft. Lauderdale. The new office follows the openings of the
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LAWFUEL – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the sentencing today of DAVID B. CHALMERS, JR., 54, a resident of Houston, Texas, and two corporations that he operated, BAYOIL (USA), INC., a Delaware corporation with principal offices in Houston, TX, and BAYOIL SUPPLY & TRADING LIMITED,
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PHOENIX – Bradley Blaise Hanaback, 38, a citizen of Canada, pleaded guilty on March 3, 2008 to traveling in interstate commerce with the intent to engage in sexual conduct with minors. On June 1, 2007, Hanaback responded to an ad for a child sex tour in Mexico. The defendant traveled to Arizona, where he paid
An activist lawyer with close ties to a jailed Chinese dissident is missing, a rights group said Friday. Teng Biao did not return home from his Beijing office on Thursday, despite telling his wife he would be back around 8:30 p.m., the Hong Kong-based China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group said on its Web site.
The legend of Richard Scruggs is by now well-known. His fame took root in the 1990s, when he won settlements for shipyard workers in Pascagoula, Miss., who had been exposed to asbestos. It blossomed in 1998, when the former Navy fighter pilot pressured tobacco companies to agree to a $248 billion settlement. And, in recent
WASHINGTON — LawFuel – The Internal Revenue Service announced today that individuals who normally do not file a tax return but must do so this year in order to receive their 2008 economic stimulus payment can now use the IRS Free File program to help them file returns for 2007. IRS and several of its
~ Attorney General wins significant damages from 2007 lawsuit ~ TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum announced today that a U.S. citizen residing in Thailand has been ordered to pay $6.4 million for running an elaborate real estate scam that prevented landowners from selling their property to anyone but him. Todd Teal, 63, was
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Washington, D.C., March 6, 2008 – LawFuel – Legal Newswire – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has obtained an emergency court order against an unregistered securities day-trading firm in La Jolla, Calif., that was not disclosing to traders that more than one-third of their money was being used to cover other
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