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Honorable Harold Kalina Receives Civil Justice Award MINNEAPOLIS, December 5, 2007— LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The National Arbitration Forum (FORUM) presented the organization’s inaugural “Civil Justice Award” to Honorable Harold Kalina, for whom the award will be named, on December 1, 2007. Upon presenting the award, Roger Haydock, Managing Director of the National […]

Settlement is Largest to Date in an Options Backdating Case Washington, D.C., Dec. 6, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The US Legal Newswire – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a record $468 million settled enforcement action in an options backdating case against William W. McGuire, M.D., the former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of

Broker Allegedly Sold Customers’ Personal and Confidential Information to Insurance Agents as Sales “Leads” for Annuity Products Washington, D.C., Dec. 6, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former San Francisco-area stockbroker with securities fraud and regulatory violations in connection with his selling of confidential personal

Wife’s Tips To Husband Net $600,000 LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JENNIFER WANG, 31, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for providing her husband with material, nonpublic information — which she stole from her former employer,

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced today that defendant Louis S. Robles, 59, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Alan S. Gold today to 15 years of imprisonment, and

Washington, D.C., Dec. 5, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that H. David Kotz has been named the agency’s new Inspector General. Mr. Kotz is currently Inspector General of the Peace Corps. As the SEC’s Inspector General, Mr. Kotz will conduct independent and objective audits, investigations

Washington, D.C., Dec. 5, 2007 – LAWFUEL – Securities & Business Lawwire -The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that John Loesch has been named Deputy Director of the agency’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA), which is undergoing an expansion announced by SEC Chairman Christopher Cox earlier this year. “John brings significant enforcement

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that four (4) defendants charged in a multi-million dollar health care fraud ring were arrested earlier today. The indictment charges defendants Blanca Cordon, Leandro

SAN FRANCISCO – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – United States Attorney Scott N. Schools announced that Cody Dobbs was convicted today of cultivating and possessing with intent to distribute marijuana, and conspiracy to cultivate and possess with intent to distribute marijuana by a federal jury today. The jury, after deliberating one and a half

LAWFUEL – Law Firm Newswire – Dallas, Dec. 5, 2007 — Texas law firm Winstead PC announced the election of one new income shareholder and four new equity shareholders this week along with the election of a new member and the re-election of an existing member to the firm’s executive committee. According to CEO and